Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin John Sheldon | ||
Date of birth | 14 June 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Playing position | Right winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1981 | Stoke City | 15 | (0) |
1981–1983 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | (1) |
1982 | → Port Vale (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | (0) |
Trowbridge Town | |||
Burton Albion | |||
Leek Town | |||
Telford United | |||
Total | 51+ | (1+) | |
Teams managed | |||
2005 | Meir KA | ||
2005–2007 | Stone Dominoes | ||
2009–2010 | Leek CSOB | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Kevin John Sheldon (born 14 June 1956) is an English former footballer. He had the nickname Bomber. A Winger, he made sporadic appearances for Stoke City between 1975 and 1981, before helping Wigan Athletic and Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division. He featured twice for Crewe Alexandra, before entering the non-league scene in 1984 with Trowbridge Town, Burton Albion, Leek Town and Telford United. In the 2000s he managed Meir KA, Stone Dominoes, and Leek CSOB.
Sheldon turned professional at Tony Waddington's Stoke City in June 1973, before making his First Division debut in a 1–0 win over Birmingham City at Victoria Ground on 19 April 1976; he went on feature in two further games in the 1975–76 season. He made nine appearances in the 1976–77 relegation campaign, but made just one substitute appearances in the Second Division in 1978–79, as the "Potters" won promotion back to the top-flight under Alan Durban. Sheldon played once in 1979–80 and 1980–81, before departing for Fourth Division side Wigan Athletic in August 1981.