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DOMINIC KING: Graeme Sharp's Everton exile is a sad, sorry tale... how can it be that the club's greatest living player can't set foot in a place he should call home?

The back of Goodison Park’s Main Stand is a sight to behold. From one end to the other, running the length of the pitch, there is a gigantic pictorial tribute to the men who set the standards.

Alex Young, ‘The Golden Vision’ as he was known, starts the sequence. To his right, follow Dave Hickson, Bob Latchford and Dixie Dean before Joe Royle completes the line. The image that really catches your eye, though, is the man who we have not yet named: Graeme Sharp.

Positioned between Dean and Royle, there is Sharp with the ball at his left foot, moving elegantly towards goal.