James Scowcroft

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James Scowcroft
Full name	James Scowcroft
Date of birth	November 15, 1975
Place of birth	Bury St Edmunds, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	8
Youth clubs
	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-2001 2001-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006-	Ipswich Town Leicester City → Ipswich Town (loan) Coventry City Crystal Palace	285 (55) 147 (33) 009 0(0) 045 0(3) 030 0(4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

James Scowcroft (born 15 November 1975, Bury St Edmunds) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 8 shirt and is a striker.

He started his career as a youth at Ipswich Town and progressed to become the regular first team centre forward, gaining five England Under 21 caps in the process. From 1994 to 2001 he played over 200 games for the club, scoring nearly 50 goals. At the end of the 2000-01 season, he was sold to Leicester City for £3m, where he played over 150 games for the slight return of less than 30 goals.

He was loaned back to Ipswich in the spring of 2005 before being signed by Coventry City on a free transfer. He played on the right wing for Coventry for the 2005-06 season, before he left to join Crystal Palace for £500,000 in July 2006. Unfortunatly, like Kuqi, he has turned out to be completely useless and is often started in front of skillful brighter prospects such as Clinton Morrison and Lewis Grabban. Unbelievable you might think, but this is Peter Taylor we are talking about.

His home is in Stanton, near Bury St Edmunds, where he lives with his wife and their two children.