John Sheridan (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Joseph Sheridan[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 1 October 1964||
Place of birth | Stretford,[2] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
1982–1989 | Leeds United | 230 | (47) |
1989 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1989–1996 | Sheffield Wednesday | 199 | (25) |
1996 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1996 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 6 | (3) |
1996–1998 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | (0) |
1998 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | (0) |
1998–2004 | Oldham Athletic | 144 | (14) |
Total | 621 | (89) | |
International career | |||
1985–1987 |
Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
1988–1995 | Republic of Ireland | 34 | (5) |
1994 |
Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2001 | Oldham Athletic (co-caretaker) | ||
2003–2004 | Oldham Athletic (caretaker) | ||
2006–2009 | Oldham Athletic | ||
2009–2012 | Chesterfield | ||
2013–2015 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
2015–2016 |
Newport County | ||
2016 | Oldham Athletic | ||
2016–2017 | Notts County | ||
2017 | Oldham Athletic | ||
2018 | Fleetwood Town | ||
2018–2019 | Carlisle United | ||
2019–2020 | Chesterfield | ||
2020 | Waterford | ||
2020 | Wigan Athletic | ||
2020–2021 | Swindon Town | ||
2022 | Oldham Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Joseph Sheridan (born 1 October 1964) is a former football player and manager who was last head coach of National League club Oldham Athletic.
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Born in England, he played international football for the Republic of Ireland, for which he won 34 caps and scored five goals over a seven-year period. Having been included in the squad for UEFA Euro 1988, Sheridan went on to play one game at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and four in the 1994 tournament.
He became Oldham's manager in 2006, having served as
Playing career
Club career
Born in Stretford, Lancashire, in 1964, Sheridan joined Manchester City in 1981, but never played for the first team, before moving to Leeds United in July 1982. He made his debut for Leeds in the Football League Second Division on 20 November 1982 in a goalless home draw with Middlesbrough. He appeared 27 times in the league that season, scoring twice. He was rarely out of the side at Elland Road, and was a hugely popular player with the fans.[citation needed] His best season with the club was the 1986–87 season, when Leeds reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and finished fourth in the Second Division—their highest finish since relegation from the First Division in 1982. He scored 15 goals in the league, but Leeds were beaten in the FA Cup semi-finals by eventual winners Coventry City and lost the Second Division promotion/First Division relegation playoff final to Charlton Athletic, and therefore stayed in the Second Division.[citation needed]
However, he remained loyal to the club until 3 August 1989, when after seven years in the Leeds first team (during which he played 230 league games and scored 47 goals) he fell out with manager Howard Wilkinson (who succeeded Billy Bremner the previous autumn) and joined First Division club Nottingham Forest for £650,000.[4]
He made only one appearance for Forest (in a League Cup tie against Huddersfield) before joining
However, Francis was sacked at the end of the 1994–95 season and new manager David Pleat picked Sheridan less often than Atkinson and Francis had.[citation needed] He played just 17 times in the 1995–96 campaign, and made his final two appearances for Sheffield Wednesday early in the 1996–97 season.
Sheridan himself says that he supported Manchester City despite growing up in Stretford, on the doorstep of Manchester United.[5]
He was loaned to Birmingham City for a four-match spell in the autumn of 1996 (where he once again played under Trevor Francis) before finally exiting Hillsborough on 13 November 1996 in a £180,000 move to Division One leaders Bolton Wanderers.[6]
He played 20 times for the Trotters in the 1996–97 season and scored twice as they were promoted to the
He then made a surprise move to Doncaster Rovers, the crisis-ridden club who had just been relegated from the Football League to the
International career
Sheridan played for the
In the
Sheridan also won 34 caps for the Republic of Ireland, scoring five times. He also scored the 100th Irish international goal at Lansdowne Road in 1994 against Bolivia.[7]
Sheridan was part of the squad that travelled to UEFA Euro 1988 but didn't feature in any of Ireland's three games. Sheridan was also part of Ireland's squads for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played just one game as a substitute in 1990 [1] but started in all 4 matches in 1994 including a 1–0 win over Italy in the opening game in which Sheridan hit the bar. Ireland won thanks to a goal from Ray Houghton.
