Playing Career
After attending Amotherby primary school and Lady Lumley's School (Pickering) along with his brother Chris, he started his professional career at Pickering Town in the 1986-87 season. In October the following year they moved to Scarborough together, and in June 1989, Notts County together. However, as his brother was dogged by injury, Craig managed to ascend to greater things.
After 4 seasons for Notts County he moved to Derby County at the beginning of the 1992-93 season. He signed for £2.5million - a record for a club outside the top flight, and the highest fee for a defender at the time. He had been subject of a similarly high bid for ambitious Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, but opted to join Derby instead.
He completed more than 100 competitive games for both Derby and his next club, Everton who he joined three seasons later. He left the Merseyside club in 1999, joining Blackburn Rovers for £1.7 million - seven years after they had first tried to buy him.
Short endeared himself to the Rovers' faithful by scoring 2 goals in a 5-0 drubbing of deadly local rivals Burnley in the 2000-01 season and being a mainstay in the team which won promotion and established itself back in the top flight.
However, he missed the 2002 League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur through suspension, a match which Blackburn won 2-1. He did gain European experience in the following season, playing 2 games in the UEFA Cup. Short was sent off On 7 May 2005 against Fulham for violent conduct against Fulham's Luis Boa Morte. After the portuguese striker dangerously fouled former teammate Lucas Neill Short went over to Boa Morte and pushed him. Boa Morte fell over and the referee sent Short off. Boa Morte was booed by the Rover fans for the entire match.
He missed out on three months of play in both of the following seasons, but did enough for the team to ensure his signing of a new contract beyond the 2004-05 season. In the summer of 2005 he was allowed to move on to Sheffield United and was an important member of United's successful promotion campaign. He signed a one-year contract but only made two League Cup appearances that season. He was released at the end of the 2006-07 season and retired from football.
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