James Scowcroft

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James Scowcroft
Personal information
Full name	James Scowcroft
Date of birth	November 15, 1975 (1975-11-15) (age 32)
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) 073 (14)
National team2
	England U21	005 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:00, 10 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10/07/2007. * 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 but creating many more from his Sheringham-like 'deep' target-man position. At the end of the 2000-01 season, he was sold to Leicester City for £3m, where he played over 150 games for the relatively slight return of less than 30 goals, though Scowcroft has never been an out-and-out goalscorer. Although initially identified by his passport photo ^[1] and investigated by Spanish police following an alleged clash between three German women of African origin and the Leicester City squad at La Manga golf club, Scowcroft was released on bail and subsequently cleared of all charges. ^[2]

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, where he is regarded as one of the hardest workers in the side.

Scowcroft's home is in Stanton, near Bury St Edmunds, where he lives with his wife and their two children. Jody Scowcroft is the eldest of their two children and is a keen footballer.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

Preceded by Dougie Freedman

Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season 2007/08

Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Crystal Palace F.C. – current squad 1 Flinders • 2 Lawrence • 3 Craig • 4 Hill • 7 Fletcher • 8 Scowcroft • 9 Freedman • 10 Morrison • 11 Ifill • 12 Speroni • 14 Watson • 16 Danns • 19 Soares • 20 Butterfield • 23 Fonte • 28 Derry • 30 Bostock • 32 Kuqi • 34 Hills • 35 Wiggins • 36 Spence • 38 Wilkinson • 39 Dayton • 43 Moses • 44 Scannell • 48 Robinson • –– McCarthy • Manager: Warnock