James William "Jay" Harris (born April 15, 1987) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
who plays as a midfielder for
Chester CityChester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season to the Conference National from League Two . Chester were founded as Chester F.C., however they changed their name to Chester City F.C. in 1983...
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A product of the Everton F.C. Academy, he joined
Accrington StanleyAccrington Stanley Football Club is an English football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the north-west of England.The club was formed in 1968, with the town regaining a club with league status after 44 years when they were promoted as champions of the Football Conference on 15 April 2006.The...
in the summer of 2006,
and made his full Accrington debut against
BarnetBarnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two.In March 2004 they were in one of the play off positions of the Football Conference but failed to gain promotion to League Two, the lowest flight of the Football League...
on August 12 2006. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract,
but at the end of the
2007–08 seasonThe 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...
, he was released by the club, together with ten other first-team players.
On June 25 2008 he joined
Chester CityChester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season to the Conference National from League Two . Chester were founded as Chester F.C., however they changed their name to Chester City F.C. in 1983...
on a two year contract along with Accrington team–mate
David MannixDavid Mannix is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chester City.-International career:Mannix was a youth England international at under 15/16, 17 and 20 levels and gained 15 caps in total...
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James William "Jay" Harris (born April 15, 1987) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
who plays as a midfielder for
Chester CityChester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season to the Conference National from League Two . Chester were founded as Chester F.C., however they changed their name to Chester City F.C. in 1983...
.
A product of the Everton F.C. Academy, he joined
Accrington StanleyAccrington Stanley Football Club is an English football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the north-west of England.The club was formed in 1968, with the town regaining a club with league status after 44 years when they were promoted as champions of the Football Conference on 15 April 2006.The...
in the summer of 2006,
and made his full Accrington debut against
BarnetBarnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two.In March 2004 they were in one of the play off positions of the Football Conference but failed to gain promotion to League Two, the lowest flight of the Football League...
on August 12 2006. In May 2007 he signed a new two-year contract,
but at the end of the
2007–08 seasonThe 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...
, he was released by the club, together with ten other first-team players.
On June 25 2008 he joined
Chester CityChester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season to the Conference National from League Two . Chester were founded as Chester F.C., however they changed their name to Chester City F.C. in 1983...
on a two year contract along with Accrington team–mate
David MannixDavid Mannix is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chester City.-International career:Mannix was a youth England international at under 15/16, 17 and 20 levels and gained 15 caps in total...
. He featured in more than 30 of Chester's games in 2008–09 as the club suffered relegation from
The Football LeagueThe Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
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On April 7 2009, Harris was one of five players charged with breaching Football Association rules on betting relating to the Accrington against
BuryBury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team play in League Two. The club's nickname is the shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s born in Rochdale.-Formation of the club...
match of the final day of
2007–08The 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...
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