Lee Sharpe
Lee started his career at Torquay United, and after just 16 first team games he was snapped up by Manchester United for a fee of £2000,00, which was a record at the time for a YTS player.
He played a vital role in his first season at Old Trafford in the 1990- 1991 season, helping United to success in the European Cup Winners Cup, and scored a memorable hat-trick away at Arsenal in the League Cup. During eight year at Old Trafford, he scored nearly 40 goals in 265 matches.
Lee was transferred to Leeds United for a fee of 4.5 million prior to the 1996/97 season, making him their record signing, but unfortunately injury restricted him to very few appearances. He had a loan spell at Sampdoria, then followed a permanent move to Bradford City, where he initially helped them to promotion to the Premier League, and the following season they preserved their status in the top flight. A loan spell then followed to Portsmouth, followed by brief spells at Grimsby Town, Exeter City and Grindavik in Iceland, but he then had to curtail his career due to injury at the early age of just 32.
Since his retirement, Lee has developed a career within television, and has appeared on Score, Football Focus and Match of the Day 2 both as a live studio guest and as a features reporter. He was a celebrity contestant on Dancing on Ice, Celebrity Love Island and Celebrity Wrestling, was a co-host for Junior Gladiators and a reporter on Footballers Wives. He also appeared in Ant & Dec’s Saturday night takeaway as part of Team Dec. In 2008 he appeared on Channel 5’s Superstars as a member of Sir Steven Redgraves winning team
Lee has quickly established a reputation as a very good after dinner speaker. He brings his fun outlook on life to the after dinner circuit with numerous stories from the world of football and television, about the characters and personalities he has worked with.
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