Allan Harris

Allan Harris
Personal information
Date of birth	28 December 1942
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	23 November 2017 (aged 74)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1964	Chelsea
1964–1966	Coventry City
1966–1967	Chelsea
1967–1971	Queens Park Rangers
1971–1973	Plymouth Argyle
1973–1974	Cambridge United
1974–1975	Hayes
1976	St Patrick's Athletic
Total
Managerial career
1984–1986	Barcelona (assistant)
1993–1995	Al Ahly
1995	Karşıyaka
2000–2004	Malaysia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Harris (28 December 1942 – 23 November 2017) was an English football player and manager. He played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer.

Harris was a full-back and began his career with Chelsea, for whom he played 70 league games in his first stint with the club. He joined Coventry in 1964, spending two years there, before briefly returning to Chelsea again, where he played in their 1967 FA Cup final loss to Tottenham Hotspur.^{[citation needed]}

He moved to Queens Park Rangers as a replacement for Jim Langley in 1967, and made his debut in August that year against Portsmouth. Harris was a member of the 1967–68 side that won promotion to the First Division for the first time in the club's history.^{[citation needed]}

He played 94 league games for QPR before transferring to Plymouth Argyle in 1971,^[1] and later played for Cambridge United. He then joined non-league Hayes as player-manager in 1974, remaining until his dismissal in March 1975. He signed for St Patrick's Athletic in February 1976, along with Terry Venables, and made his debut on 22 February that year.^[2]

After retiring from playing, Harris went on to be assistant manager to Venables at Crystal Palace, QPR (helping the team reach the FA Cup Final in 1982 and win promotion to the First Division in 1982–83) and FC Barcelona (winning La Liga in 1984–85 and reaching the 1986 European Cup Final). He also led Egyptian side Al Ahly to the African Cup as Champions from 1993 to 1995.

He was the coach of the Malaysian national team from December 2000 to 2004.

Harris died on 23 November 2017 at the age of 74.^[3]

Honours

Chelsea

FA Cup runner-up: 1966–67^[4]

References

^ Allan Harris Greens on Screen. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
^ [1] Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Allan Harris 1942-2017". Chelseafc.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.

External links

Argyle Review: Allan Harris

[1] Allan Harris Greens on Screen. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

[2] [1] Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Allan Harris 1942-2017". Chelseafc.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[4] Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.

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