A Scottish Schoolboy international born in
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Bett started his club career with Gartcosh United,
Dundee and
Airdrieonians before moving to Icelandic side
Valur in 1978. A year later he joined
K.S.C. Lokeren (282) in Belgium.
Rangers manager
John Greig paid £150,000 to sign Bett for the
Glasgow club in 1980. In three seasons at
Ibrox he won the
Scottish Cup (
1980–81) and a
League Cup (
1981–82). and both the League Cup and Scottish Cup in
1989–90, He also played in three other League Cup finals – all ending in defeat to Rangers, and was in squads which finished runners-up behind his former club in the
Scottish Premier Division on five occasions. He left
Pittodrie in 1994, after making over 300 first-team appearances. In 2003, Bett was inducted into the Aberdeen FC
Hall of Fame as one of the founding members. He next moved to
KR Reykjavík and won the
Icelandic Cup with the club, but left KR at the end of the 1994 Icelandic season. Bett returned to Scotland again to join
Hearts with whom he played the
1994–95 Scottish season. After a
final season with
Dundee United, he retired. ==International career==