Former Southampton forward and current Sheffield United star Billy Sharp has just turned 34-years-old.
The English striker has scored once in the Premier League for Sheffield United this season, but scored 23 in the Championship last term on their way to promotion from the second tier.
Sharp spent almost three years at Southampton between 2011 and 2014, scoring 10 goals in 18 appearances for the club. He netted nine times in 15 Championship games, but fell out of favour upon the club’s promotion to the Premier League.
Nigel Adkins gave him two Premier League appearances in the 2012/13 campaign, before sending him out on several loans and then a permanent transfer to Leeds.
He has scored 241 goals in 575 games to date, highlighting his impressive goalscoring prowess throughout his career.
These Southampton fans reacted to a post from the club wishing him a happy birthday…
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @billysharp10 Legend!!! (@JohnNee95815124)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @billysharp10 Forever be a Southampton legend for this moment alone! (@HenryJamesDavis)
Twitter: @billysharp10 @SouthamptonFC You will ALWAYS be thought of highly down here for all your efforts to get us to where… https://t.co/DsPVSmBNBV (@PhilSFCPark)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @billysharp10 Legend (@Watty_5)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @billysharp10 I’ll always look back and wonder “what if” we’d given @billysharp10 a fair go in the Premier League? (@Jon_Shapland)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @billysharp10 Should have given him a chance to see what he could have done for us in the Prem. (@peter_rattue)
Sheffield United travel down to St. Mary’s on the final day of the season. It will be interesting to see if Sharp is given a great reception from the crowd on the day.
