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Jake Sheridan (born 8 July 1986) is an English football coach and former
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. As a player he was a
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who notably played professionally for
Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...
and Lincoln City. He also played in Non-League football for Dunkirk, Tamworth,
Eastwood Town Eastwood Town Football Club was an English football club based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The club last participated in the Northern Premier League Division One South, the eighth tier of English football. A new club, Eastwood C.F.C., was f ...
,
Alfreton Town Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfr ...
,
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and Basford United.


Playing career


Notts County

Born in
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
,
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
, Sheridan joined
Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...
from Dunkirk on 5 August 2005. Sheridan, under the guidance of manager Gary Mills, made his debut for Notts County on 6 August 2005 in a scoreless away fixture against
Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...
. Just six days later he and teammate
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were offered one-year deals by County. During the 2005–06 season, Sheridan established himself as a regular in the team making 27 appearances and scored his only goal for the club in a 1–1 draw away to
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. Sheridan agreed a new one-year deal at
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on 22 May 2006. The following season proved a little more difficult for Sheridan, with the
midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
only making a total of three league appearances, and finding himself on the wrong side of the retained list for the 2007–08 season.


Tamworth

On 2 July 2007, Sheridan teamed up with his former Notts County manager Gary Mills at
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side Tamworth, agreeing a one-year contract. In his first season with Tamworth, the club recorded a disappointing 15th-place finish in the Conference North, with Sheridan making 12 appearances and failing to find the net. Sheridan signed a new one-year contract to remain at Tamworth for the 2008–09 season. Sheridan made 11 appearances and scored his first goal for the club in a home fixture against
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, as Tamworth finished the season as league champions. Following promotion to the Conference National, Sherdian was one of five players who agreed a new deal with The Lambs. He proved to be important member of the squad, and this showed as Sheridan made 23 appearances and had a very good season in front of goal, scoring five goals including a memorable winner in the 2–1 win at home to Wrexham on 25 August 2009. After a successful season, Sheridan expressed interest in returning for
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season. He was granted his wish and was handed a further one-year extension. Sheridan again found himself a regular in the team, and went on to make 35 league appearances, and despite scoring only one goal all season, scored what proved to be the winner on the final day of the
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in a home fixture against
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. On 16 June 2011, Sheridan's hopes of another year with Tamworth were dashed, as new manager
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told him he was not part of his long-term plans for the club, bringing an end to his four-year stay with the club. Sheridan left the club along with Aaron Farrell, a few weeks prior to his contract expiring, in a bid to start looking for a new club for the 2011–12 season.


Eastwood Town

On 21 July 2011, Sheridan appeared in a pre-season friendly for Conference North side
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in their 1–0 defeat against Wrexham.


Lincoln City

He was loaned out to Conference National side Lincoln City on 17 November 2011 until 1 January 2012, and made his debut nine days later, starting the game against
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, a match Lincoln went on to win 3–0. He later signed a permanent deal with Lincoln.


Later career

After a successful campaign with the imps, Sheridan joined Alfreton Town on a one-year contract, following no new contract offer from Lincoln. In 2015, Sheridan signed for Basford United. On 27 October 2016 he suffered a badly broken leg in a tie against Stamford.


Coaching career

Following his retirement, Sheridan was active on the coaching staff at both Basford United and Eastwood Town before being appointed assistant manager of
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on 22 April 2021.


Honours

Tamworth *
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: 2008–09


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheridan, Jake 1986 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dunkirk F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Eastwood Town F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Basford United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players