John Scales

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.

Club career

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.

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 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.

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"It was like a ghost town,"

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"It's a large task, but I'm very excited by the challenge,"

"Away from that part of town, we could drive on any side of the street that we wanted, ... It was quiet, too quiet."

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"I have a couple of lists that I can refer to throughout the day, but I don't have the official 'FAT' book yet. Yes, it really is called the FAT (Federal Acronym and Terms) book. And no, you can't speak a sentence around here without using an acronym,"

"Roxie (the neighbor) greeted me at her front door holding a 'hurricane baby,' ... It turns out that Roxie ... is housing five adults, a teenager, two infants (preemie twin boys born five days before the hurricane and weighing 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 pounds), two dogs, two cats and an iguana -- all evacuees of New Orleans. This is in addition to her own family."

"They are definitely getting more organized,"

"The long-term recovery is going to be very long, with the amount of devastation,"

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