Manchester 1885

Forward

Richard Harrison, one of Exeter City’s many Lancashire-born players during the club’s Southern League days, arrived from Manchester City in 1909 but only made eight league appearances.

Richard first came to prominence as a 15-year-old playing as a centre-half for Newton Heath Victoria and then as an outside-left for Newton Heath Amateurs. He turned professional at the age of 19 and spent three-and-a-half seasons playing for Rossendale in the Lancashire Combination. He then had a brief spell with Bacup before returning to Rossendale ahead of a switch to Manchester City where he hit 32 goals in just 19 reserve team outings.

Moving to Exeter City in the summer of 1909, Richard made his debut in the Southern League game against Brentford on 9 October 1909. Playing in eight of nine matches through to the end of nine November, he scored five times (including a hat-trick against Portsmouth) without ever playing for the first-team again. 

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