Harrisons F.C. Explained

Clubname:Harrisons
Fullname:Harrisons Football Club
Founded:c. 1950[1]
Dissolved:1990
Ground:Hazel Lane, Great Wyrley[2]
Capacity:2,000
League:none (defunct)
Season:1989–90
Position:West Midlands (Regional) League
Premier Division, 12th
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Harrisons F.C. is a defunct football club from Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, England, formerly members of the West Midlands (Regional) League.

Previously members of the Staffordshire County League (South), they moved up to the West Midlands Regional League in 1982 initially playing in Division Two. They finished runners-up in their first season, gaining promotion to Division One. They won that, in 1984–85 earning another promotion to the Premier Division. After a good first season (finishing fourth), they were never again able to finish in the top half of the division. After playing the 1992–93 season under the name Harrisons S T S, they withdrew from senior football in 1990, although some junior sides and Sunday teams carried on playing under the Harrisons name.

The club also placed a reserve side in the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two from 1984 to 1990.

Harrisons played in the FA Cup on two occasions, failing to win a match on either occasion. They had marginally more success in the FA Vase, entering in four seasons with a best performance of making the Second Round (last 64) in their final appearance before their demise.

Their ground, in Hazel Lane, Great Wyrley (situated opposite the ground used by Great Wyrley F.C.) was vandalised in the late 1990s and all permanent structures were removed, although the pitch remains in use. Wyrley Juniors FC have a long-term lease of the ground and they have plans to bring it back to life

Season-by-season record (incomplete)

SeasonDivisionPositionNotes
1982–83West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two2Promoted
1983–84West Midlands (Regional) League Division One4
1984–85West Midlands (Regional) League Division One1Promoted
1985–86West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division4
1986–87West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division10
1987–88West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division11
1988–89West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division12
1989–90West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division12Folded

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peel, Colin. Football Grounds of Staffordshire and Shropshire. Mick Blakeman. 67.
  2. Book: Williams, Tony. Non-League Club Directory 1990. 577.