Mark Harrison (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Simon Harrison[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1960 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
|
CAPS United (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Port Vale | 70 | (0) |
| 1981 | → Stoke City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | Stoke City[2] | 7 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Hellenic | 44 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | Kettering Town | 42 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Stafford Rangers | 50 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Telford United | 12 | (0) |
| 1989–1989 | Hellenic | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bangladesh | ||
| 2001–2002 | Fortune | ||
| 2002–2003 | Hurriya | ||
| 2010–2011 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| 2011–2012 | African Warriors | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bay Stars | ||
| 2013 | Chippa United | ||
| 2013–2014 | Golden Arrows | ||
| 2015 | CAPS United | ||
| 2015– | Township Rollers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mark Simon Harrison (born 11 December 1960) is an English former footballer who manages Township Rollers in the Botswana Premier League. He kept goal in the Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City. From 2000 he began coaching clubs and nations in Africa.
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 in 1984 due to long term injury problems.
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] Harrison returned to South Africa to play for Hellenic one more time.
Management career
Upon his retirement, 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 and assistant manager of Oxford United in the Championship. Harrison gained his UEFA A licence at the young age of 33.
He later had a spell as coach of the Bangladesh national football team.[3]
Harrison then went on to manage Fortune in the South African NFD and later Hurriya in the Maldives.
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 despite not losing a game, 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] In January 2015 he was appointed head coach of Zimbabwean club CAPS United.[8] Harrison resigned on 16 June 2015.[9] On the same day, he was announced as the head coach of Botswana Premier League side Township Rollers.
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
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External links
- EngvarB from July 2013
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- Sportspeople from Derby
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Southampton F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriates in South Africa
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
- Hellenic FC players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Telford United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- English football managers
- Stafford Rangers F.C. managers
- English expatriate football managers
- Bangladesh national football team managers
- National League (English football) managers
- 1960 births
- Living people
