Byron Harrison

Byron Junior Harrison (born 15 June 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Nantwich Town.

Harrison began his football career with Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville in 2005, having been recommended to the club by former player Darren Annon.

He made his debut for Havant in October 2005, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute in a game away at Farnborough Town.

A week later, he scored his first professional goal, scoring twenty minutes after coming on a substitute in Havant's FA Cup tie against Cirencester Town.

In November 2005, Harrison was on the scoresheet again, this time in an FA Trophy game against Weymouth.

Harrison continued to make sporadic substitute appearances throughout the season.

He left Havant at the end of the 2005–06 campaign, having made 22 appearances, all of which were from the substitute's bench.

The club kept the door open to Harrison, and offered him the opportunity to come back in a years time after he had played more first-team football.

Harrison started the 2006–07 season playing for Worthing of the Isthmian League Premier Division, having signed for the club on a free transfer in July 2006.

He left Worthing in November 2006, and subsequently signed for Boreham Wood.

Harrison made his Boreham Wood debut in December 2006, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 win at Folkestone Invicta.

After his debut, Boreham Wood manager Steve Cook said "Byron is very young and enthusiastic and I have a gut feeling about him".

Harrison ended the 2006–07 season as Boreham Wood's top goalscorer, having scored 13 times in 21 appearances.

In January 2007, Harrison suffered a leg injury that ruled him out for six weeks.

On his return from injury, on 3 March, Harrison scored his first goals for the club, a hat-trick against his former employers, Worthing, in a 3–2 win at Meadow Park.

He added another goal to his tally in a 2–0 away win at Margate, as well as scoring successive braces in away victories at Hendon and Slough Town.

Harrison stayed at Boreham Wood ahead of the 2007–08 season.

In September 2007, having failed to find the net once, he was demoted to the substitute's bench for Boreham Wood's game against Harlow Town.

On Harrison's omission, manager Steve Cook said "Byron has been a little subdued of late, although I told him I do not expect him to be out of the team for long".

Despite making several starting appearances, Harrison failed to find the net once during the first two months of the 2007–08 season.

He was released by Boreham Wood on 30 October 2007.

Following a short spell at Harrow Borough, Harrison signed for Ashford Town (Middlesex) in January 2008, making his debut in a match against Kingstonian.

He scored his first goal for the club in February 2008, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 win against his former club, Boreham Wood.

During the first half of the 2009–10 season, Harrison scored 19 times for Ashford.

As a result of his goalscoring form, he had a trial period with Southend United in February 2010.

He played in a reserve fixture for Southend against Colchester United, but failed to earn a contract with the club.

Had his trial at Southend been successful, Ashford would have been entitled to £20,000 compensation.

A week later after his trial with Southend, Harrison left his parent club, Ashford

. On leaving Ashford, he had an unsuccessful trial with Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, and also attracted the interest of Conference South club Staines Town, who had previously tried to sign Harrison on two separate occasions.

During his two-year spell at Ashford, Harrison scored a total of 53 goals in all competitions.

In March 2010, Harrison signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Carshalton Athletic, rejecting contract offers from Staines Town and Margate respectively.

On signing Harrison, Carshalton manager Mark Butler said "He was a player that I went out and targeted as I really wanted to get him to this club. I know what he is capable".

Harrison made his debut for Carshalton in a 0–0 home draw against Hendon, a game in which he hit the crossbar in the second-half.

He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw away at Margate, and also scored in Carshalton's 2–2 home draw with Harrow Borough in April 2010.

Harrison's hat-trick on the final day of the season in a 4–1 away win at Wealdstone meant that Carshalton stayed up, thus relegating his former club Ashford.

Harrison remained at Carshalton ahead of the 2010–11 season, and scored on the opening day of the season with "an impressive strike from outside the area" in a 2–0 win over Lowestoft Town.

Harrison scored back–to–back FA Cup hat-tricks against East Thurrock United and Braintree Town, taking his 2010–11 goal tally to twelve.

He scored his last goal for Carshalton in the club's 4–2 home loss to Concord Rangers, and played his last game in a 2–0 home loss to Sutton United on 27 December 2010.

He scored a total of 14 goals during the first half of the 2010–11 season, making 25 appearances.

Harrison signed for Stevenage in January 2011 on a free transfer and was handed the number 26 shirt.