Graeme Sharp
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graeme Marshall Sharp | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1980 | Dumbarton | 40 | (17) |
| 1980–1991 | Everton | 322 | (111) |
| 1991–1997 | Oldham Athletic | 107 | (30) |
| 1997 | Bangor City | ||
| Total | 469 | (158) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1985–1988 | Scotland | 12 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1997 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 1997–1998 | Bangor City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graeme Marshall Sharp (born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire on 16 October 1960) is a former footballer.
Sharp started his playing career at Dumbarton before signing for Everton for £120,000 in 1980. He did not walk into the first team at Goodison Park, and by the end of the 1980–81 season had still made just six league appearances for the club. But then came new manager Howard Kendall, who soon selected Sharp as a regular striker and was rewarded handsomely as Sharp netted 15 goals in 29 league games. The goals continued to flow over the next nine seasons.
Sharp's greatest achievements were as part of the Everton team which in 1984 won the FA Cup (he scored the first goal in the final), in 1985 and 1987 won the Football League First Division and also in 1985 the European Cup Winners' Cup. In October 1984, he scored the lone goal in Everton's first win at Anfield since 1970. He was on the losing side in the FA Cup finals of 1986 and 1989, with both of these finals being won by Everton's local rivals Liverpool. His key role in this golden era led to his inclusion in Everton's "Greatest Ever Team", following a poll in the club's 125th anniversary.
After Gary Lineker's departure to FC Barcelona in the 1986 close season, Sharp had a succession of strike partners. First he played alongside Paul Wilkinson, Adrian Heath (also a midfielder) and then Wayne Clarke before the arrival of £2million Tony Cottee for the start of the 1988–89 season. This was the season where Everton were on the losing side in two Wembley finals – first they lost 4–3 to Nottingham Forest in the Full Members Cup final (in which Sharp scored a goal) and then they were beaten 3–2 by Liverpool in the second all Merseyside FA Cup final in four seasons.
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