Craig Harrison (footballer)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Craig Harrison
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-11-10) 10 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Height Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Middlesbrough 24 (0)
1999 Preston (loan) 6 (0)
2000 Crystal Palace (loan) 4 (0)
2000–2003 Crystal Palace 34 (0)
Total 68 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Airbus UK Broughton
2011– The New Saints
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig Harrison (born 10 November 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He suffered a horrific leg break in January 2003 whilst playing for Crystal Palace and subsequently retired from professional football. He is now Director of Football at The New Saints[1] having previously held the same position at Airbus UK Broughton.[2]

Management career

Airbus UK Broughton

In the spring of 2008 he was appointed Assistant Manager of Welsh Premier League side Airbus UK Broughton after a chance meeting with the then manager Gareth Owen. In the summer of 2008 Craig was appointed manager. In January 2010 he announced he was registering himself as a player for the club.[3]

The New Saints

In December 2011, Harrison was unveiled as Director of Football and Manager of The New Saints, being crowned the 2011–12 Welsh Premier League Champions, as well as the winning the Welsh Cup. He won the Welsh Premier League again the 2013/2014 season, before securing the Welsh Premier League for the third year running and becoming the first team in Europe to win their domestic league.[4]

Managerial Honours

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Airbus manager signs himself! NLN 24, 13 January 2010
  4. [1]
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "2012double" defined multiple times with different content
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>