In qualifying Sheridan scored one goal against Spain,[8] but as a result of goal difference this was actually an important goal despite Ireland losing 3–1. Had Ireland lost 3–0 they wouldn't have qualified.[citation needed]
Managerial career
Oldham Athletic
Following the departure of Iain Dowie to Crystal Palace in late 2003, Sheridan took over the coaching of the Oldham first team, along with fellow-veteran David Eyres, before they were both replaced by Brian Talbot. On 1 June 2006, Talbot's successor, Ronnie Moore, was himself sacked and Sheridan stepped in to fill in the manager's position on a permanent basis.[9]
On 7 December 2006, Sheridan was named
They finished eighth the following season, but had made a far more convincing bid for promotion during the 2008–09 season.[citation needed] On 9 March 2009, reports surfaced of a fight involving players and Sheridan at a racetrack,[12] which Sheridan described as being "overblown".[13] Sheridan remained with the club for the next game, a 6–2 defeat at Milton Keynes Dons.[14] The following day, Sheridan agreed to leave the club after a discussion with Oldham managing director Simon Corney.[15] He was immediately replaced with former Oldham manager Joe Royle.[16] Sheridan later admitted that a series of poor results had led to his departure from Oldham.[17]
Chesterfield
On 9 June 2009, Sheridan was named as manager of
Sheridan's second season with the club saw him bringing in his own players, and on 22 April 2011 a draw between
On 28 August 2012, it was announced that Sheridan had been relieved of his duties after the team gained two points from the opening three league games of the 2012–13 season.[21] After five weeks on gardening leave, a club statement on 3 October announced that Sheridan had resigned with effect from 18 September 2012.[22]
Plymouth Argyle
Sheridan was appointed manager of
Sheridan improved the fortunes of Plymouth Argyle in 2013–14, leading the club to a 10th-placed finish in
Sheridan's Plymouth finished in seventh place in 2014–15, securing a place in the League Two playoffs following a 2–0 win at Shrewsbury Town on the final day of the regular season.[38][39] However they were defeated by fourth placed Wycombe Wanderers over the two-legged semi final, with the Pilgrims succumbing to a 5–3 defeat on aggregate.[40]
On 28 May 2015, Plymouth announced that Sheridan had left the club by mutual consent after expressing a desire to return to the north of England for family reasons.[41]
Newport County
On 2 October 2015, Sheridan was confirmed as the new manager of Newport County replacing Terry Butcher who had been sacked the previous day.[42] Sheridan took over the role with Newport bottom of League Two, having gained five points from the first ten matches of the 2015–16 season. Sheridan managed to secure only one point from his first three games, but then took the side on a ten-game unbeaten run and led the side to an FA Cup 3rd round appearance against EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers in January 2016. He would finish the season with a record of five wins, seven draws, and five defeats, producing 20 of a possible 51 points.
He left the club in January 2016 to join Oldham for a fourth spell. His departure nearly led to a complaint by Newport County, who were unhappy at images which emerged on social media of Sheridan allegedly meeting with Oldham staff prior to Newport being approached.[43] Club director Gavin Foxall wished Sheridan "all the best" but noted that "the manner of his departure has not been right". Oldham officially maintained that they had contacted Newport prior to the meeting.[43]
Return to Oldham Athletic
On 13 January 2016, Sheridan was confirmed to be returning to Oldham Athletic for a second spell as full-time manager having resigned from his position as Newport County manager after just four months. He managed to save Oldham from relegation to League Two.
Notts County
On 27 May 2016, Sheridan was appointed as manager of Notts County on a three-year contract.
On 2 January 2017, equalling a club record of nine successive defeats, Sheridan was sacked for gross misconduct as manager shortly after losing 4–0 to Cambridge United.[44] Sheridan left the club with them just one point above the relegation zone with just 22 points from 24 games.
