Mark Harrison (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Simon Harrison[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1960[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Golden Arrows (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1977–1980 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1980–1982 | Port Vale | 70 | (0) |
| 1981 | → Stoke City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Stoke City[2] | 7 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Hellenic | ||
| 1984–1985 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1985–1986 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 1986–1987 | Telford United | ||
| 1987–1988 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 77+ | (0+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| 2000 | Bangladesh | ||
| 2011 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| 2011–2012 | African Warriors | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bay Stars | ||
| 2013 | Chippa United | ||
| 2013– | Golden Arrows | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mark Simon Harrison (born 11 December 1960) is an English former footballer who currently manages Golden Arrows in the South African Premier Soccer League. He kept goal in the Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City.
Playing career
Harrison was a trainee with Southampton,[3] before joining John McGrath's Fourth Division side Port Vale in February 1980.[1] He was immediately the first choice keeper for the "Valiants", however was troubled by cartilage problems from November 1980.[1] In the summer of 1981 he was loaned to rivals Stoke City as they played a youth tournament.[1] After returning to Vale Park he was an ever-present for the 46 game 1981–82 season.[1] He was sold to City, along with Mark Chamberlain, for a combined fee of £180,000 in August 1982.[1] He left Victoria Ground the following year, after failing to dislodge Peter Fox.
After he left the "Potters", he not only left Stoke-on-Trent but England as well, as he switched to South African side Hellenic. He later returned to England to play non-league football with Kettering Town, Stafford Rangers and Telford United.[1]
Management career
Harrison returned to South Africa upon his retirement, where he managed Clyde. He once more returned to England and became the youth coach of Bristol City, then goalkeeper coach of Everton, before becoming coach and assistant manager of Barrow, later player-manager of Stafford Rangers and then the reserve coach of Oxford United.
He later had a spell as coach of the Bangladesh national football team.[3]
Harrison was employed to assist Mpumalanga Black Aces in the South African Premier Soccer League in 2011. He was promoted to head coach for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, but departed the club at the end of the campaign. He went on to coach African Warriors in the National First Division.
Harrison took up the job as head coach of Bay Stars, in South Africa's third tier, the SAFA Second Division for the 2012-13 season. However, he left during the season to join Chippa United.[4]
Harrison was appointed head coach of Chippa United in April 2013[5] but was unable to prevent the team from being relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season.[6] He resigned from his position after four games in 2013–14 season and became head coach of Golden Arrows on 7 October 2013.[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Port Vale | 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Stoke City | 1982–83 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 77 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 129. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ Stats at Neil Brown stat site
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 613. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
- ↑ "Stars hunt for coach after Harrison moves to Chilli Boys". The Hearld. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "Chippa Appoint Harrison". Soccer Laduma. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Chippa relegated to NFD". Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Harrison named new coach of Arrows". SuperSport. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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