John Scales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Robert Scales | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Harrogate, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | Bristol Rovers | 72 | (2) |
| 1987–1994 | Wimbledon | 240 | (11) |
| 1994–1996 | Liverpool | 65 | (2) |
| 1996–2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | 33 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Ipswich Town | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 412 | (15) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994 | England B | 2 | (1) |
| 1995 | England | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC) |
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John Robert Scales (born 4 July 1966 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender from 1984 to 2001.
He notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Ipswich Town as well as playing in the Football League for Bristol Rovers. He was capped 3 times by England.
He started his career at Bristol Rovers before earning a move to Wimbledon in July 1987 after just two seasons at his original club.
He became part of the Wimbledon Crazy Gang that graced the top flight of English football and that won the FA Cup in the famous 1988 final. Scales played as a substitute in the final, though unusually playing as a forward after coming on for striker Terry Gibson. He made his debut for the club in a 1–0 First Division defeat to Watford, who had just appointed former Wimbledon boss Dave Bassett as their new manager, on 15 August 1987. He was soon a regular member of the side, and over the next seven years would make 240 league appearances for the club, scoring 11 goals, including five in the 1988–89 season.
Scales made a £3.5 million transfer to Liverpool in September 1994, he says that the highlight of his time there was his three England caps and the game at Anfield when they beat Newcastle United 4–3 in April 1996. Scales has said that although the Liverpool team he was in had the talent to win the Premier League they lacked the focus and discipline needed to be champions, though they did win the Football League Cup in his first season there and were FA Cup finalists a year later, finishing fourth and then third in the Premier League.
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