Paul Lemon

Paul Lemon (born 3 June 1966) is an English former footballer who played for Sunderland as a midfielder.

A cruciate ligament knee injury cut his career short at the age of 27 after 225 league appearances and 24 goals.

Now chief scout at Chesterfield after spells at Scunthorpe United, Huddersfield, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic

Club career

Lemon made his debut for Sunderland on 1 December 1984 against Aston Villa in a 1–0 defeat at Villa Park.[1] Overall, during 1984 to 1989 he made 107 league appearances scoring 15 goals for the club.[2] While at Sunderland, he had to short loan spells at Walsall,[3] and Reading,[4] where he made two appearances without scoring and three appearances without scoring respectively. He then joined Chesterfield in 1989 and scored nine goals in 85 league appearances, until he left for Telford United in 1993.[5]

Joined Derry City F.C. in August 1993 and made his debut on 5 September. Made 5 league appearances in total.

References
  1. "Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  2. "Paul Lemon". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  3. "WALSALL : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  4. "READING : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  5. "CHESTERFIELD : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
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