David May (footballer) David May (footballer) David May (born 24 June 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and right-back from 1988 to 2006. He played Premier League football for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United where he collected numerous trophies in a nine-year spell at Old Trafford. He went on to play in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and Burnley before finishing his career with non-League club Bacup Borough. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, May started his career with Blackburn Rovers as a trainee before graduating to the first team in the 1988–89 season, mostly playing as a
David Sharpe (football club chairman) David Sharpe (football club chairman) David Sharpe (born 11 May 1991) has been the chairman of English football club Wigan Athletic since March 2015. Sharpe was born in Wigan. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and then studied business at Oxford Brookes University. Sharpe's grandfather Dave Whelan took control of Wigan Athletic in February 1995, when the club was in the Football League Third Division, then the fourth tier of English football. The club finished fourth from bottom in 1993-94, under threat of relegation to the non-league Football Conference. Under Whelan, the club was promoted several times, reaching the Premier