Things are happening at Guiseley. Not only at first team level as well, their Under 17's team have one of the brightest managerial prospects in the world!!! ;o)
> SHARP SIGNING FOR GUISELEY >>From www.nonleaguedaily.com, 3/10/2006 > > Former Leeds United star Kevin Sharp has signed for ambitious UniBond > League > Premier Division club Guiseley and will be available for selection in > Tuesday night's match away at North Ferriby United. The Canadian left > back, > 32, was released by Shrewsbury Town, whom he captained, in April, and will > add quality to Guiseley`s squad, which is sitting in third position in the > table. Guiseley press officer Steve Exley said: "We are delighted to have > signed Kevin, who impressed in pre-season friendlies for us, and he should > add further quality to an already impressive squad." Sharp began his > career > as at French club AJ Auxerre, but left in 1992 for England, where he has > spent the rest of his career. His first English club was Leeds United, > joining for a £60,000 fee. He made just 17 League appearances in three > years > at the Yorkshire club, then one of the top clubs in England. Moving to > Wigan > in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 217 appearances in six years. > Wigan won promotion to Division Two in 1997. In November 2001 he joined > Wrexham on a free transfer. He played just 15 times for the Welsh club, > and > Wrexham were relegated from Division Two that season. In August 2002, > Sharp > left for Huddersfield Town on another free transfer. Sharp played > regularly, > but again his club were relegated from Division Two. Yet again moving to a > Div.2 club on a free transfer and yet again relegated, Sharp completed an > unhappy hat-trick with Scunthorpe United. A season in the newly-renamed > fourth tier of English football, Football League Two, ended in promotion > for > Scunthorpe, but Sharp was to stay in the division. He had made 46 league > appearances - exactly half of Scunthorpe's league matches over the two > years > with the club. Sharp joined Shrewsbury prior to the 2005/06 season, with > manager Gary Peters installing him as club captain. However, he was > released > towards the end of the season before lniking up with the ambitious UniBond > Premier Division outfit. > > Guiseley also went through to the Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup by > beating Gateshead in front of more than 400 fans at Nethermoor on > Saturday, > and will face Arngrove Northern League side Newcastle Benfield Bay > Plastics > at home on Saturday, October 14th. > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