Third spell at Oldham Athletic
On 12 January 2017, Sheridan became manager of
Fleetwood Town
On 22 February 2018, Sheridan was appointed manager of
Carlisle United
In June 2018, Sheridan was appointed manager of Carlisle United replacing Keith Curle. He resigned on 4 January 2019.[48]
Second spell at Chesterfield
On 9 January 2019, Sheridan was reappointed as manager of National League club Chesterfield, returning to the club he left in August 2012. He joined with Chesterfield 22nd in the fifth tier having won just one of their last twenty-five league games. On 2 January 2020, following a 3–0 defeat at Solihull Moors that left Chesterfield in 22nd place with only 17 games of the season left, Sheridan's contract was terminated.[49]
Waterford
In July 2020 Sheridan was named manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford.[50] He left the role after just eight games in charge of the team to return to England.
Wigan Athletic
Sheridan was appointed manager of
Swindon Town
On 11 November 2020, Sheridan was approached by Swindon Town to become their next manager following the departure of Richie Wellens.[52] On 13 November 2020, he signed a contract with the Wiltshire club until the end of the season,[53] but left on 17 April 2021.[54]
Fourth spell at Oldham Athletic
On 22 January 2022, Sheridan returned to Oldham Athletic as head coach with the club bottom of the Football League.[55] He could not halt the slide towards the National League. Oldham were relegated from the English Football League following a 2-1 home defeat by Salford City on 23 April 2022, a match interrupted by an on-pitch protest by fans against the club's owners.[56] Sheridan said he would stay at Oldham with the aim of an immediate return to the English Football League in the next season.[57] On 15 September 2022 it was announced that he would step aside after their match on 17 September.[58]
Career statistics
Playing statistics
Club | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup
|
Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 1981–1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leeds United | 1982–1989 | 230 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 272 | 53 |
Nottingham Forest | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 1989–1996 | 199 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 243 | 31 |
Birmingham City | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Bolton Wanderers | 1996 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Bolton Wanderers | 1996–1998 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
Doncaster Rovers | 1998 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Oldham Athletic | 1998–2004 | 144 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 163 | 16 |
Total | 621 | 89 | 55 | 8 | 57 | 6 | 733 | 103 |
Managerial statistics
- As of match played on 13 September 2022[59]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Oldham Athletic (co-caretaker) | 31 October 2001 | 7 November 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Oldham Athletic (caretaker) | 20 December 2003 | 10 March 2004 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 23.08 | |||
Oldham Athletic | 1 June 2006 | 15 March 2009 | 151 | 61 | 43 | 47 | 40.40 | |||
Chesterfield | 9 June 2009 | 28 August 2012 | 160 | 63 | 38 | 59 | 39.38 | |||
Plymouth Argyle | 6 January 2013 | 28 May 2015 | 126 | 48 | 31 | 47 | 38.10 | |||
Newport County | 2 October 2015 | 13 January 2016 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29.41 | |||
Oldham Athletic | 13 January 2016 | 27 May 2016 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40.91 | |||
Notts County | 27 May 2016 | 2 January 2017 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25.00 | |||
Oldham Athletic | 12 January 2017 | 25 September 2017 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 30.30 | |||
Fleetwood Town | 22 February 2018 | 1 June 2018 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 46.15 | |||
Carlisle United | 5 June 2018 | 4 January 2019 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 46.88 | |||
Chesterfield | 9 January 2019 | 2 January 2020 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 32.69 | |||
Waterford | 8 July 2020 | 11 September 2020 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.50 | |||
Wigan Athletic | 11 September 2020 | 13 November 2020 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20.00 | |||
Swindon Town | 13 November 2020 | 18 April 2021 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 24.24 | |||
Oldham Athletic | 22 January 2022 | 17 September 2022 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26.67 | |||
Total | 738 | 267 | 182 | 289 | 36.18 |
Honours
As a player
Sheffield Wednesday
- 1990–91
Bolton Wanderers
Individual
- 1986–87 Second Division,[60] 1987–88 Second Division,[61] 1988–89 Second Division,[61] 1990–91 Second Division[62]
As a manager
Chesterfield
- Football League Two: 2010–11
Individual
- Football League One Manager of the Month: November 2006[64]
- Football League Two Manager of the Month: October 2009, February 2010, March 2013[65]
See also
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External links
- John Sheridan at Soccerbase
- John Sheridan management career statistics at Soccerbase