Paul Harsley

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Paul Harsley
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Harsley playing for North Ferriby United in 2011
Personal information
Full name Paul Harsley[1]
Date of birth (1978-05-29) 29 May 1978 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth Scunthorpe, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Scunthorpe United
(Centre of Excellence Co-ordinator)
Youth career
000?–1996 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Grimsby Town 0 (0)
1997–2001 Scunthorpe United 128 (5)
2001–2002 Halifax Town 45 (11)
2002–2004 Northampton Town 59 (2)
2004–2006 Macclesfield Town 107 (11)
2006–2008 Port Vale 73 (6)
2008–2010 Chesterfield 20 (1)
2009–2010 → Darlington (loan) 3 (0)
2010 → York City (loan) 9 (1)
2010–2012 North Ferriby United 56 (7)
Total 500 (44)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Harsley (born 29 May 1978) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder from 1996 until 2012.

His professional footballing career began at Grimsby Town in 1996, though he switched to Scunthorpe United a year later, without having appeared for Grimsby. He spent four seasons with the club, racking up 128 league appearances, before moving to Halifax Town. In 2002 he transferred to Northampton Town, and after a couple of years he moved on again to Macclesfield Town. In 2006 he signed with Port Vale, yet again he stayed just two years, though did pick up a Player of the season award before signing with Chesterfield. In 2010 he left Chesterfield, having been largely unsuccessful, and spending much of his time on loan at Darlington and York City. He finished his career in non-League football with a two-year spell at North Ferriby United. In total he made 500 league and 83 cup appearances, scoring 52 goals.

Career

Grimsby Town

Born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, Harsley started his career at the Grimsby Town youth system as a trainee and signed a professional contract on 16 July 1996.[3] He moved to his hometown club Scunthorpe United 7 July 1997, having not appeared for Grimsby's first team.[3]

Scunthorpe United

He broke into Scunthorpe's first team on 20 September 1997, aged 18, in a 1–0 defeat at Barnet, replacing Alejandro Calvo García as a late substitute. His first season was quite successful, as he made fifteen appearances in all, scoring his first professional goal against Exeter City. His second season with the club was to prove far more prolific however. He made 42 appearances as his club won promotion via the Third Division play-off Final in 1999. The final itself took place at Wembley Stadium on his 21st birthday, where they defeated Leyton Orient 1–0.

Harsley was an ever-present for Scunthorpe's Second Division season, though he was unable to help the club avoid relegation in 23rd place. He maintained his first team spot in 2000–01, but was released by the club at the end of the season,[4] subsequently joining Halifax Town on a free transfer on 1 July 2001.[3]

Halifax Town

He spent one season at Halifax; which proved to be highly successful on an individual level, with Harsley ending up as their top scorer with twelve goals from fifty games; however the team performed extremely poorly and they were relegated out of the Football League, a full nine points below Bristol Rovers. Throughout the campaign he was linked with big money moves to First Division clubs,[5] but nothing came of the speculation.

Northampton Town

Unwilling to play in the Football Conference,[6] in June 2002 Harsley moved on to Northampton Town, again on a free transfer.[7] He was highly productive throughout the 2002–03 season, making 51 appearances in all competitions and picking up the club's Player of the Year award. However he suffered his third relegation in four years, as Northampton dropped out of the Second Division in last place, 11 points from safety.

Macclesfield Town

Although he started the 2003–04 season at Northampton, on 13 February 2004 he moved to Third Division rivals Macclesfield Town.[3] He helped them to avoid relegation, before a signing a two-year contract in May 2004.[8] A successful season followed in 2004–05, when his club made the play-offs, finishing ahead of eighth place Darlington on goal difference. Despite ever-present Harsley scoring in the play-off semi-final, Macclesfield were knocked out by Lincoln City. At the end of the campaign he was handed the club's Player of the Year award.[9] The following season proved to be a disappointing one, with Macclesfield again fighting relegation. Harsley managed to make 45 league appearances, making 55 appearances in all competitions.

Port Vale

Harsley moved to League One Port Vale on a free transfer for the start of the 2006–07 season.[10][11] A quiet season for both club and player, he made a total of forty appearances. Vale were relegated in the 2007–08 season, and the club's misfortune on the pitch began to depress Harsley.[12] Though the season had its high points for Harsley as he was captain of the side and also player of the year.[13]

Chesterfield

At the end of the season he was out of contract,[14] and decided to move on after turning down a new deal at Vale Park and instead signed for Chesterfield.[15] He failed to impress in 2008–09, making less than 20 appearances all told. By February 2009 he was put on the transfer list by manager Lee Richardson.[16]

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Harsley playing for York City in 2010

After starting the 2009–10 campaign just as poorly, he signed for Darlington on loan for three months on 26 November 2009, along with teammate Danny Hall.[17] He played just three games for the club. He joined Conference Premier side York City on loan until the end of the season in March 2010,[18] teaming up with his former Vale manager Martin Foyle. He made his first start in a 1–0 victory over Mansfield Town on 16 March,[19] and scored his first York goal with the opener in a 4–0 victory over Grays Athletic.[20] He finished the loan spell with nine appearances and one goal for York, helping them to a play-off position. Chesterfield announced that he would not be offered a new contract at the end of the season.[21]

North Ferriby United

Harsley trialled with Northern Premier League Premier Division team North Ferriby United in July 2010 and he signed for them in August.[22][23] He helped them to a play-off finish in 2010–11, though they lost out 2–0 to Colwyn Bay in the play-off semi-finals. He made 41 appearances in both league and cup games, before retiring in January 2012.[24]

Coaching career

Harsley was appointed as Centre of Excellence co-ordinator at Scunthorpe United in January 2011.[25] In August 2015 he began working with Steve Spooner at the Birmingham City Academy.[26]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[27] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1997–98[28] Scunthorpe United Third Division 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1998–99[29] 34 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 42 1
1999–2000[30] Second Division 46 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 51 3
2000–01[31] Third Division 33 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 38 1
Total 128 5 6 1 6 0 6 0 146 6
2001–02[32] Halifax Town Third Division 45 11 3 1 1 0 1 0 50 12
Total 45 11 3 1 1 0 1 0 50 12
2002–03[33] Northampton Town Second Division 45 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 51 3
2003–04[34] Third Division 14 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
Total 59 2 5 1 2 0 4 0 70 3
2003–04[34] Macclesfield Town Third Division 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
2004–05[35] League Two 46 3 3 0 1 0 5 1 55 4
2005–06[36] 45 6 2 0 2 0 6 1 55 7
Total 107 11 5 0 3 0 11 2 126 13
2006–07[37] Port Vale League One 32 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 40 1
2007–08[38] 41 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 5
Total 73 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 82 6
2008–09[39] Chesterfield League Two 17 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 1
2009–10[40] 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
2009–10[40] Darlington (loan) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009–10[40] York City (loan) Conference Premier 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Total 20 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 24 1
2010–11[24] North Ferriby United Northern Premier Division 32 4 4 0 0 0 5 2 41 6
2011–12[41] 24 3 2 0 0 0 6 1 32 4
Total 56 7 6 0 0 0 11 3 73 10
Career total 500 44 29 3 18 0 36 5 583 52

Honours

Scunthorpe United
Individual

References

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