| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sean Ricky Sparham [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bexley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Millwall | 28 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Brentford (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| Erith & Belvedere | |||
| Total | 32 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sean Ricky Sparham (born 4 December 1968 in Bexley, Greater London) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Millwall and Brentford. [2] [3]
Since leaving football, Sparham has worked as a freelance photographer and picture editor and as of February 2020 he was working as a painter and decorator in Sidcup. [4] [5]
Millwall
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Millwall | 1986–87 [6] | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987–88 [7] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 [8] | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1989–90 [9] | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Brentford (loan) | 1989–90 [10] | Third Division | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
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