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Ian Sharps Profile and Player Statistics

Ian Sharps

First name:	Ian
Last name:	Sharps
Position:	Defender
Nationality:
Height:	191
Weight:	90

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Ian Sharps has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
National League	2015/2016	Chester	11	1	4	1	6	0
Carabao Cup	2014/2015	Burton Albion	3	0	1	0	0	0
EFL Trophy	2014/2015	Burton Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0
FA Cup	2014/2015	Burton Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0
League Two	2014/2015	Burton Albion	23	3	0	0	1	0
National League	2014/2015	AFC Telford United	4	0	0	0	4	0
Carabao Cup	2013/2014	Burton Albion	2	0	0	0	0	0
EFL Trophy	2013/2014	Burton Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0
FA Cup	2013/2014	Burton Albion	4	0	0	0	0	0
League Two	2013/2014	Burton Albion	40	0	2	1	8	2
Carabao Cup	2012/2013	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0
EFL Trophy	2012/2013	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0
League Two	2012/2013	Burton Albion	43	0	1	1	9	0
FA Cup	2011/2012	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	1	0	0
League Two	2011/2012	Shrewsbury Town	44	0	0	1	5	0
Carabao Cup	2010/2011	Shrewsbury Town	2	0	0	0	0	0
League Two	2010/2011	Shrewsbury Town	45	0	3	1	7	1
League Two	2009/2010	Rotherham United	13	0	4	0	9	0
EFL Trophy	2008/2009	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	0
League Two	2008/2009	Rotherham United	11	0	2	4	5	1

Ian Sharps has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
05/04/2016	Torquay United	2 - 0	Chester	1-0	H2H	+
N. Blissett 3'		1 - 0
			28' Ian Sharps
Toby Ajala 37'
			51' Tom Shaw
			57' James Alabi
			57' C. Hobson
			57' Tom Shaw
			57' R. Lloyd
Danny Racchi 64'
Sam Chaney 65'
Shaun Harrad 65'
Toby Ajala 75'
Courtney Richards 75'
Shaun Harrad 81'
			82' Luke George
			86' Luke George
			86' Kane Richards
Iffy Allen 90'		2 - 0
N. Blissett 90+1'
Ben Gerring 90+1'
			90+4' John Rooney
30/01/2016	Braintree Town	2 - 0	Chester	2-0	H2H	+
Mark Phillips 11'		1 - 0
Matt Paine 35'		2 - 0
			46' Jordan Chapell
			46' Jason Gilchrist
			55' Craig Mahon
			55' Sam Hughes
Sean Marks 64'
Michael Cheek 64'
Kenny Davis 68'
Chez Isaac 68'
			72' Ben Heneghan
			74' James Alabi
			74' Ian Sharps
Daniel Sparkes 75'
Taylor Miles 75'
			77' Ross Hannah
28/12/2015	Chester	0 - 2	Macclesfield Town	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	25' Ian Sharps
		0 - 2	31' Kristian Dennis
Ian Sharps 46'
Craig Mahon 46'
Luke George 58'
John Rooney 58'
R. Lloyd 74'
C. Hobson 74'
			80' D. Whitehead
			80' T. Diagne
C. Hobson 84'
21/11/2015	Chester	1 - 2	Woking	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	15' Dan Holman
