Paul Lemon (born 3 June 1966) is an English former

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who played for

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as a

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. A cruciate ligament knee injury cut his career short at the age of 27 after 225 league appearances and 24 goals. Had a short spell at Chesterfield after spells at Scunthorpe United, Huddersfield, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic

Club career

Lemon made his debut for Sunderland on 1 December 1984 against

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in a 1–0 defeat at

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. Overall, during 1984 to 1989 he made 107 league appearances scoring 15 goals for the club. While at Sunderland, he had to short loan spells at

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, and

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, where he made two appearances without scoring and three appearances without scoring respectively. He then joined

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in 1989 and scored nine goals in 85 league appearances, until he left for Telford United in 1993. Joined

Derry City F.C. Derry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, and is the League of Ireland ...

in August 1993 and made his debut on 5 September. Made 5 league appearances in total.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemon, Paul 1966 births English men's footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Reading F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Derry City F.C. players League of Ireland players Living people Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) English Football League players