Stan Harland

Stan Harland
Personal information
Full name	Stanley Clarence Harland
Date of birth	19 June 1940
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	30 August 2001 (aged 61)
Place of death	Tintinhull, Somerset, England
Position(s)	Centre half
Youth career
	New Brighton
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1961	Everton
1961–1964	Bradford City
1964–1966	Carlisle United
1966–1971	Swindon Town
1971–1975	Birmingham City
1975–1978	Yeovil Town
Managerial career
1975–1978	Yeovil Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanley Clarence Harland (19 June 1940 – 30 August 2001) was an English football centre half.

Career

Born in Liverpool, Harland's football career began at local club New Brighton. It was from here that he attracted interest from Everton who signed him in 1959. Harland moved to Bradford City where he scored 20 goals in 120 league games for the club before being transferred to Carlisle United.

Carlisle won promotion to the Second Division in his first season with the club, Harland played in every game. The arrival of Gordon Marsland saw him lose his first team place and he asked for a transfer.

Harland signed for

Danny Williams and chief scout Jack Conley sat outside Carlisle's ground (Brunton Park) overnight to make sure of his signature.^[2]

Harland debuted for the team in the first game of the

League Cup after defeating Arsenal at Wembley Stadium

in 1969.

Harland lost his captaincy and position to

Man of the Match,^[2] he was sold to Birmingham City for £

15,000.

Harland made 38 appearances for Birmingham, helping them win promotion to the First Division in 1972 and reach the FA Cup semi-final of the same year. His career was ended through injury although he moved to become player-manager of Yeovil Town and later worked with Frank Burrows at Portsmouth in a coaching capacity.

Harland was married to an ice-dancing champion and had two daughters, he also often played in the Professional Footballers' Golf Championship. After leaving football he worked in the

heart attack on 30 August 2001 in Tintinhull, Somerset.^[2]^[3]