James Roberts 37'
Calum Dyson 37'
Ian Sharps 72'
Jordan Chapell 73'
Craig Hobson 73'
John Rooney 75'
Luke Woodland 75'
			78' Bruno Andrade
			78' Jake Caprice
			88' Joe Quigley
			88' Jimmy Keohane
		0 - 2	90' John Goddard
			90+3' Dan Holman
			90+3' Kadell Daniel
Ross Hannah 90+6'		1 - 2
14/11/2015	Boreham Wood	0 - 0	Chester	0-0	H2H	+
Conor Clifford 28'
			61' Calum Dyson
			61' Jordan Chapell
			61' James Roberts
			61' Craig Mahon
Luke Howell 62'
Anthony Jeffrey 62'
			73' John Rooney
			73' Craig Hobson
			79' Ian Sharps
Charlie MacDonald 85'
Junior Morias 85'
Scott Doe 87'
31/10/2015	Forest Green Rovers	2 - 1	Chester	2-1	H2H	+
Robert Sinclair 5'
		0 - 1	12' Ross Hannah
Jon Parkin 21'
Jon Parkin 31'		1 - 1
Keanu Marsh-Brown 33'		2 - 1
			45+1' Ian Sharps
James Jennings 58'
			58' Jon Worsnop
			63' James Roberts
			63' Jamie McDonagh
			64' Ian Sharps
			64' Ben Heneghan
Keanu Marsh-Brown 73'
Marcus Kelly 73'
Darren Carter 87'
Thomas Bender 87'
			90+5' Michael Kay
06/10/2015	Barrow	3 - 2	Chester	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	30' Jordan Chapell
Andrew Haworth 35'		1 - 1
Andy Cook 47'		2 - 1
			54' Ben Heneghan
Ashley Grimes 68'
Anthony Wilson 68'
		2 - 2	72' Tom Shaw
			73' Kane Richards
			73' C. Hobson
Danny Pilkington 73'
D. Mellor 73'
N. Cowperthwaite 77'		3 - 2
			84' Ian Sharps
			84' Michael Kay
			84' Sam Hughes
Andy Cook 86'
J. Walker 86'
			89' Jordan Chapell
			89' George Thomson
26/09/2015	Bromley	3 - 0	Chester	3-0	H2H	+
Moses Emmanuel 19'		1 - 0
Louis Dennis 29'		2 - 0
Moses Emmanuel 45+1'		3 - 0
			47' Ben Heneghan
			47' Michael Kay
			53' Johnny Hunt
			60' Craig Hobson
			60' Tom Peers
Rob Swaine 71'
Sean Francis 71'
Emmanuel Ugo Udoji 79'
Paul Rodgers 79'
Louis Dennis 84'
Pierre Joseph-Dubois 84'
			88' Ian Sharps
22/08/2015	Woking	5 - 2	Chester	1-0	H2H	+
			16' Ross Hannah
			16' Craig Mahon
			23' Ben Heneghan
John Goddard 24'		1 - 0
Dan Holman 47'		2 - 0
			52' Jordan Chapell
			52' Michael Kay
Kadell Daniel 53'		3 - 0
			53' Tom Shaw
			53' Dale Tonge
John Goddard 56'
Bruno Andrade 56'
		3 - 1	65' Ian Sharps
Joey Jones 76'		4 - 1
Kadell Daniel 78'
Ben Pattie 78'
Mark Ricketts 78'
Godfrey Poku 78'
Kieran Murtagh 89'
		4 - 2	89' John Rooney
Ben Pattie 90+3'		5 - 2
28/03/2015	Dover Athletic	1 - 0	AFC Telford United	1-0	H2H	+
S. Payne 4'		1 - 0
			46' Danny Ventre
			46' Ross Dyer
			46' Glenn Matthews
			46' S. Smith
			60' Ian Sharps
S. Payne 67'
J. Poole 67'
Tom Murphy 68'
R. Modeste 68'
			71' S. Smith
Dan Holman 81'
Barry Cogan 81'
R. Modeste 90+2'
24/03/2015	Braintree Town	0 - 2	AFC Telford United	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	59' T. Gray
			60' T. Gray
		0 - 2	64' Danny Ventre
Matt Paine 73'
Jordan Cox 73'
