Billy Sharp

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Billy Sharp
Personal information
Full name William Louis Sharp
Date of birth February 5, 1986 (1986-02-05) (age 21)
Place of birth    Sheffield, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker/ Winger
Club information
Current club Sheffield United
Number 24
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002-2005
2005
2005-2007
2007-		 Sheffield United
→ Rushden & Diamonds (loan)
Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United		 02 0(0)
16 0(9)
82 (53)
10 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 24 December 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

William Louis "Billy" Sharp (born 5 February 1986 in Sheffield) is an English professional footballer currently playing a striker role at Sheffield United.

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Sharp started at Rotherham United as a schoolboy in the Academy, but opted to join the Sheffield United Academy after Rotherham turned him away.

Sharp signed for Sheffield United as a schoolboy in 2002 but, after leaving the Academy, he failed to establish himself in manager Neil Warnock's squad. He made only two brief substitute appearances for United, the second and final of which coming in the last game of the 2004-2005 season.

In 2005, he went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds. At Nene Park despite just playing 16 games Sharp became a very popular figure. Scoring 9 goals, one of which was a last minute winner in the 3-2 win over bitter rivals Northampton Town, he helped prevent anothe relegation. His hatrick against Boston Utd. was also memorable. Despite his short spell at the club Sharp became an immensely popular figure. In a recent fans vote for the Diamonds "All-Time Diamond" Sharp received aenough points to be placed equal 12th in the final rankings.[citation needed] He received the same amount of votes as popular Diamonds figures such as Jon Brady, Andy Peakes and Billy Turley. He left at the seasons end.

After returning from his loan spell Sharp made two substitute appearances for United before he was sold to Scunthorpe United for £100,000 in August 2005. He soon became a firm favourite at Glanford Park scoring 24 goals in his first season with the league one club.

Sharp scored the 50th goal of his career in the 2-0 win at Carlisle United on 9 December 2006. He was featured on ITV's The Championship, and Scunthorpe United chairman Steve Wharton claimed he would reject a bid of £2 million for Sharp.

Sharp broke the Iron's 45 year old club record for most goals scored in a season on 28 April 2007. Barrie Thomas was the previous holder.

Sharp netted 30[1] times in the league in the 2006-07 season guiding his team to promotion into the Coca Cola Championship. This was the highest total in the 4 leagues of England [2] [3] [4] [5]. He scored a header in the televised defeat to Aston Villa, which only served to enhance his reputation across the nation. In all, he scored 56 goals in 95 games for Scunthorpe during his two seasons at Glanford Park.

With his goalscoring feats in the 2006-07 season, there was predictable interest from other clubs in Sharp, and a number of clubs made bids for the striker as the season ended. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Ultimately, lifelong Blades fan Sharp rejoined Sheffield United on 4 July for a fee of around £2 million, a deal that also saw Sheffield United's Jonathan Forte transferred to Scunthorpe. Sharp has been awarded the number 24 shirt for the Blades for the 2007-2008 season.

Sharp made his first appearance of the season in a friendly against Longford Town and took just 14 minutes to open his account for the Blades with a header.[11]

Sharp made his full Sheffield United first team debut in the opening game of the 2007-2008 season, a 2-2 draw with Colchester United.[12] He scored his first competative goals for the club in September, hitting two against Morecambe in a 5-0 third round Carling Cup victory.[13]

Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Sheffield United 2007-081 10 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 2
Scunthorpe United 2006-07 45 30 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 50 32
2005-06 37 23 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 45 24
Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 2004-05 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9
Sheffield United 2004-05 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 110 62 7 1 7 3 0 0 2 1 126 67

1 Last updated 24 December 2007

  1. ^ BBC SPORT Football - My Club - Sheff Utd - Sharp gets Blades return ticket. BBC News (2007-07-04). Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  2. ^ BBC SPORT - Football - My Club - Chelsea - Drogba collects Golden Boot award:. BBC News (2007-05-18). Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  3. ^ Divisional Scorers - The Football League - Stats - FLC. The Football League. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  4. ^ Divisional Scorers - The Football League - Stats - FL1. The Football League. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  5. ^ Divisional Scorers - The Football League - Stats: FL2. The Football League. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  6. ^ "Sharp must make decision on Owls", BBC Sport, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. 
  7. ^ "Iron reject Owls offer for Sharp", BBC Sport, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 
  8. ^ "Iron confirm Norwich's Sharp bid", BBC Sport, 2007-05-29. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  9. ^ "Preston confirm interest in Sharp", BBC Sport, 2007-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-05-19. 
  10. ^ Sharp in talks with Norwich. The Pink 'Un (2007-06-20). Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  11. ^ "Sharp gets Blades' return ticket", BBC Sport, 2007-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. 
  12. ^ "Sheff Utd 2-2 Colchester", BBC Sport, 2007-08-11. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  13. ^ "Sheff Utd 5-0 Morecambe", BBC Sport, 2007-09-25. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 

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Sheffield United F.C. – current squad

1 Kenny • 2 Bromby • 3 Naysmith • 4 Bardsley • 5 Morgan • 6 Beattie • 7 Shelton • 8 Stead • 9 Hulse • 10 Webber • 11 Hendrie • 12 A. Quinn • 13 Bennett • 14 Carney • 16 Kilgallon • 17 Montgomery • 18 Tonge • 19 Gillespie • 20 Armstrong • 22 Lucketti • 24 Sharp • 25 Gerrard • 26 Geary • 28 S. Quinn • 29 Horsfield • 30 Li Tie • 31 Law • 35 Ashmore • –– Seck • Manager: Robson
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