Jimmy Sharp

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Jimmy Sharp
0Full Name	James Sharp
0Date of Birth	11 October 1880
0Place of Birth	Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland
0Position	Left back
0Chelsea career	1912-1915
0Debut	23 November 1912
0Games (goals)	63 (0)
0Other clubs	Dundee Fulham Woolwich Arsenal Glasgow Rangers Fulham

James "Jimmy" Sharp (11 October 1880 – 18 November 1949) was a Scottish international who played for Chelsea from 1912 until the cancellation of the Football League in 1915, due to the outbreak of the First World War.

Contents 1 Before Chelsea 2 Chelsea career 3 After Chelsea 4 Statistics

Before Chelsea

Born in Alyth, Perthshire, Sharp began his career with East Craigie and then joined Dundee in 1899. He was a regular at left back in his five seasons there, where he earned a Scottish First Division runners-up medal in 1902-03 and made his debut for Scotland against Wales on 12 March 1904. Later that year he moved south of the border to Fulham, who were then in the Southern League.

A year later, in 1905, he was snapped up by Woolwich Arsenal of the First Division and promptly became a regular in the side after making his debut against Liverpool on 2 September 1905. He missed only three league games in his first season and reached the FA Cup semi-finals twice in his first two seasons. At Arsenal Sharp also won another three Scotland caps, before Rangers prised him away in April 1908 for £400. In total he played 116 games for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals.

His spell at Rangers only lasted nine months before he moved back to London again, rejoining Fulham for a transfer fee of £1,000. He spent another four seasons at Craven Cottage, winning a final Scotland cap, against Wales on 1 March 1909, to bring his total to five.

Chelsea career

Sharp then made the short move across Fulham to Stamford Bridge, where he would finish his playing career. He spent three seasons at Chelsea, making 63 appearances in all competitions, before his professional career was ended in 1915, at the age of 34, due to the cancellation of league football after the outbreak of the First World War.

After Chelsea

He moved back to Fulham in 1919, working as a trainer. However at the age of 39 he made an unlikely comeback; after Fulham's regular inside left Harold Crockford missed the team bus to an away game at Bury on 17 April 1920, Sharp returned to the first team and scored in a 2-2 draw.

Sharp later coached at Walsall and Cliftonville. He died in 1949, aged 69.

Statistics

Season	League		FA Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1912-13	23	0	1	0	24	0
1913-14	21	0	0	0	21	0
1914-15	17	0	1	0	18	0
Total	61	0	2	0	63	0