Ray Harford

Raymond Thomas (Ray) Harford (1 June 1945 — 9 August 2003) is a former English football player.

Ray Harford
Personal information
Full nameRaymond Thomas Harford[1]
Date of birth(1945-06-01)1 June 1945[2]
Place of birthHalifax, England[2]
Date of death9 August 2003(2003-08-09) (aged 58)
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Playing positionCentre half
Youth career
1961–1964Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964–1966Charlton Athletic3(0)
1966–1967Exeter City55(1)
1967–1971Lincoln City161(10)
1971Mansfield Town7(0)
1971–1973Port Vale20(1)
1973Colchester United (loan)3(0)
1973–1975Colchester United105(4)
1975Romford5(1)
Total359(17)
Teams managed
1984–1986Fulham
1987–1990Luton Town
1990–1991Wimbledon
1995–1996Blackburn Rovers
1997West Bromwich Albion
1997–1998Queens Park Rangers
2000Millwall (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Charlton Athletic 1965–66 Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Exeter City 1965–66 Third Division 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1966–67 Fourth Division 38 1 1 0 4 2 43 3
Total 55 1 1 0 4 2 60 3
Lincoln City 1967–68 Fourth Division 46 3 1 0 5 0 52 3
1968–69 Fourth Division 43 3 4 0 2 0 49 3
1969–70 Fourth Division 28 3 0 0 1 0 29 3
1970–71 Fourth Division 44 1 5 0 3 0 52 1
Total 161 10 10 0 11 0 182 10
Mansfield Town 1971–72 Third Division 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
Port Vale 1971–72 Third Division 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1
1972–73 Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
Colchester United 1972–73 Fourth Division 21 1 0 0 0 0 21 1
1973–74 Fourth Division 46 1 1 1 1 0 48 2
1974–75 Third Division 41 2 2 0 6 0 49 2
Total 108 4 3 1 7 0 118 5
Career total 354 16 14 1 24 2 392 19

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Fulham 20 April 1984 10 June 1986 99 37 16 46 37.4
Luton Town 15 June 1987 3 January 1990 126 47 34 45 37.3
Wimbledon 18 June 1990 7 October 1991 56 20 17 19 35.7
Blackburn Rovers 25 June 1995 25 October 1996 64 24 13 27 37.5
West Bromwich Albion 6 February 1997 4 December 1997 40 19 7 14 47.5
Queens Park Rangers 5 December 1997 28 September 1998 41 5 18 18 12.2
Millwall (caretaker) 17 September 2000 25 September 2000 2 2 0 0 100.00
Total[4] 428 154 105 169 36.0

Honours

as a player with Colchester United[5]

as manager of Luton Town[5]

References

  1. "Ray Harford". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Harford, Raymond". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. Glanville, Brian (11 August 2003). Ray Harford. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/11/guardianobituaries.football. Retrieved 18 November 2013. 
  4. Ray Harford management career statistics at Soccerbase
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Ray Harford – Players – Colchester United". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2019.