Mark Andrew Harris (born 15 July 1963) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

He began his career with

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before signing for

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in June 1988. He had a brief loan spell at

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and made only two appearances for Palace, both as a substitute, in their 1988–89 promotion season. In 1989, he moved on to

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club ( ; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Swansea have played their home matches at ...

, for whom he made 228 appearances, scoring 14 goals between then and 1995. Whilst at Swansea he was part of the team that won the 1994 Football League Trophy Final after a

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. He later played for Gillingham and

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and made over 300 total appearances in the

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. He later played in non-league football for Kingstonian, Henley Town and

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, charte ...

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Mark Harris
Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database 1963 births Living people Footballers from Reading, Berkshire English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Wokingham Town F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Henley Town F.C. players Bromley F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players {{england-footy-defender-1960s-stub