Mitch Brundle 78'
			81' G. Poku
			81' J. Disney
			87' Ian Sharps
Jordan Cox 90'
			90+5' Adam Farrell
			90+5' Ross Dyer
14/03/2015	AFC Telford United	1 - 3	Woking	0-0	H2H	+
Glenn Matthews 13'
		0 - 1	48' Scott Rendell
Adam Farrell 62'
Rod McDonald 64'		1 - 1
			66' Aswad Thomas
			66' Christopher Arthur
			72' Y. Odubade
			72' Giuseppe Sole
Ian Sharps 72'
Bradley Reid 79'
		1 - 2	81' Kevin Betsy
Rod McDonald 84'
J. Disney 84'
Adam Farrell 85'
Ross Dyer 85'
		1 - 3	86' Giuseppe Sole
			88' Mark Ricketts
			88' Charles Banya
24/02/2015	Grimsby Town	1 - 0	AFC Telford United	0-0	H2H	+
			18' T. Gray
			27' Ian Sharps
Nathan Arnold 47'		1 - 0
			61' M. Grogan
			61' Sean Clancy
			61' S. Smith
			61' Glenn Matthews
			66' Jack Rea
			66' G. Poku
Craig Clay 72'
Scott Brown 72'
Christian Jolley 72'
Jon Pittman 72'
			79' Danny Ventre
31/01/2015	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Bury	0-0	H2H	+
Phil Edwards 62'		1 - 0
			63' Hallam Hope
			63' Nicky Adams
			66' Kelvin Etuhu
			66' Craig Jones
			71' Joe Riley
			71' Danny Rose
Adam McGurk 78'
Tom Naylor 78'
			88' A. Tutte
J. Blyth 90+3'
Ian Sharps 90+3'
24/01/2015	York City	1 - 1	Burton Albion	0-0	H2H	+
			41' Kelvin Maynard
			41' L. Akins
			43' George Taft
			46' Matt Palmer
			46' Adam McGurk
			63' Stuart Beavon
Emile Sinclair 70'		1 - 0
Jake Hyde 76'
Wes Fletcher 76'
			77' Stuart Beavon
			77' Dominic Knowles
		1 - 1	87' Adam McGurk
Wes Fletcher 90+1'
			90+3' Phil Edwards
10/01/2015	Burton Albion	2 - 1	Mansfield Town	2-0	H2H	+
Matt Palmer 8'		1 - 0
Kelvin Maynard 24'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	51' R. Lambe
			54' B. Kee
J. Blyth 62'
Darragh Lenihan 70'
Kelvin Maynard 79'
Adam McGurk 79'
			79' R. Lambe
			79' M. Rhead
Stuart Beavon 84'
L. Akins 84'
			90+2' Callum Elder
			90+2' Dan Fletcher
Matt Palmer 90+2'
Ian Sharps 90+2'
03/01/2015	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Shrewsbury Town	0-0	H2H	+
Stuart Beavon 19'
Darragh Lenihan 23'
			45+1' Ryan Woods
George Taft 60'		1 - 0
			67' Mark Ellis
			67' James Wesolowski
J. Blyth 72'
			77' James Collins
			78' Liam Lawrence
			78' Andy Mangan
Stuart Beavon 82'
Dominic Knowles 82'
Kelvin Maynard 88'
Adam McGurk 88'
Matt Palmer 90+2'
Ian Sharps 90+2'
26/12/2014	Burton Albion	2 - 0	Tranmere Rovers	2-0	H2H	+
Alex MacDonald 13'
Kelvin Maynard 13'
			23' Liam Ridehalgh
Damien McCrory 23'		1 - 0
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 38'		2 - 0
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 45+3'
George Taft 45+3'
			46' J. Thompson
			46' Calaum Jahraldo-Martin
			51' Max Power
			60' S. Fenelon
			60' Kayode Odejayi
			60' Connor Jennings
			60' Chris Shuker
J. Blyth 88'
Matt Palmer 90+3'
Jimmy Phillips 90+3'
