Paul Lemon


Paul Lemon is an English former footballer who played for Sunderland as a midfielder.
A Cruciate knee injury cut his career short at the age of 27 after 193 league appearances and 24 goals.
Now a first team scout at Scunthorpe United after spells at Huddersfield, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic

Club career

Lemon made his debut for Sunderland on 4 September 1984 against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–0 win at Roker Park. Overall, during 1984 to 1989 he made 107 league appearances scoring 15 goals for the club. While at Sunderland, he had to short loan spells at Walsall, and Reading, 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.
Joined Derry City F.C. in August 1993 and made his debut on 5 September. Made 5 league appearances in total.