Harry Ferrier

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Ferrier

| fullname = Henry Ferrier

| birth_date = 20 May 1920

| birth_place = Ratho, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|16|1920|5|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Earls Colne, England

| height = 5ft 11in

| position = Left back

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Ratho Park Rangers

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = {{0|0000}}–1937

| clubs2 = Ratho Amateurs

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1937–1946

| clubs3 = Barnsley

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1946–1954

| clubs4 = Portsmouth

| caps4 = 241

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 1954–1956

| clubs5 = Gloucester City

| caps5 = 69

| goals5 = 5

| manageryears1 = 1954–1959

| managerclubs1 = Gloucester City

| manageryears2 = 1959–1963

| managerclubs2 = Chelmsford City

| manageryears3 = 1966–1969

| managerclubs3 = Chelmsford City

}}

Henry Ferrier (20 May 1920 – 16 October 2002) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager who made over 240 appearances in the Football League for Portsmouth as a left back.{{hugman|6327|accessdate=29 June 2016}} He later managed Gloucester City and Chelmsford City in non-League football.{{Cite web |title=Harry Ferrier |url=http://www.tigerroar.co.uk/harryferrier.php |access-date=30 June 2016 |website=Tiger Roar}}{{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Bob |title=The Spurs Alphabet |date=16 August 2017 |isbn=978-0-9540434-2-1 |page=152 |language=en}}

Personal life

Ferrier was a Heart of Midlothian supporter.{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Neilson |title=VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020 |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |access-date=18 July 2020 |pages=39–40}} He was married with three children and served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. After leaving football, he worked in the commercial department for Essex County Cricket Club and as a crane driver.

Career statistics

Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
rowspan="8" \|Portsmouth \|1946–47{{Cite web \|title=Pompey By Player – Harry Ferrier \|url=http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-162-Harry-Ferrier.html \|access-date=13 June 2017 \|website=PompeyRama}} \|First Division \|40 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|42 \|0
1947–48 \|First Division \|28 \|1 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|28 \|1
1948–49 \|First Division \|40 \|0 \|5 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|45 \|0
1949–50 \|First Division \|42 \|0 \|6 \|1 \| colspan="2" \|— \|48 \|1
1950–51 \|First Division \|40 \|2 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|40 \|2
1951–52 \|First Division \|32 \|4 \|4 \|0 \|1Appearance in Hampshire Senior Cup \|0 \|37 \|4
1952–53 \|First Division \|16 \|1 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|16 \|1
1953–54 \|First Division \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|3 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !241 !8 !17 !1 !1 !0 !259 !9

Honours

= As a player =

Portsmouth

Football League First Division: 1948–49, 1949–50{{Fchd|id=PORTSMOU|name=Portsmouth F.C.}}
FA Charity Shield: 1949 (shared){{cite news

|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1949-50CharityShield.htm

|title=1949/50 Charity Shield

|publisher=footballsite.co.uk

|access-date=2 December 2021}}

= As a manager =

Chelmsford City

Southern League Premier Division: 1967–68{{Cite web |title=Honours |url=https://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/a/honours--records-31055.html?page=3 |access-date=30 April 2020 |website=www.chelmsfordcityfc.com}}
Southern League Cup: 1959–60
Eastern Floodlight Cup: 1966–67