Graham Pearce (English footballer)

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Graham Pearce
Personal information
Full name Graham Charles Pearce[1]
Date of birth (1959-07-08) 8 July 1959[2]
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position Left back
Youth career
1971–1976 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 Hillingdon Borough
1979–1982 Barnet[lower-alpha 1] 79 (4)
1982–1986 Brighton & Hove Albion 88 (2)
1986–1988 Gillingham 65 (0)
1989 Brentford 18 (0)
1989–1990 Maidstone United 27 (0)
1990–1992 Enfield
Basingstoke Town
Kingstonian
Harrow Borough
Molesey
Corinthian-Casuals
Teams managed
Brentford Reserves
1992 Enfield (player-manager)
Molesey (player-manager)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Graham Pearce (born 8 July 1959) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton and Hove Albion, Gillingham, Brentford and Maidstone United.[3][4] He played for Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup Final against Manchester United.[5] He also played in the Football Conference for Barnet and was player-manager of Isthmian League clubs Enfield and Molesey.[6][3][7] He returned to Brentford to serve as first team coach and reserve team coach in the early 1990s.[8] His other coaching roles include Assistant Community Development Officer at Wimbledon, Kingston University and Sunday League side Brentford Athletic.[7]

Personal life

Pearce was born in Hammersmith, London.[2] Since 2010, he has been a physical education teacher at Homefield Preparatory School in Sutton, south London.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Barnet infobox statistics include appearances and goals in Football Conference only.

References

  1. ↑ Barry Hugman's Footballers - Graham Pearce
  2. 1 2 3 Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 340. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  3. 1 2 "Graham Pearce". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 122. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. ↑ Fort, Didier (15 February 2006). "England – FA Cup Finals 1946–2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 67, 74. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  7. 1 2 Griffin Gazette versus AFC Bournemouth 04/05/96. Poole: Quay Design of Poole. 1996. p. 13.
  8. ↑ Cheung, Kuen-Wah. "Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford five-a-side team". www.seagulls.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  9. ↑ Speck, Ivan (22 January 2010). "Brighton Rock: Sportsmail looks at what happened to Albion's Wembley heroes of 27 years ago". Mail Online. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "Staff". Homefield Preparatory School. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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