Mike Sheron

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Mike Sheron
Full name	Michael Sheron
Date of birth	January 11, 1972 (1972-01-11) (age 36)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1994 1991 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1999 1999–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005	Manchester City → Bury (loan) Norwich City Stoke City Q.P.R. Barnsley Blackpool Macclesfield Town Shrewsbury Town Career	101 0(25) 005 00(1) 028 00(2) 069 0(34) 056 0(13) 152 0(33) 038 00(8) 026 00(3) 007 00(2) 482 (121)
National team
1992–1993	England U21	016 00(4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael "Mike" Sheron (born 11 January 1972 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who played as a striker for several football clubs, including Manchester City, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City. Sheron was capped by England at under-21 level.

Sheron started his career with Manchester City, whom he joined as a schoolboy. His first league appearance came in March 1991 on loan at Bury, for whom he played five times. His Manchester City debut came in the 1991-92 season in a match against Everton. Sheron a total of 29 appearances over the course of the season, scoring seven times. The majority of Sheron's Manchester City appearances were in a striking partnership with Niall Quinn, particularly in the 1992-93 season when Sheron scored 14 goals. Following the arrival of Paul Walsh and Uwe Rosler in March 1994, Sheron's first team opportunities become limited, and in August 1994 he joined Norwich City for a fee of £1,000,000. His time at Norwich was not a happy one. Struggling with injuries, Sheron scored just two league goals for Norwich, and moved to Stoke City in October 1995 in a player exchange deal that took Keith Scott to Carrow Road. Sheron performed considerably better for Stoke, scoring 39 goals in 72 starts, prompting Queens Park Rangers to pay £2.75 million for his services. After 18 months at QPR, the club were facing financial difficulties, and as one of the highest wage earners, Sheron was sold to Barnsley for £1.5 million. Sheron spent four years at Barnsley, making more appearances for them than for any of his other clubs.

Towards the end of his playing career Sheron had short spells at several lower division clubs, playing for Blackpool, Macclesfield and Shrewsbury.

After leaving Shrewsbury, Sheron signed for Warrington Town of the Unibond League who he briefly played for before hanging up his boots to join the club's coaching staff. In June, 2007 Sheron was appointed youth team manager at Bury. ^[1]