Mark Harrison (footballer)

Mark Harrison

Personal information
Full name	Mark Simon Harrison
Date of birth	11 December 1960 (1960-12-11) (age 50)
Place of birth	Derby, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
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[1]	7	(0)
	Hellenic FC
	Kettering Town
	Stafford Rangers
	Telford United
	Stafford Rangers
Total		77+	(0+)
Teams managed
	Stafford Rangers
2000	Bangladesh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mark Simon Harrison (born 11 December 1960) is a former English footballer, specialist goalkeeper trainer, and manager.

Playing career

Harrison was a trainee with Southampton^[2] before joining Port Vale in February 1980. He was immediately the first choice keeper, however was troubled by cartilage problems from November 1980. In the summer of 1981 he was loaned to rivals Stoke City as they played a youth tournament. After returning he was an ever-present for the 1981–82 season but was sold to City, along with Mark Chamberlain, for a combined fee of £180,000 in August 1982.

After he left Stoke City, he not only left Stoke-on-Trent but England as well, as he switched to South African side Hellenic FC. He later returned to England to play non-league football with Kettering Town, Stafford Rangers and Telford United.^[3]

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.^[4]

Harrison was later employed to assist Mpumalanga Black Aces in the SA PSL. He was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, but departed the club at the end of the campaign.

References

1. ^ Stats at Neil Brown stat site
2. ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 613. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 
3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 129. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 
4. ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 613. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 

Persondata
Name	Harrison, Mark
Alternative names	Mark Simon Harrison
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	11 December 1960
Place of birth	Derby, England
Date of death
Place of death