Graham Raymond Bassett (born 6 October 1964) is an English former professional

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who played as a striker. He was born in

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the historic county of Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The ri ...

Career

Bassett started his career in the youth team at his hometown club

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. In 1982 Graham spent the 2nd year of his YTS at Ipswich Town scoring 13 goals in 11 youth team games before being released at the end of the season(Source www.prideofanglia.co.uk). He left in 1983 to join

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side

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

. He made seven league appearances for the club before transferring to

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outfit

Berwick Rangers Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...

midway through the season. Bassett scored three times in six league matches, but left the club at the end of the 1983–84 campaign. He then moved into

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with Sporting Club Vaux.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassett, Graham 1964 births Living people Footballers from Sunderland English men's footballers Hartlepool United F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Sunderland A.F.C. players Men's association football forwards