Former Manchester City ace and Bury loanee striker Mike Sheron has rejoined the Shakers as the clubs new Centre of Excellence manager.

The club would like to welcome back Mike Sheron to Gigg Lane in the role of Centre of Excellence manager, A former Man City, Norwich, QPR and Stoke City player, Sheron was also capped at England U21 level.

Mike Sheron started his career with Manchester City, whom he joined as a schoolboy. His first league appearance came in March 1991 on loan at Bury, for whom he played five times.

His Manchester City debut came in the 1991-92 season in a match against Everton. Sheron a total of 29 appearances over the course of the season, scoring seven times. The majority of Sheron's Manchester City appearances were in a striking partnership with Niall Quinn, particularly in the 1992-93 season when Sheron scored 14 goals.

Following the arrival of Paul Walsh and Uwe Rosler in March 1994, Sheron's first team opportunities become limited, and in August 2004 he joined Norwich City for a fee of £1,000,000.

His time at Norwich was not a happy one. Struggling with injuries, Sheron scored just two league goals for Norwich, and moved to Stoke City in October 1995 in a player exchange deal that took Keith Scott to Carrow Road. Sheron performed considerably better for Stoke, scoring 39 goals in 72 starts, prompting Queens Park Rangers to pay £2.35 million for his services.

After 18 months at QPR, the club were facing financial difficulties, and as one of the highest wage earners, Sheron was sold to Barnsley for £1.5 million. Sheron spent four years at Barnsley, making more appearances for them than for any of his other clubs.

Towards the end of his playing career Sheron had short spells at several lower division clubs, playing for Blackpool, Macclesfield and Shrewsbury.

Upon retiring from the game, Mike got into coaching and has spent time at Warrington Town before accepting the job here at Gigg Lane.

Reaction from Chris Casper, Chris Beech and Mike Sheron himself will be online today