Researching Philip Sharp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24957 people with the Sharp surname? In that year Sharp was ranked number 130 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Philip means "lover of horses" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Philip Sharp on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Philip Sharp in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Philip Sharp and the Sharp Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharp Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sharp family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Philip Sharp at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Philip Sharp using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Philip Sharp.
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| Did you know that there are currently 26145 people with the Sharp surname in the UK? Sharp is now ranked number 194 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharp Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Philip Sharp.
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Search One Great Family for Sharp records submitted by people who are already researching the Sharp Family Tree.
Find Philip Sharp from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sharp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 100262 people with the Sharp surname in the USA? Sharp is ranked number 124 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sharp Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Philip Sharp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Philip Sharp (referee)
Philip Sharp (born 5 April 1964) is a former English Premier League assistant referee and one of only 10 match officials from the United Kingdom to have officiated in a FIFA World Cup Final.
Sharp first played football for Livingstone School but became a referee via the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in order to fulfil the Service in the Community component of the course. He gained his apprenticeship through the Hertfordshire County League before gaining promotion onto the Southern Football League middle from where he was promoted to Panel Referee for two seasons before being promoted as an Assistant Referee to the Football League and, finally, the Premier League. He was selected to run the line at the 1999 FA Cup Final. Sharp currently referees on the national Contributory List of match referees.
Sharp was promoted to the FIFA list of match officials on 1 January 1997. His progression, internationally, was exceptional being appointed to hold the flag in the opening game of his first senior tournament, the year 2000 European Championship and the semi-final of that tournament. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup Sharp was appointed to five games in total, including the Croatia v Italy match and the final between Germany and Brazil. As such he was England's second successive match official at a Final match, Mark Warren having been the Assistant Referee at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.
Phil Sharp was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games football tournament and represented England at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
On 18 October 2008, Sharp was hit by an object thrown from the crowd in the game between Aston Villa and Portsmouth FC. It resulted in a cut to his face, although he was eventually fit to continue till the end of the game. The police subsequently arrested a man from Birmingham and charged him with battery.
He now works for the Hertfordshire FA as the Referee Development Officer.
In 2010 he started instructing as an Assistant Referee Coach and invited to Turkey, Cyprus, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help develop their Assistant Referees.For the Uefa 2014 Euro Tournament in Poland/Ukraine he was the specialist Assistant Referee Coach to prepare the Assistant Referees before and during the Tournament.In 2018 he was also requested to do the same again for the European Championships in France
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