Ray Harford

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)
1973	→ Colchester 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

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

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	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

as a player with Colchester United^[5]

• Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1973–74
• Colchester United F.C. Player of the Year: 1974

as manager of Luton Town^[5]

• League Cup: 1988; runner-up: 1989

References

1. "Ray Harford". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
2. "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. "Ray Harford – Players – Colchester United". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2019.