Darren Sheridan

Darren Stephen Sheridan (born 8 December 1967) is an English former footballer and manager. As a player, Sheridan played as a centre midfielder. He had one spell as a player-manager, with Barrow, before managing Salford City. After a career in non-league football he moved to Barnsley, with whom he played in the Premier League in 1997–98. He then spent time with Wigan Athletic and Oldham Athletic, before moving to Scotland for three years with Clyde and St Johnstone. He moved back to England with Conference North club Barrow in January 2007, and was made co-manager with Dave Bayliss in December 2007. As joint managers, Sheridan and Bayliss achieved promotion from the Conference North via the play-offs in their first season, and the FA Trophy in 2010. Sheridan left the club for personal reasons in February 2012. After a very brief spell with Radcliffe Borough, Sheridan joined Droylsden of the Conference North. Career Sheridan was born in Stretford, Lancashire and was an apprentice with Leeds United but was released and after that took some time out of the game. In the 1987–88 season he played for Mossley making six appearances before moving to Curzon Ashton. In the summer of 1992 he joined Winsford United where the club won five trophies in the 1992–93 season - the NPL Challenge Cup, NPL President's Cup, Cheshire Senior Cup, Mid-Cheshire Senior Cup and NPL Runners Up Cup. The club also finished second to Southport and their points total is a record for the most points accrued without winning the Northern Premier League title. He signed for Barnsley in 1993 for a reported £10,000 fee and helped them win promotion to the Premier League in 1997. He played for them in their only top flight season to date (1997–98) and also helped them reach an FA Cup quarter-final that year. He featured as a substitute in Barnsley's shock FA Cup win over Manchester United in the fifth round.