Andy Harris (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Andy Harris


fullname = Andrew David Douglas Harris
height = height|ft=5|in=11
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|2|26
cityofbirth = Springs, Gauteng
countryofbirth = South Africa
currentclub = Eastleigh
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1993–1994
youthclubs = Liverpool
years = 1994–1996
1996–1999
1999–2003
2003–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–?
clubs = Liverpool
Southend United
Leyton Orient
Chester City
→ Forest Green Rovers (loan)
Weymouth
Eastleigh
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
072 (0)
149 (2)
033 (0)
012 (1)
00? (?)
00? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
managerclubs =
manageryears =
pcupdate = July 1 2008
ntupdate =

Andy Harris (born February 26 1977, Springs, Gauteng South Africa) is an English–raised footballer who plays for non–league side Eastleigh. He previously played in The Football League for three clubs.

Playing career

Harris began with Liverpool but failed to make a first–team appearance at Anfield before he moved to Southend United in July 1996. After three years with the Shripmers, Harris switched to Leyton Orient ahead of 1998–99. His four year stint with Orient included an appearance at the Millennium Stadium against Blackpool in the Football League Division Three play–off final in May 2001. [cite web|url= http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=308104| title= Blackpool 4, Leyton Orient 2 | publisher= soccerbase.com| accessdate=2008-07-01] Despite being a near ever–present in his last three seasons with the club,Cite news
title= City sign midfielder | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/june03news.asp
publisher= chester-city.co.uk | date= 2003-06-03 | accessdate= 2008-07-01] Harris was released at the end of 2002–03 and joined Chester City on a free transfer, being described as a "major signing" by manager Mark Wright.

However, Harris was to start just 19 league games in two years at the club, the first ending with the club finishing as champions of the Nationwide Conference. His second season included a loan spell with Forest Green Rovers and ended with him joining Weymouth. During the 2005–06 season, Harris scored a shock equaliser for Weymouth in an FA Cup tie at Nottingham Forest [Cite news
title= Forest survive Weymouth’s ambush in the backwoods | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/11/06/sfgnot06.xml
publisher= Telegraph.co.uk | date= 2005-11-05 | accessdate= 2008-07-01] and helped them win the Conference South championship. But he did not feature again after knee surgery and he dropped back into the Conference South with his current club Eastleigh, with a loan move quickly becoming a permanent transfer on October 10 2006. [Cite news
title= Eastleigh capture Terras Harris| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/w/weymouth/6039860.stm
publisher= BBC Sport | date= 2006-10-11 | accessdate= 2008-07-01]

Away from football, Harris is a member of Mensa International, possessing an IQ of 153.Cite news
title= Sport on TV| url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020203/ai_n12593743
publisher= The Independent | date= 2002-02-03 | accessdate= 2008-07-01] He appeared on the ITV1 programme, Britain’s Brainiest Footballers, in 2002.

External links

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* [http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=707 Southend United career stats]
* [http://www.eastleigh-fc.co.uk/firstprofiles.htm Eastleigh FC player profile]

References