John Scales

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John Scales
Personal information
Full name John Robert Scales
Date of birth July 4, 1966 (1966-07-04) (age 41)
Place of birth    Harrogate, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1994
1994–1996
1996–2000
2000–2001		 Leeds United
Bristol Rovers
Wimbledon
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Ipswich Town
Total		 000 0(0)
072 0(2)
240 (11)
065 0(2)
033 0(0)
002 0(0)
412 (15)   
National team2
1994
1995		 England B
England		 002 0(1)
003 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Robert Scales (born 4 July 1966 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is an English former professional football player who played as a central defender.

As a schoolboy, Scales attended Rossett School from 1978-1983.

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.

John made a £3.5 million transfer to Liverpool in September 1994, he says that the highlight of his time there was his 3 England caps and the game at Anfield when they beat Newcastle United 4-3 in April 1996. John has said that although the Liverpool team he was in had the talent to win the Premiership they lacked the focus & discipline need to be champions.

In 1996 Liverpool accepted an offer from Leeds United for John and Tottenham Hotspur also had an offer accepted so John decided to again join up with Tottenham Hotspur manager Gerry Francis who he had played for whilst at Bristol Rovers. John had a dissapointing time at Tottenham Hotspur due to injuries, being in and out of the team and the instability of the club.

He won 3 caps for the English national team in 1995.

He was England coach for the Danone Nations Cup in 2007.

Scales is a member of the Wimbledon Old Players Association and has played for the AFC Wimbledon Masters XI.

Later in his career, Scales went on to Coach the England Beach Soccer team.

John was recently featured on the SKY SPORTS series "Where are they now", he is now a company chairman with a events management company "Be Sport" (http://www.besport.co.uk/). His company organise tournaments for schools.

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