controversial positions. He has expressed desire to relocate the club from the town of Gillingham, possibly to a location away from the Medway Towns though still somewhere within the county of Kent, claiming "The future of this football club is not at this stadium and everyone, if they are not stupid, accepts that is a fundamental point." He summarily dismissed manager Tony Pulis immediately after he had led the team to a Wembley Stadium play-off final in 1999, which brought about a protracted legal dispute over Pulis' contract. He has also become involved in a number of public disputes, most notably with several other Football League clubs over player transfers, the Kent Messenger Group of local newspapers (whose reporters he banned from the ground for several years for supposedly criticising poor team performances), and Alan Liptrott, chairman of the Gills Independent Supporters Club, with whom he had several public disagreements, the largest over the ownership of an internet domain name, which led to Scally imposing a lifetime ban from Priestfield on Liptrott. However, on 8 February 2007, Scally unexpectedly rescinded the ban after approximately six years. Personal life Scally grew up in Blackheath, and prior to buying Gillingham had been a fan of Millwall. As of 2009, Scally was non-resident in the UK for tax purposes, and resided in Dubai. He has been married three times and has had seven children. One of his sons died after a fall at the age of one, and another of a heart defect in 2003 at the age of 16 weeks. His surviving children comprise two daughters and three sons. His son Max (born 29 January 1991) was imprisoned for two years in January 2009 having been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to a 15 year old boy. His other sons are Jay and Adam, the latter of whom has been employed by the club as editor of Gillingham's matchday programme. References Living people Businesspeople from London Gillingham F.C. directors and chairmen 1955 births