Jay Harris (footballer, born 1987)

Jay Harris
Personal information
Full name James William Harris[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2005 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Everton 0 (0)
2006–2008 Accrington Stanley 73 (2)
2008–2009 Chester City 31 (0)
2010–2015 Wrexham 181 (16)
2015– Tranmere Rovers 114 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:57, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

James William "Jay" Harris (born 15 April 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers.

Career

Everton

Jay Harris started his career as a youth player with Everton, he became a senior player in 2006 but left Goodison Park.

Accrington Stanley

In the summer of 2006 Harris joined Accrington Stanley.[3] He made his full Accrington debut against Barnet on 12 August 2006. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract,[3] but at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was released by the club, together with ten other first-team players.[4]

Chester City

On 25 June 2008, he joined Chester City on a two-year contract along with Accrington team–mate David Mannix.[5] He featured in more than 30 of Chester's games in 2008–09 as the club suffered relegation from The Football League. In February 2010 Chester were expelled from the Conference for breaching 5 league rules and so the club was liquidated leaving Harris without a club.[6]

On 7 April 2009, Harris was one of five players charged with breaching Football Association rules on betting relating to the Accrington game against Bury match of the final day of 2007–08.[7] He was later banned for twelve months and fined £5,500.[8]

Wrexham

On 21 July 2010, he appeared as a triallist for Wrexham during a 0–0 draw against a young Liverpool side in a pre-season friendly just 24 hours after his ban expired,[9] later signing a one-year contract with the club.[10] On his arrival, Wrexham manager Dean Saunders commented "We know what happened with him before, he's been out of football for a year, so I'm going to give him a chance".[11] He made his debut on the opening day of the 2010–11 season in a 1–0 win over Cambridge United. His good form at the start of 2011 led to him being named the Blue Square Bet Premier player of the month for January. On 19 August Jay Harris scored his first goal the season for 2011/12 against Lincoln City. Wrexham won the game 2–1 and went top of the Conference National. In January 2012 Harris signed a new deal to stay with Wrexham until the end of the 2012/2013 season.[12] Harris and Wrexham failed to gain promotion from the Conference National but Harris remained at Wrexham ahead of the 2012/2013 season. Harris scored some major goals in the 2012/2013 season and on 25 February 2013 Harris signed an extension on his contract keeping him at The Racecourse until the summer of 2015.[13] Harris picked up his first piece of silverware in his career when he won the FA Trophy with Wrexham in March 2013.

Tranmere

Harris signed for Tranmere on 22 May, on a free transfer after his contract with Wrexham expired.[14]

Career honours

Wrexham

Winners (1): 2012–13
Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Career statistics

As of match played 7 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 2005–06[15] Premier League 0000000000
Accrington Stanley 2006–07[16] League Two 32210102[lower-alpha 1]0362
2007–08[17] League Two 410101000430
Total 732202020792
Chester City 2008–09[18] League Two 310101000330
Wrexham 2010–11[19] Conference Premier 40410—3[lower-alpha 2]1445
2011–12[19] Conference Premier 38350—2[lower-alpha 3]0453
2012–13[19] Conference Premier 37420—8[lower-alpha 4]1475
2013–14[19] Conference Premier 36231—1[lower-alpha 5]0403
2014–15[19] Conference Premier 30340—9[lower-alpha 5]1434
Total 18116151—23321920
Tranmere Rovers 2015–16[19] National League 41320—00433
2016–17[19] National League 31410—4[lower-alpha 5]0364
2017–18[19] National League 34010—1[lower-alpha 5]0360
Total 106740—501157
Career totals 391252213030344629
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in Conference Premier play-offs, one in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in Conference Premier play-offs
  4. ↑ Three appearances in Conference Premier play-offs, five appearances and one goal in FA Trophy
  5. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Jay Harris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Jay Harris". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Harris signs new Stanley contract". BBC Sport. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Stanley release 11 in clear-out". BBC Sport. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Accrington duo pen Chester City deals". Chester Chronicle. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  6. ↑ "Chester wound up at court hearing". BBC News. 10 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "City Five players charged in League Two betting scandal". London: The Guardian. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Four footballers banned in match-fixing probe after placing bets on their own game". London: Daily Mail. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Wrexham 0 Liverpool XI 0 (Ft)". Wrexham F.C. Official site. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "Wrexham FC's Jay Harris wants to repay Dean Saunders faith". Liverpool Daily Post. 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "Wrexham line up midfielder Jay Harris". BBC Sport. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  12. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16760257
  13. ↑ http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/article/jay-harris-new-deal-13.02.25-677889.aspx
  14. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32849531
  15. ↑ "Jay Harris 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Jay Harris in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Jay Harris in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Jay Harris in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "J. Harris". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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