Tim Harris is an English

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manager currently in charge of

Worcester City Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane. Worcester City's ...

. Harris was a professional football player for several clubs, including

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, Newport County,

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

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and as a goalkeeper for Gloucester City in the late 1970s. He was an assistant manager at Gloucester City twice, and has previous experience as a manager with

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

, Cinderford Town, Newport County and

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. In 2006 Harris was appointed as First Team Manager at Gloucester City, saving them from relegation and finishing in a respectable 13th place. In 2008 Harris moved 'upstairs' and became General Manager, handing over the first team manager job to assistant

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. Gloucester gained promotion to the

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for the 2009–10 season, via a play-off win at Farnborough. The following week Harris was appointed as General Manager at Newport County alongside team manager

Dean Holdsworth Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968) is an English former professional football player and manager. As a striker he scored 193 goals in 610 league games over a 22-year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majority ...

. Newport County were champions of the

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for the 2009–10 season and promoted to the

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for the 2010–11 season. Following Dean Holdsworth's departure, Harris was appointed

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on 13 January 2011. Following the appointment of Anthony Hudson on 1 April, Harris returned to his role as Director of Football. During his reign as director County won promotion to the

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and also moved from

Newport Stadium Newport Stadium, also known as Spytty Park, is an association football, rugby and athletics stadium in Newport, South Wales. It is the home of Newport City Football Club, Newport RFC and Newport Harriers Athletic Club. It was previously also ...

to share with local rugby sides

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and

Newport Gwent Dragons Dragons RFC ( cy, Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They are owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport and at other grounds around the region. They play in ...

at the 8,000 capacity (for football)

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In February 2014, he was re-appointed as first team manager at Gloucester City, replacing

. Harris once again steered the club away from relegation. Harris resigned as team manager on 30 November 2017. In December 2017, he was appointed manager of Southern Premier Division side

. On 19 September 2018, Harris was appointed Head of Football at

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side

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. with Marc Richards subsequently taking the Head Coach role at Hereford on 3 October 2018. On 13 August 2019, Harris was appointed caretaker manager until

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was hired on 29 August 2019. Harris decided to resign on 27 November 2019. On 4 January 2021, Harris was appointed manager of

in the

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Managerial statistics

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Tim 1959 births Living people English football managers Cheltenham Town F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. managers Newport County A.F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. managers Forest Green Rovers F.C. managers Cinderford Town A.F.C. managers Tamworth F.C. managers Worcester City F.C. managers People from Dymock Association football goalkeepers English footballers Hereford F.C. managers