Graham Pearce (born 8 July 1959) is an English

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who played as a

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in the

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for

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gro ...

, Gillingham,

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

and Maidstone United.

Career

, Pearce played in the

for

, Gillingham,

and Maidstone United. He played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1983 FA Cup Final against

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

. He also played in the

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for

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and was

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clubs Enfield and

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. He returned to Brentford to serve as first team

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and

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coach in the early 1990s. His other coaching roles included first team coach at Farnborough and

Stevenage Borough Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, the third level of the Engli ...

, Assistant Community Development Officer at

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and Sunday League club Brentford Athletic.

Personal life

Pearce was born in

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It ...

, London. As of 1999, he was a

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teacher at

Homefield Preparatory School Homefield Preparatory School (or simply Homefield) is a 3–13 private boys preparatory day school in Sutton, Greater London, England established in 1870. In the early years of its history, it was described as "A Preparatory School for the So ...

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, south London.

References

1959 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People from Hammersmith English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Barnet F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players Enfield F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players English football managers National League (English football) managers Brentford F.C. non-playing staff Hillingdon Borough F.C. players Isthmian League players Isthmian League managers Basingstoke Town F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Harrow Borough F.C. players Corinthian-Casuals F.C. players Enfield F.C. managers Molesey F.C. players Molesey F.C. managers Wimbledon F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-defender-1950s-stub Stevenage F.C. non-playing staff