Graham Stuart (footballer)

Graham Charles Stuart (born 24 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer and sports commentator. As a player, he was an attacking midfielder and forward from 1989 until 2005.

Graham Stuart
Personal information
Full name Graham Charles Stuart[1]
Date of birth (1970-10-24) 24 October 1970[1]
Place of birth Tooting, England[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
0000–1989 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Chelsea 87 (14)
1993–1997 Everton 136 (22)
1997–1999 Sheffield United 53 (11)
1999–2005 Charlton Athletic 148 (21)
2005 Norwich City 8 (0)
Total 432 (68)
National team
1990–1991 England U21 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the majority of his career in the Premier League, playing in the top tier of English football for Chelsea, Everton, Charlton Athletic and Norwich City. He also had a two-year spell with Sheffield United, and was capped 5 times, scoring twice for England U21.

Playing career

Stuart had spells at Everton, Chelsea, Sheffield United and Charlton Athletic. Stuart spent the majority of his Everton career playing as a right midfielder, but did also spend time playing as a centre-forward (including the victories in the 1995 FA Cup semi-final and final). During his time he won the FA Cup in 1995, beating Manchester United 1–0 in the final at Wembley; his shot from inside the penalty area hit the bar, but Paul Rideout headed the ball into the empty net.[3]

Nicknamed 'Diamond' during this time at Everton, Stuart's most famous moment in a blue shirt came on 7 May 1994. He scored two goals as Mike Walker's Everton defeated Wimbledon at Goodison Park on the final day of the season to escape relegation by the slimmest of margins. He scored the winning goal nine minutes from time, completing a comeback after the Blues had fallen 2–0 down in the game.[4]

Stuart joined Norwich City in 2005. He played eight games for the club before being forced to retire due to injury.[5]

After football

Since his retirement from professional football in August 2005, at the age of 34, Stuart has done occasional television work for Sky Sports and worked at a financial management company which represents the interests of other sportspeople.[5]

Honours

Everton

Career statistics

Source: Graham Stuart at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 1989–90 First Division 2100000021
1990–91 First Division 19410512[lower-alpha 1]1276
1991–92 First Division 27051003[lower-alpha 1]0351
1992–93 Premier League 39910614610
Total 8714711125111018
Everton 1993–94 Premier League 3032020343
1994–95 Premier League 2835221356
1995–96 Premier League 29943113[lower-alpha 2]13714
1996–97 Premier League 3552010385
1997–98 Premier League 14231173
Total 13622135933116131
Sheffield United 1997–98 First Division 285601[lower-alpha 3]0355
1998–99 First Division 2565140347
Total 531111140106912
Charlton Athletic 1998–99 Premier League 9393
1999–2000 First Division 3773020427
2000–01 Premier League 3552000375
2001–02 Premier League 3132220355
2002–03 Premier League 40000040
2003–04 Premier League 2831020313
2004–05 Premier League 40002060
Total 14821828016423
Norwich City 2004–05 Premier League 8080
Career total 432683993259251284
  1. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. Appearances in First Division play-offs

References

  1. "Graham Stuart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Graham Stuart". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "1995". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  4. "Judgement Day, 1994: The four-way relegation battle". fourfourtwo.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. "Club Connector: Graham Stuart". Everton F.C. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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