19/12/2014	Southend United	0 - 0	Burton Albion	0-0	H2H	+
			48' Alex MacDonald
			68' J. Blyth
			69' Bryn Morris
			69' Matt Palmer
Luke Prosser 72'
Barry Corr 82'
Myles Weston 82'
			84' R. Weir
			86' Alex MacDonald
			86' Adam McGurk
13/12/2014	Burton Albion	4 - 0	Hartlepool United	1-0	H2H	+
			38' N. Austin
Alex MacDonald 45'		1 - 0
			46' Jack Compton
			46' M. Woods
Alex MacDonald 46'		2 - 0
			63' Marlon Harewood
			63' Scott Fenwick
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 65'		3 - 0
			68' Brad Walker
			68' Kieran Green
Stuart Beavon 69'		4 - 0
Stuart Beavon 72'
Dominic Knowles 72'
Alex MacDonald 77'
Marcus Harness 77'
R. Weir 82'
Matt Palmer 82'
			88' Kieran Green
08/11/2014	Barnsley	5 - 0	Burton Albion	2-0	H2H	+
Sam Winnall 40'		1 - 0
Sam Winnall 42'		2 - 0
			46' Lee Bell
			46' Dominic Knowles
Conor Hourihane 56'		3 - 0
			59' Stuart Beavon
			59' Marcus Harness
Ryan Williams 61'
Keith Treacy 61'
			67' Alex MacDonald
			67' Adam McGurk
Sam Winnall 74'		4 - 0
Sam Winnall 75'
L. Lita 75'
M. Trotta 79'
Devante Cole 79'
Devante Cole 83'		5 - 0
01/11/2014	Burton Albion	1 - 1	Plymouth Argyle	1-0	H2H	+
Alex MacDonald 32'		1 - 0
			59' Carl McHugh
			59' Lee Cox
			59' Anthony O'Connor
			60' Dominic Blizzard
			60' Deane Smalley
			65' Anthony O'Connor
			65' J. Banton
Matt Palmer 68'
Adam McGurk 68'
		1 - 1	70' R. Reid
Lee Bell 76'
Darragh Lenihan 76'
Alex MacDonald 79'
Marcus Harness 79'
			90+3' Lee Cox
			90+4' J. Banton
25/10/2014	Stevenage	1 - 0	Burton Albion	0-0	H2H	+
Dean Parrett 14'
Dean Parrett 19'
Tom Pett 19'
			70' Dominic Knowles
			70' Marcus Harness
J. Jebb 71'
Chris Beardsley 71'
Tom Pett 78'
Roarie Deacon 78'
Ian Sharps 84'		1 - 0
			86' J. Blyth
			86' Sam Austin
			87' Lee Bell
			87' Darragh Lenihan
25/10/2014	Stevenage	1 - 0	Burton Albion	0-0	H2H	+
Dean Parrett 14'
Dean Parrett 19'
Tom Pett 19'
			70' Dominic Knowles
			70' Marcus Harness
J. Jebb 71'
Chris Beardsley 71'
Tom Pett 78'
Roarie Deacon 78'
Ian Sharps 84'		1 - 0
			86' J. Blyth
			86' Sam Austin
			87' Lee Bell
			87' Darragh Lenihan
21/10/2014	Carlisle United	3 - 4	Burton Albion	2-4	H2H	+
			3' George Taft
			3' Damien McCrory
		0 - 1	5' Damien McCrory
Kyle Dempsey 12'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	27' Lee Bell
		1 - 3	40' J. Blyth
		1 - 4	45+2' Alex MacDonald
Brad Potts 45+5'		2 - 4
Gary Dicker 46'
Derek Asamoah 46'
Georg Iliev 46'
M. Beck 46'
			51' Alex MacDonald
Hayden White 51'
			58' Stuart Beavon
Derek Asamoah 65'		3 - 4
M. Robson 74'
Stephen Elliott 74'
			86' J. Blyth
			86' Adam McGurk
			90+5' Stuart Beavon
18/10/2014	Burton Albion	0 - 2	Morecambe	0-0	H2H	+
Adam McGurk 50'
Stuart Beavon 50'
			56' Andrew Fleming
		0 - 1	59' Kevin Ellison
		0 - 2	61' A. Kenyon
