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Surely a book about Billy Sharp's historic contribution is next? ('Sharp Shooter'?) His impact - like Wilder's - has utterly transformed United's fortunes since he joined us for the third time in 2015/16 (21 goals in a piss-poor team that probably saved us from sinking into the fourth tier), 2016/17 (30 goals that saw us storm to promotion with 100 points), 2017/18 (when his 13 - and Leon's 19 - goals consolidated our place in The Championship) and this season's 16 - so far - which has lifted us into the autos.
We're witnessing history in the making here:
Gerronit, Danny04 !
We're witnessing history in the making here:
- Playing under Chris Wilder (107 League appearances), Billy has scored 59 goals and United have never lost a League game under Wilder when Billy has scored!
- On January 1st 2019, Billy Sharp scored once in a 3-0 win at Wigan. This was the 44th consecutive League game where Sharp had scored and United had not lost (starting at home to Rochdale on 13th Aug. 2016).
- Billy Sharp became just the third player to score 200 career goals in English league football this century when he scored twice against former club Leeds in Sheffield United's 2-1 win on Feb. 10, 2018. His first goal in this game came after just 70 seconds and the penalty he scored later in this same game was goal number 201. Since then, he has scored another 19 league goals so his total now stands at 220 - an English League record this century (he reached this record-breaking landmark with a goal at Wigan on 1/1/2019). Sharp joins Rickie Lambert (219) and Wayne Rooney (208) in the 21st century 200 club.
- Another incredible run for Sharp ended on 22nd December 2018 in a 1-1 draw at Ipswich. Prior to this game, United had won the previous 21 consecutive league games where Billy had scored (starting at home to Bolton on Feb. 25th, 2017).
Gerronit, Danny04 !