Graeme Sharp

Graeme Marshall Sharp ( born October 16, 1960 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish footballer.

Playing career

Dumbarton FC

Graeme Sharp began his professional career in 1978 in the Scottish second division side FC Dumbarton. After an embossed only sporadic inserts first season in the Scottish Football League Second Division, he scored in the 1979/80 season 16 goals in 34 league games and recommended himself as a substitution to Everton.

Everton FC

Everton had the talented young Scottish striker committed in April 1980 for £ 120,000 transfer fee. Under coach Gordon Lee Sharp came in the Football League First Division in 1980/81 to only four league operations. At the beginning of the season 1981/82 Howard Kendall took over as coach at Everton and headed in his six-year tenure, the most successful period in their history a. Graeme Sharp ( 29 Spiele/15 goals) quickly found at Kendall into account and paid back with numerous hits. In the First Division the team missed the first three seasons of qualifying for the European Cup, but reached Everton in the FA Cup 1983/84 the final, defeating there the Watford FC 2-0. Sharp had scored in the 38th minute opener before Andy Gray in the 51 scored the second goal.

The following season 1984/85 should be the most successful in the club's history. Together with his team-mates Neville Southall, Trevor Steven and Pat Van Den Hauwe be brought Sharp ( 36 Spiele/21 results) the championship in the Football League First Division in 1984/85. Another title, the team secured the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1984/85, as Everton could overcome in the final in Rotterdam Rapid Wien 3-1. In addition, the team reached the final of the FA Cup in 1984/85, but lost 0-1 against Manchester United. Due to numerous transgressions English hooligans, which culminated in the Heysel disaster, all English clubs from the season 85/86 were excluded from the Europa Cup. Everton therefore missed the participation in the European Champions Cup. For this, the club won by the runner-up 85/86 after Liverpool FC and a new final defeat in the FA Cup 1985/86, in the Football League First Division 1986/87 sovereign the title. In the FA Cup 1988/89 Everton went up again to the final, but lost again against Liverpool, the final game. Sharp had in the season 85/86 to build on the good pre-season and scored 19 goals in 37 league games, but after that one more time double-digit hit only 87/88 in the First Division. The returned in November 1990 after more than three years after Everton Howard Kendall possessed with Tony Cottee and Mike Newell about two accurate striker who received the preference to Sharp.

Oldham Athletic

Therefore, in July 1991 he moved after eleven successful years in Liverpool for £ 500,000 to Oldham Athletic. Oldham had after 68 years of absence reached to qualify for the Football League First Division 1991/92 in the previous year and secured with Sharp in the league. The introduction of the Premier League 1992 /93 was the club in the first division before took place in the Premier League 1993/94 as a table next to last of the relegation to the second division. For this, the club celebrated by the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1993/94 a success, where Oldham had to admit defeat to the later champions Manchester United until the replay. When in November 1994, Joe Royle left Oldham to new coach at Everton to be, Sharp took over as player-coach a new function. However, the promotion back to the Premier League, the club failed in the following years significantly, but the team in the 1996/97 season got off to the third tier. Graeme Sharp had left the club in March 1997.

He spent one season as player-coach in the League of Wales in 1997/98 the Welsh first division club Bangor City and secured his team the title in the Welsh Cup in 1998 before he finished his career.

Scottish national

Between 1985 and 1988, denied Graeme Sharp 12 caps for the Scottish national football team and scored one goal. Height of his national team career was participating in the Football World Cup 1986 in Mexico. Scotland failed in the preliminary round to Germany, Uruguay and Dänermark. Sharp was only in the final group game 0-0 against Uruguay for use.

Achievements

  • English Champion: 1985 and 1987
  • FA Cup Winners: 1984
  • FA Cup Runners-up: 1985, 1986 and 1989
  • European Cup Winners' Cup winners: 1985
  • Welsh Cup winners: 1998
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Bangor City F.C. 1980–81 in English football 1981–82 in English football 1983–84 FA Cup Watford F.C. 1984–85 in English football 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 FA Cup Manchester United F.C. Heysel Stadium disaster 1985–86 FA Cup 1986–87 in English football 1988–89 FA Cup 1991–92 Football League First Division 1992–93 FA Premier League 1993–94 FA Premier League 1993–94 FA Cup 1997–98 League of Wales
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