John Sheridan (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = John Sheridan


fullname = John Joseph Sheridan
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|10|1
cityofbirth = Stretford, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Midfielder (retired)
currentclub = Oldham Athletic (manager)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Manchester City
years = 1982–1989
1989
1989–1996
1996
1996–1998
1998
1998–2004
clubs = Leeds United
Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Bolton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers
Oldham Athletic
Total
caps(goals) = 230 (47)
001 0(0)
197 (25)
002 0(0)
032 0(2)
007 0(0)
145 (14)
614 (88)
nationalyears = 1988–1995
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 034 0(5)
manageryears = 2003–2004
2006–
managerclubs = Oldham Athletic (co-caretaker)
Oldham Athletic

John Joseph Sheridan (born 1 October 1964) is an English-born former Republic of Ireland international professional footballer, now a manager. After being rejected by Manchester City, he started his career at Leeds United. Later, he scored Sheffield Wednesday's winning goal in the 1991 League Cup final. He is the older brother of fellow footballer Darren Sheridan.

After a short spell at Nottingham Forest, where he only started one game, Sheridan became the unsung hero of Sheffield Wednesday's revival, before joining Bolton Wanderers, where he spent two seasons, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in 1997.

On 1 June 2006, he was appointed manager of Oldham Athletic. [cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/5037776.stm| title=Sheridan replaces Moore at Oldham| date=2006-06-01| accessdate=2008-04-27| publisher=BBC Sport]

Playing career

Professional career

Born in Stretford, Lancashire, Sheridan began his career with Leeds United in 1982, playing 267 times and scoring 52 goals. He was a cult hero at Leeds with his free-kick and passing ability and was the bright shining light in a dark time for the Yorkshire club. After falling out with new manager Howard Wilkinson, he was sold to Nottingham Forest in 1989. He made only one appearance for Forest before joining Sheffield Wednesday in the same year. It was with Sheffield Wednesday that Sheridan played arguably the best football of his career, scoring 33 goals in 243 appearances. Sheridan will always be remembered by Wednesday faithful for his "rocket" goal in their 1–0 win over Manchester United in the 1991 Football League Cup Final.

Towards the end of his Wednesday career, he joined Birmingham City on loan for four games. After playing 36 times and scoring two goals for Bolton Wanderers between 1996 and 1998, Sheridan looked to be on the verge of calling time on his career when he joined then non-league Doncaster Rovers in 1998, for whom he made eight appearances.

Sheridan was given another shot at league football, and in 1998 the Irishman joined Oldham Athletic, where he played a further 162 games, scoring 17 goals, most from set-pieces or the penalty spot. An emotional return to Hillsborough in August 2003 where he scored to secure a draw saw Sheridan applauded off the field by both sets of fans.

International career

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.

Sheridan was part of the squad that travelled to Euro 88 but didn't feature in any of Ireland's three games. Sheridan was also part of two world cup squads in 1990 and 1994. He played just one game as a substitute in 1990 and started in all 4 matches in 1994 including a win over Italy in the opening game. Ireland won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Ray Houghton, Sheridan also hit the bar during the game.

In Qualifying Sheridan scored one goal against Spain 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.

Management

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 shown the door, and Sheridan stepped in to fill in the manager's position on a permanent basis.

On 7 December 2006, Sheridan was named Football League One Manager of the Month. [cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/6217658.stm| title=Sheridan honoured in League One| date=2006-12-07| accessdate=2008-04-27| publisher=BBC Sport] He guided Oldham to sixth place in League One in 2006–07, and their promotion challenge was ended in the play-off semifinals by eventual winners Blackpool.

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday
*FA Cup
**Runner up (1): 1993

*League Cup
**Winner (1): 1991
**Runner Up(1): 1993

Bolton Wanderers
*Football League Division One
**Winner (1): 1996–97

References

External links

*soccerbase|7237|John Sheridan

Persondata
NAME = Sheridan, John Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer, football manager
DATE OF BIRTH = 1964-10-01
PLACE OF BIRTH = Stretford, Lancashire, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =