Ray Harford

Footballer (1945-2003)

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

Ray Harford
Personal information
Full name Raymond Thomas Harford[1]
Date of birth (1945-06-01)1 June 1945[2]
Place of birth Halifax, England[2]
Date of death 9 August 2003(2003-08-09) (aged 58)
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
1961–1964 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Charlton Athletic 3 (0)
1966–1967 Exeter City 55 (1)
1967–1971 Lincoln City 161 (10)
1971 Mansfield Town 7 (0)
1971–1973 Port Vale 20 (1)
1973Colchester United (loan) 3 (0)
1973–1975 Colchester United 105 (4)
1975 Romford 5 (1)
Total 359 (17)
Teams managed
1984–1986 Fulham
1987–1990 Luton Town
1990–1991 Wimbledon
1995–1996 Blackburn Rovers
1997 West Bromwich Albion
1997–1998 Queens Park Rangers
2000 Millwall (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Playing statistics change

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 change

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 46 037.4
Luton Town 15 June 1987 3 January 1990 126 47 34 45 037.3
Wimbledon 18 June 1990 7 October 1991 56 20 17 19 035.7
Blackburn Rovers 25 June 1995 25 October 1996 64 24 13 27 037.5
West Bromwich Albion 6 February 1997 4 December 1997 40 19 7 14 047.5
Queens Park Rangers 5 December 1997 28 September 1998 41 5 18 18 012.2
Millwall (caretaker) 17 September 2000 25 September 2000 2 2 0 0 100.0
Total[4] 428 154 105 169 036.0

Honours change

as a player with Colchester United[5]

as manager of Luton Town[5]

References change

  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". The Guardian. 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.