CLUB AMBASSADOR

Graeme Sharp & Derek Mountfield

Graeme Sharp

Graeme Sharp is quite simply an Everton legend and Football Aid are proud to have him onside as an Ambassador.

Second only to the immortal Dixie Dean as the club's top goal scorer, he netted 159 goals in over 400 appearances for the Toffees. Sharp became a Goodison Park hero during the heady days of the '80s, when Everton won two League Championships, the FA Cup, the European Cup-Winners' Cup and came within an ace of a historic treble in 1984-85. Partnered first by his boyhood idol Andy Gray and then by England hero Gary Lineker, Sharp established a reputation as one of the finest strikers in the world and notched up 12 caps for his national side, Scotland.

In his first game for Football Aid back in 2003, Graeme was actually on the score sheet – rolling back the years by netting at the Gwladys Street during his team's 3-1 victory.
After the game, Sharpy explained, "I was determined to score in the Street End again and it’s still a fantastic feeling! I'll probably be suffering for it in the morning, but it will have been worth it!”
Just goes to show Football Aid means as much to the former players as it does the fans…

Derek Mountfield

At just £30,000, Derek Mountfield proved to be an absolute bargain when Everton’s Howard Kendall snapped him up from Tranmere Rovers in the summer of 1982. After collecting an FA Cup winners medal in the 1983/84 season, he proved a revelation the following year, scoring no less than 14 goals – a remarkable feat for a defender - as the Toffees clinched the League title and the Cup Winners Cup.
Derek can now be heard on Terrace Talk, Radio City's Saturday afternoon football phone-in, discussing Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere Rovers
The following is taken from Radio City’s profile on Derek, which can be found at www.radiocity.co.uk.

Who was the best player you played against?
 Michel Platini
 
What was the highlight of your career at Everton?
 To be honest, to sign up for the team I supported as a boy. But winning the FA Cup in 1984, in my first season, and Everton’s 1st trophy for 14 years, was superb
 
Which current player do you admire the most?
 Wayne Rooney. He will become the best player in the world – quite a talent
 
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
 Always try your best and give 100% in every training session and game
 
If someone was going to make a movie about you who would you like to play your part?
 With that old moustache of mine, probably a ‘porn star’!