{"id":572129,"date":"2020-11-13T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=572129"},"modified":"2020-11-13T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:10:03","slug":"swindon-town-appoint-john-sheridan-as-richie-wellens-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/13\/swindon-town-appoint-john-sheridan-as-richie-wellens-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon Town Appoint John Sheridan as Richie Wellens Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Swindon+Town\" target=\"_self\">Swindon Town<\/a> have announced the appointment of John Sheridan as manager.<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan, 56, has signed a contract until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>John Sheridan Appointed Swindon Town Manager<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Swindon Town are delighted to announce that John Sheridan has been appointed First-Team Manager at the Club<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGdrGyBYNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/UGdrGyBYNT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#STFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jOG21QT7FV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jOG21QT7FV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swindon Town FC (@Official_STFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Official_STFC\/status\/1327219725571682307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Sheridan Hoping to Use His Experience and Hit the Ground Running<\/h3>\n<p>John Sheridan has been managing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Wigan+Athletic\" target=\"_self\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> this season, but his contract at the club has expired. He was on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/54930630\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">month-to-month deal<\/a>, so Swindon&#8217;s offer of a guaranteed period will have been a welcome one for Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p>Sheridan has a wealth of experience in football management. Swindon will be his eleventh club. His career includes multiple spells at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Oldham+Athletic\" target=\"_self\">Oldham Athletic<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p>His predecessor, Richie Wellens, who guided Town to promotion from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_self\">League Two<\/a> last season, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/04\/richie-wellens-appointed-as-new-salford-city-manager\/\" target=\"_self\">recently made the drop back to down the leagues<\/a> to join <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Salford+City\" target=\"_self\">Salford City<\/a>, a club famously owned by the &#8216;class of 92&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Swindon have picked up just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/league-one\/table\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine points<\/a> from their opening nine <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_self\">League One<\/a> games so far. Sheridan takes over with them sitting in 20th place and desperate for points to get as far away from the relegation zone as possible.<\/p>\n<p>They have won just <a href=\"https:\/\/int.soccerway.com\/teams\/england\/swindon-town-fc\/708\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of their last six<\/a> and face a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Shrewsbury+Town\" target=\"_self\">Shrewsbury Town<\/a> on Saturday, November 14, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In the current circumstances, the games are coming thicker and faster than ever, and with nowhere to hide, there is no reason why Sheridan&#8217;s side can&#8217;t pick up a good run of form.<\/p>\n<h3>Familiar Faces<\/h3>\n<p>Sheridan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindontownfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/november\/john-sheridan-announced-as-new-town-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">already worked<\/a> with chairman Lee Power at Waterford this year and is also reunited with coach Tommy Wright, who he worked with at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Carlisle+United\" target=\"_self\">Carlisle United<\/a>, Chesterfield and Oldham.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking to Build Confidence With Quick Results<\/h3>\n<p>Sheridan told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindontownfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/november\/john-sheridan-announced-as-new-town-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m very pleased to be here. I get the opportunity to manage a good club who were succesful last season and a club who are trying to get promotion in a really tough league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know Paul Jewell and the chairman and I&#8217;m very pleased they&#8217;ve given me the chance to come and work at a good club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a few players here that have worked under me before, some really good players at this club and it&#8217;s a team I feel we can push in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all know the aim here, which is to try and get us up the table. We have a couple of games in hand so hopefully we can get a few quick results and build a bit of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know it&#8217;s very early, but I&#8217;m hoping a new face will bring a bit of spark. We&#8217;ve got three big games coming up and hopefully we can win a couple of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Swindon in Need of John Sheridan&#8217;s Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman Lee Power <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swindontownfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/november\/john-sheridan-announced-as-new-town-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: &#8220;We are very pleased that John has come in to take over at the club. He is someone that I have worked with before and that I know well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the club needs John&#8217;s experience at the moment and I think he will be a great help to the team and myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"GQ9rbTCvSmpPBbC51OHuyA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1129743751\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GQ9rbTCvSmpPBbC51OHuyA',sig:'ok_g3lLtCmy4cFOrzFcgjffLq4RBzF2bIZ_lfshJ-zk=',w:'594px',h:'332px',items:'1129743751',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swindon Town have announced the appointment of John Sheridan as manager. Sheridan, 56, has signed a contract until the end of the season. John Sheridan Appointed Swindon Town Manager Swindon Town are delighted to announce that John Sheridan has been appointed First-Team Manager at the Club \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/UGdrGyBYNT#STFC \ud83d\udd34 pic.twitter.com\/jOG21QT7FV \u2014 Swindon Town FC (@Official_STFC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":572133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,30],"tags":[168,5955,520,5958,4949,767,136],"class_list":["post-572129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-news","tag-efl","tag-john-sheridan","tag-league-two","tag-lee-power","tag-richie-wellens","tag-swindon-town","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}