John Scales
Personal information
Full name	John Robert Scales
Date of birth	4 July 1966 (1966-07-04) (age 43)
Place of birth	Harrogate, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Bristol Rovers 2.2 Wimbledon 2.3 Livepool 2.4 Tottenham Hotspur 2.5 International career 3 Coaching 4 Masters football 5 Life after football 6 Honours 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Early life

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

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Bristol Rovers

He started his career at Bristol Rovers before earning a move to Wimbledon in July 1987 after just two seasons at his original club.

[edit] Wimbledon

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.

[edit] Livepool

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.

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

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 disappointing time at Tottenham Hotspur due to injuries, being in and out of the team and the instability of the club. He scored once during his time at Tottenham with his goal ironically coming against former club Liverpool in the League Cup in November 1998.^[1]

[edit] International career

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

[edit] Coaching

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

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

[edit] Masters football

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

[edit] Life after football

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

[edit] Honours

• FA Cup: Winner 1988, Runner-up 1996
• League Cup: 1995
• Charity Shield: Runner-up 1988

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Liverpool FC profile
• Profile at LFCHistory.net
• John Scales career stats at Soccerbase