L. Akins 65'
Marcus Harness 65'
			68' Paul Mullin
			68' Tom Barkhuizen
			68' Andrew Fleming
			68' Andrew Wright
R. Weir 69'
Dominic Knowles 69'
			85' Tom Barkhuizen
			85' Jamie Devitt
			85' J. Sampson
11/10/2014	Northampton Town	1 - 2	Burton Albion	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	45' J. Blyth
K. Mohamed 49'
Lawson D'Ath 49'
Lawson D'Ath 66'
Ben Tozer 68'
D. Alfei 68'
			68' George Taft
			68' Damien McCrory
			76' Adam McGurk
			76' Marcus Harness
Alex Nicholls 76'
K. Langmead 76'
			80' L. Akins
Ryan Cresswell 80'		1 - 1
			84' R. Weir
			84' Liam Slade
		1 - 2	85' Alex MacDonald
Enda Stevens 90+1'
07/10/2014	Burton Albion	0 - 3	Doncaster Rovers	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	32' H. Forrester
		0 - 2	41' Nathan Tyson
Ian Sharps 46'
Lee Bell 46'
Damien McCrory 46'
George Taft 46'
Alex MacDonald 71'
Marcus Harness 71'
			73' Nathan Tyson
			73' Theo Robinson
			86' Paul Keegan
			86' Harry Middleton
		0 - 3	87' Richard Wellens
			90' H. Forrester
			90' B. Whitehouse
03/10/2014	Burton Albion	1 - 3	Cambridge United	0-1	H2H	+
Callum McFadzean 6'
George Taft 6'
		0 - 1	35' Tom Elliott
Alex MacDonald 39'
Phil Edwards 45+3'
John Mousinho 45+4'
Alex MacDonald 46'
J. Blyth 46'
		0 - 2	64' R. Donaldson
Adam McGurk 73'
Marcus Harness 73'
		0 - 3	76' Tom Elliott
L. Akins 81'		1 - 3
27/09/2014	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Cheltenham Town	1-0	H2H	+
			8' Steve Elliott
Stuart Beavon 34'		1 - 0
			46' Paul Black
			46' Terry Gornell
Stuart Beavon 73'
J. Blyth 73'
L. Akins 74'
Matt Palmer 74'
J. Blyth 83'
			83' Troy Brown
			83' John Marquis
			83' Raffaele De Vita
Adam McGurk 90+1'
Marcus Harness 90+1'
24/09/2014	Burton Albion	0 - 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' Rohan Ince
		0 - 2	37' Kazenga LuaLua
		0 - 3	66' C. Mackail-Smith
			68' Lewis Dunk
			70' Patrick McCourt
			70' Toko Nzuzi
Adam McGurk 78'
Sam Austin 78'
			78' Kazenga LuaLua
			78' Adrián Colunga
Ian Sharps 83'
Liam Slade 83'
			88' Inigo Calderon
20/09/2014	Bury	3 - 1	Burton Albion	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Marcus Harness
Danny Rose 46'
Daniel Nardiello 46'
Daniel Nardiello 48'		1 - 0
			54' George Taft
Ryan Lowe 57'		2 - 0
			59' Marcus Harness
			59' J. Blyth
Kelvin Etuhu 60'
Duane Holmes 60'
			60' Callum McFadzean
			60' Dominic Knowles
Daniel Nardiello 66'		3 - 0
			74' Ian Sharps
			74' R. Weir
Ryan Lowe 76'
A. Tutte 76'
		3 - 1	88' J. Blyth
			89' Phil Edwards
			89' Liam Slade
Duane Holmes 90+1'
16/09/2014	AFC Wimbledon	3 - 0	Burton Albion	2-0	H2H	+
M. Tubbs 21'		1 - 0
			32' L. Akins
			32' Matt Palmer
Adebayo Akinfenwa 37'		2 - 0
M. Tubbs 49'
Alan Bennett 61'
			65' Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
