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Mo Harkin Personal information Full name Maurice Harkin Date of birth 16 August 1979 Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Walton and Hersham Youth career -1996 Wycombe Wanderers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–2001 Wycombe Wanderers 53 (2) 2001 Carlisle United 4 (0) 2001–2002 Aldershot Town 2 (0) 2002 Nuneaton Borough 14 (1) 2002–2005 Crawley Town ? (?) 2005 Forest Green Rovers 6 (0) 2005–2006 Lewes ? (?) 2006–2008 Havant & Waterlooville 56 (3) 2008–2009 Eastbourne Borough 17 (1) 2009–2009 Farnborough 18 (1) – Walton and Hersham 2009– Kingstonian 56 (1) National team 2000-2001 Northern Ireland U21 9 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:12, 10 October 2008 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Maurice "Mo" Harkin (born 16 August 1979 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Kingstonian as a midfielder. Harkin has played international football for Northern Ireland at both youth and under-20 level.
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Wycombe Wanderers & Carlisle United
Started his playing career at Wycombe Wanderers when he was the first player to progress from the youth team in the summer of 1996. His first game was against Barnet in the second round of the 1996-97 F.A. Cup where he came on as a substitute in the 60th minute.[1] His first goal did not arrive until 26 August 1997 with a 25 yard chip past the Fulham goalkeeper, a result that ended in a 4-4 draw.[2] Between the 2000 and 2001 season, Harkin was called up to the Northern Ireland U21 team nine times, making his debut and scoring a goal as a substitute in the 2-1 win over Malta. Harkin was also on the score sheet in the 5-2 against Iceland.[3] Local media stated that Aston Villa offered Wycombe £800,000 for Harkin, but the deal ended when he picked up an injury. At the end of the 2000-01 season, at the age of 21, the then manager, Lawrie Sanchez, decided not to renew his contract with the club stating that there was no future for him at Wycombe and maybe a fresh start at another club could restart his football career.[4] Harkin signed with Carlisle on 20 August 2001 [5] on a month deal but was not renewed.[6]
Non League Football
Harkin moved south and joined the Hampshire team of Aldershot, who were in the Isthmian League at the time. He only made 2 appearances before going north to Nuneaton Borough on 2 January 2002,[7] before returning south to the Sussex team of Crawley Town in June 2002.[8]
In 2005 he had a short stint at Forest Green Rovers before going to Lewes.
Mo joined his second Hampshire team, Havant & Waterlooville, in June 2006 [9] who were playing in the Blue Square South. He made history for Havant by scoring the only goal in the 2007-08 1st round of the FA Cup against York City [10] and sending them into the second round for the first time. He featured in the FA Cup fourth round tie against Liverpool at Anfield. Although Havant lost 5-2 to the Premier League outfit, he was the man on the match.[11]
He joined the newly promoted Blue Square Premier side Eastbourne Borough in July 2008.[12] on a free transfer. He made 6 starts for Eastbourne, scoring 1 goal. On Boxing Day, he suffered with a mystery vision problem whilst warming up against Lewes.[13] Harkin was released by Eastbourne at the end of January 2009 transferring to Southern League Premier Division team Farnborough.[14] | In August 2009 Harkin moved to Kingstonian With his first match being a 3-0 win over Hendon in an Isthmian Premier League match.
References
- ^ "Red's live to fight another day". Chairboys on the net. 1996-12-07. http://www.chairboys.ndirect.co.uk/onthenet/barnet.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Coca Cola Cup 1st Rnd 2nd Leg". Chairboys on the net. 1997-08-26. http://www.chairboys.ndirect.co.uk/onthenet/aug97.htm#FULHAM_AWAY_CC. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "NI under 21s hit high five". BBC Sport. 2000-10-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/966122.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Maurice Harkin - Player Profile". Chairboys on the net. 2001. http://www.chairboys.ndirect.co.uk/players/harkin_mo.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Three sign in busy day at Brunton Park". Carlisle United F.C.. 2001-08-20. http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~85666,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Berkley and Harkin to go". Carlisle United F.C.. 2001-09-17. http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~96786,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Transfers - January, 2002". BBC Sport. 2002-09-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2239129.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Crawley Town sign duo". The Argus. 2002-06-12. http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2002/6/12/156233.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Warner and Harkin sign". hawks.net. 2006-06-07. http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/news.asp?item=519. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "York 0-1 Havant and W". BBC Sport. 2007-11-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7076554.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ Allsop, Derick (2008-01-27). "Liverpool end Havant FA Cup fairytale". London: Telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2290095/Liverpool-end-Havant-FA-Cup-fairytale.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Eastbourne bag Harkin & Winterton". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/eastbourne_borough/7487387.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Harkin misses out on Lewes return". The Argus. 2009-01-01. http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/4012494.Harkin_misses_out_on_Lewes_return/. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "One In, One Out at Cherrywood Road". Farnborough F.C.. 2009-01-30. http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1233332250&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
External links
- Mo Harkin career stats at Soccerbase
- Mo Harkin career stats at Soccerbase - FA Cup run for Havant only
- Player Profile - Farnborough F.C.
- Player Profile - Northern Ireland Footballing Greats
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Derry
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Association football midfielders
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Aldershot Town F.C. players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Lewes F.C. players
- Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
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