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RETIRING ACE BILLY HAS BIG AMBITION…

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The Football League Paper Team
18 October 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

BILLY Sharp has announced his intention to one day manage boyhood club Sheffield United after bringing the curtain down on a glittering 22-year career.
The 40-year-old scored 299 career goals for the likes of Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Hull, Scunthorpe, Reading and Doncaster.
However, he is best remembered for his two spells at Bramall Lane, the second of which saw the Blades rise from League One to the Premier League before finishing ninth in the top-flight under current gaffer Chris Wilder in 2019-20.
Wilder offered Sharp a coaching role during the su...

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