John Sheran

John Sheran
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-08-08) 8 August 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Cove Rangers (director of football)
Youth career
Ellon United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1988 Montrose 281 (16)
1988–1989 Nairn County
1989–1991 Montrose 25 (2)
Deveronvale
Total 306 (18)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Montrose (assistant)
2000–2001 Montrose
2002–2009 Cove Rangers
2011 Peterhead
2014–2019 Cove Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Sheran (born 8 August 1960, in Torphins) is a Scottish former football player and manager.

Sheran made over 300 playing appearances in the Scottish Football League for Montrose. He was appointed assistant manager of the club in 1998 and became their manager in 2000. Sheran was sacked by Montrose in October 2003.[1] He then managed Highland League club Cove Rangers.[2] He was appointed manager of Peterhead in March 2011,[2] but was sacked in September after the team started the 2011–12 season badly.[3]

On 10 May 2014 Sheran rejoined Cove Rangers to become their new manager.[4] Cove won the Highland League in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. Shortly after the team was presented with the 2018–19 championship, Sheran suffered a heart attack.[5] During the 2019 close season, Sheran advised Cove Rangers that he could not continue as their manager. The club moved Sheran to a director of football role, with Paul Hartley succeeding him as manager.[6]

  1. ^ "Hall in pole position". BBC Sport. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "John Sheran surprised to be Peterhead manager". BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Manager John Sheran axed by Peterhead". BBC Sport. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Coveweb". www.eteamz.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Highland League: Cove Rangers boss John Sheran recovering after heart attack". BBC Sport. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "COVE RANGERS ANNOUNCE PAUL HARTLEY AS FULL-TIME FOOTBALL MANAGER". Cove Rangers FC. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.