			65' Callum McFadzean
Adebayo Akinfenwa 67'		3 - 0
Adebayo Akinfenwa 69'
George Francomb 72'
Tom Beere 72'
Adebayo Akinfenwa 75'
A. Azeez 75'
			76' Phil Edwards
			76' Marcus Harness
M. Tubbs 82'
Sean Rigg 83'
Callum Kennedy 83'
Ben Harrison 90+3'
13/09/2014	Burton Albion	2 - 0	York City	0-0	H2H	+
L. Akins 55'		1 - 0
John Mousinho 61'
			63' Anthony Straker
			63' Jake Hyde
Stuart Beavon 78'
J. Blyth 78'
John Mousinho 79'		2 - 0
Alex MacDonald 81'
Alex MacDonald 82'
Marcus Harness 82'
			83' L. Meikle
			83' T. Platt
Adam McGurk 90'
Matt Palmer 90'
07/09/2014	Burton Albion	2 - 0	Portsmouth	1-0	H2H	+
Adam McGurk 2'		1 - 0
L. Akins 55'		2 - 0
			60' Nicky Shorey
			60' M. Storey
Adam McGurk 72'
J. Blyth 72'
			74' R. Holmes
			74' Patrick Agyemang
			75' Jed Wallace
			79' A. Wynter
			79' Dan Butler
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 83'
Callum McFadzean 83'
Alex MacDonald 89'
Matt Palmer 89'
30/08/2014	Mansfield Town	1 - 2	Burton Albion	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	42' Ritchie Sutton
			52' Stuart Beavon
Ollie Palmer 63'
Alex Fisher 63'
			64' Jon McLaughlin
Lee Beevers 67'
		0 - 2	71' Callum McFadzean
M. Rhead 75'		1 - 2
			77' Stuart Beavon
			77' Marcus Harness
Robert Taylor 78'
Fergus Bell 78'
			87' R. Weir
			90' Callum McFadzean
			90' Lee Bell
Lee Beevers 90+1'
S. Heslop 90+1'
27/08/2014	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Queens Park Rangers	0-0	H2H	+
Alex MacDonald 27'
John Mousinho 35'
John Mousinho 46'
R. Weir 46'
			54' Danny Simpson
			59' Alejandro Faurlin
			59' Leroy Fer
			76' Richard Dunne
Adam McGurk 77'		1 - 0
Dominic Knowles 78'
J. Blyth 78'
			78' Shaun Wright-Phillips
			78' Bobby Zamora
			81' Karl Henry
			81' Jordon Mutch
Adam McGurk 85'
Callum McFadzean 85'
23/08/2014	Newport County	1 - 1	Burton Albion	1-0	H2H	+
Chris Zebroski 37'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	51' John Mousinho
			68' Adam McGurk
			68' Alex MacDonald
			79' Callum McFadzean
			79' Marcus Harness
			80' Phil Edwards
Aaron O'Connor 81'
S. Jeffers 81'
19/08/2014	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Exeter City	1-0	H2H	+
Stuart Beavon 41'		1 - 0
			61' Jimmy Keohane
			61' David Wheeler
			76' Liam Sercombe
Dominic Knowles 80'
Marcus Harness 80'
			87' Jordan Tillson
			87' O. Watkins
16/08/2014	Burton Albion	2 - 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' Jamie Cureton
Dominic Knowles 60'
B. Kee 60'
Alex MacDonald 60'
Matt Palmer 60'
			72' Andre Boucaud
			72' Joss Labadie
			72' Jamie Cureton
			72' G. Porter
John Mousinho 77'
Marcus Harness 77'
B. Kee 84'		1 - 1
B. Kee 88'		2 - 1
			90' Kevin Nolan
			90' B. Goldberg

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