James Scowcroft

James Scowcroft

Personal information
Full name	James Benjamin Scowcroft
Date of birth	15 November 1975
Place of birth	Bury St Edmunds, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Ipswich Town (academy coach)
Youth career
	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994–2001	Ipswich Town	265	(55)
2001–2005	Leicester City	133	(29)
2005	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	9	(0)
2005–2006	Coventry City	41	(6)
2006–2009	Crystal Palace	83	(18)
2009–2010	Leyton Orient	26	(0)
2010–2012	Bury Town	26	(8)
Total		528	(102)
National team^‡
1996–1997	England U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2010. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 July 2007

James Benjamin Scowcroft (born 15 November 1975 in Bury St Edmunds) is a retired footballer who is currently a coach for the Ipswich Town academy.

Club career

Scowcroft 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, scoring fewer than 30 goals. During his period at Leicester Scowcroft was accused of being involved in the alleged sexual assault of three women at La Manga golf club, Spain, but was cleared of all charges, having been mistakenly identified.^[1][2] He was loaned back to Ipswich in the spring of 2005.

Scowcroft was then signed by Coventry City on a free transfer. He was used primarily on the right sometimes as the right wing for Coventry for the 2005–06 season. He left Coventry City to join Crystal Palace for £500,000 in July 2006. He was released by the club in May 2009^[3] and joined Leyton Orient. After fitness problems and failing to score a goal in 20 games for Orient, he was released a year after joining.^[4]

In September 2010, Scowcroft joined non-league hometown club, Bury Town, signing a "pay-as-you-play" deal.^[5] He made his debut as a substitute in an away game against Wealdstone later the same month.^[6] In January 2012 Bury Town announced Scowcroft's retirement from football, having failed to recover from an injury sustained during a pre-season friendly.^[7]

Honours

• Nationwide player of the month December 1999
• Ipswich Town Player of the season 1999/2000
• Ipswich Town Supporters player of the season 1999/2000
• Leicester City Goal of the season 2001/2002
• 2008 Crystal Palace Goal of the Season

Club career statistics

(correct as of 8 November 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup[8]			Europe			Play-offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Ipswich Town	1995–96	23	2	?	2	0	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	2	?
	1996–97	43	10	?	7	1	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	11	?
	1997–98	33	6	?	9	1	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	9	?
	1998–99	34	13	?	2	1	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	15	?
	1999-00	43	13	?	5	2	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	15	?
	2000–01	34	4	?	9	2	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	6	?
Total	1995–2001	210	48	?	34	7	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	244	55	?
Leicester City	2001–02	24	5	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	7	0
	2002–03	43	10	0	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	11	0
	2003–04	35	5	2	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	5	2
	2004–05	31	4	3	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	6	3
Total	2001–2005	133	29	5	14	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	147	33	5
Ipswich Town (loan)	2004–05	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	0	0
Total	2004–2005	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	0	0
Coventry City	2005–06	41	3	2	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	3	2
Total	2005–2006	41	6	2	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	3	2
Crystal Palace	2006–07	35	5	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	5	1
	2007–08	38	9	5	1	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	0	40	9	5
	2008–09	10	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	0	0
Total	2006–2009	83	19	6	2	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	0	86	14	6
Leyton Orient	2009–10	26	0	0	3	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	0	1
Bury Town	2010–11	26	8	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	8	?
Career totals		528	102	13	57	11	1	-	-	-	1	0	0	585	113	14

References

1. "Anger of cleared star". The Sun (London). 21 May 2007.
2. "Leicester trio charges 'dropped'". BBC News. 21 May 2004.
3. striker one of six to get new deals but nine players released
4. "O's release seven". LeytonOrient.com. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
5. "James Scowcroft makes step down to Bury Town". BBC Sport. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
6. "James Scowcroft thanks the fans". Bury Town F.C. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
7. Collins, Trevor. "James Scowcroft retires from playing". Bury Town Football Club. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
8. Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

External links

• James Scowcroft player profile at cpfc.co.uk
• James Scowcroft player profile at lcfc.com
• James Scowcroft career statistics at Soccerbase