Graham Shaw (footballer born 1967)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Paul Shaw | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1985 | Stoke City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Stoke City | 99 | (18) |
| 1989–1992 | Preston North End | 121 | (29) |
| 1992–1995 | Stoke City | 36 | (5) |
| 1994 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Rochdale | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 284 | (52) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graham Paul Shaw (born 7 June 1967) is an English former footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Stoke City, Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle and Rochdale between 1985 and 1996.
Shaw was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and signed on professional terms for local side Stoke City in June 1985 after progressing through the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground. He had a decent debut season for Stoke in 1985–86 scoring five goals in 22 appearances. He played in 20 matches in 1986–87 scoring twice and was top-scorer in 1987–88 with ten goals. During that season Stoke played Liverpool in the FA Cup and Shaw had the chance to win the match for Stoke after he was put through one on one with 'keeper Mike Hooper but Shaw hesitated thinking he was offside and the chance had gone. Stoke went on to lose the replay 1–0. Shaw scored six goals in 33 games in the 1988–89 season before being surprisingly sold by Mick Mills to Third Division Preston North End for £70,000.
Shaw's time at Deepdale was a mixed affair however with him brilliant one game and then extremely disappointing the next.Much of this can however be put down to injuries and the fact that he never really had a regular or good enough strike partner.His first season with the club though started like a house on fire with him scoring six goals in his first four games including a League cup hat-trick against Tranmere Rovers. The rest of the season was a disappointment though with Shaw picking up an injury a few games later against Bristol Rovers and adding only five more goals to his early season burst.
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