FORMER IRELAND INTERNATIONAL John Sheridan has resigned as Carlisle United manager after just seven months in charge.
The news, confirmed by the club this afternoon, comes as a shock as the side had been enjoying a good run of form and were on an upward trajectory, pushing for promotion as they sit seventh in League Two.
“The board of Carlisle United is very disappointed to announce that it has reluctantly agreed to accept the resignation of John Sheridan, who will be leaving the club with immediate effect,”they wrote in a statement.
The 53-year-old took over on a two-year deal in June after a short spell at Fleetwood Town, in which he saved the club from relegation to the third tier.
Sheridan has previously had stints with several other Football League clubs including Oldham, Notts County, Plymouth, Newport and Chesterfield.
The 34-time capped Ireland midfielder, who had appearances at Euro 1988 and the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, is rumoured to be heading back to Chesterfield next in a strange turn of events.
They’ve won just one of their previous 24 games and are currently 21st in the National League, the fifth tier of English football.
“In his short time at United, John has made a positive difference to the club,” Carlisle chairman Andrew Jenkins said of Sheridan, as the search for a new manager begins.
“He has improved the style of football and assembled a squad that is able to compete with the best teams in the League Two.
“Working with the squad and management team, he has helped to establish a winning formula at the club that we will take forward and build on to ensure that John’s hard work is not lost.
“The request to leave came from John. Over the last few days, the board and John had discussed football squad matters, and these were being resolved. I would like to thank him for his commitment, and we all wish him the best of luck for the future.”
Murray Kinsella, Gavan Casey and Andy Dunne look back on a busy festive period for the provinces in this week’s Heineken Rugby Weekly.
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The Sky commentators really nailed their colours to the mast today trying to come up with every scenario possible in the hope that Russell and Hamilton would reach the chequered flag first.
@Leonard Barry: imagine British media backing British drivers, you’d wanna tune into Ziggo
There was no chance Hamilton wins after the full Safety Car. Even if they left Russell sandwiched in between (which in theory, they should have), Verstappen would have easily cleared both Mercs in two laps top considering how little grip the Mediums had.
Also, Perez is gonna start putting potential RB wins in jeopardy with performances like this weekend. Very poor
@Darren: 100%, max on same tyres as any Mercedes’ and he’s passing them, Hamilton’s a dose
@Darren: Perez should be doing a lot better considering he has got the best equipment and driving for the best team on the grid, I think Redbull would be better off having Ricardo back at the team but I doubt very much that will happen.
@Leonard Barry: if it was horners decision I could see it being a possibility but Helmut wouldn’t allow it as he lost all respect for him when he walked away from the fight to be no1 at RedBull
@Darren: definitely. Toto Wolff was trying to imply Tsunoda’s admittedly ridiculous incident was somehow on purpose. Wow I used to think that guy was cool. Now he has this “everyone’s out to get us”, attitude.
@Andrew Keane: My thoughts on Mercedes are definitely not suitable for this App so I’ll just leave it there..
@Andrew Keane: ya he’s gone as bad as Horner now with the nonsense conspiracies.
Ferrari doing a Ferrari again today. They really need to up their standards. Sainz will be raging!
Season over