John Sheridan

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 popular player with the fans. In the 1986–87 season 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 defeated 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. 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. Sheridan made only one appearance for Forest (in a League Cup tie against Huddersfield) before joining Sheffield Wednesday on 3 November 1989. He scored in a 1–0 victory for Wednesday against Manchester United in the 1991 Football League Cup Final. This was the…

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 dismissed and Sheridan was appointed as manager on a permanent basis. On 7 December 2006, Sheridan was named Football League One Manager of the Month. He guided Oldham to sixth place in League One in 2006–07, and their promotion challenge was ended in the play-off semi-finals by eventual winners Blackpool. They finished eighth the following season, but made a more convincing bid for promotion during the 2008–09 season. On 9 March 2009, reports surfaced of a fight involving players and Sheridan at a racetrack, which Sheridan described as being "overblown". Sheridan remained with the club for the next game, a 6–2 defeat at Milton Keynes Dons. The following day, Sheridan agreed to leave the club after a discussion with Oldham managing director Simon Corney. He was immediately replaced with former Oldham manager Joe Royle. Sheridan later said that a series of poor results had led to his departure from Oldham.

Chesterfield

On 9 June 2009, Sheridan was named as manager of Chesterfield in League Two. Signing a three-year contract with the club, he brought assistant Tommy Wright and goalkeeper Mark Crossley along with him. Sheridan's second season with the club saw him bringing…

Playing statistics

Managerial statistics

As of match played on 13 September 2022

As a player

Sheffield Wednesday

Football League Cup: 1990–91 FA Cup runner-up: 1992–93 Bolton Wanderers

Football League First Division: 1996–97 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1986–87 Second Division, 1987–88 Second Division, 1988–89 Second Division, 1990–91 Second Division

As a manager

Chesterfield

Football League Two: 2010–11 Football League Trophy: 2011–12 Individual

Football League One Manager of the Month: November 2006 Football League Two Manager of the Month: October 2009, February 2010, March 2013