Mark Harris (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Andrew Harris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wokingham Town | |||
| 1988–1989 | Crystal Palace | 2 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Burnley (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1989–1995 | Swansea City | 228 | (14) |
| 1995–1997 | Gillingham | 65 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Cardiff City | 38 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Kingstonian | 66 | (6) |
| Henley Town | |||
| Bromley | |||
| Total | 403 | (24) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mark Andrew Harris (born 15 July 1963)[2] is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career[edit]
He began his career with Wokingham Town before signing for Crystal Palace in June 1988.[2] He had a brief loan spell at Burnley and made only two appearances for Palace, both as a substitute, in their 1988–89 promotion season.[3] In 1989, he moved on to Swansea City, for whom he made 228 appearances, scoring 14 goals between then and 1995. Whilst at Swansea he was part of the team that won the 1994 Football League Trophy Final after a penalty shootout.[4] He later played for Gillingham and Cardiff City and made over 300 total appearances in the English Football League.[5] He later played in non-league football for Kingstonian,[6] Henley Town and Bromley.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mark Harris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 326. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 271. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ White, Clive (25 April 1994). "Football: Sublime Swansea glide to victory: Welsh pride stirred at Wembley". The Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ Mark Harris at Soccerbase
- ^ Mark Harris at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
External links[edit]
- Mark Harris, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Reading, Berkshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Wokingham & Emmbrook F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- Kingstonian F.C. players
- Henley Town F.C. players
- Bromley F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- English football defender, 1960s birth stubs