Max Harrop

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Max Harrop

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|06|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oldham, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Stalybridge Celtic

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| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Liverpool

| youthyears2 = 2009–2011

| youthclubs2 = Bury

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Bury

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011–2012

| clubs2 = → Blyth Spartans (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = → Hinckley United (loan)

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = → Tamworth (loan)

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2015

| clubs5 = Nantwich Town

| caps5 = 43

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Ashton United

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Ramsbottom United

| caps7 = 9

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2016–2017

| clubs8 = Nantwich Town

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2017–2020

| clubs9 = Altrincham

| caps9 = 87

| goals9 = 11

| years10 = 2020–2022

| clubs10 = Curzon Ashton

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2022-2023

| clubs11 = Ashton United

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| goals11 =

| years12 = 2023-

| clubs12 = Stalybridge Celtic

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| goals12 =

| club-update = 16:26, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

}}

Max Harrop (born 30 June 1993) is an English football midfielder who plays for Curzon Ashton. He previously played for Bury in the Football League.

Playing career

Harrop spent his youth at the Liverpool Academy, but transferred to the Bury youth team as a teenager.{{cite web|url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/YouthTeam/0,,10422~2096395,00.html|title=Profile: Max Harrop|date=3 August 2010|work=buryfc.co.uk|accessdate=26 March 2011|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316074712/http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/YouthTeam/0,,10422~2096395,00.html|url-status=dead}} He was awarded the 'Promising Newcomer of the Season' award at the club for his progress in 2009–10.{{cite web|url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/8135995.Dawson_s_double/|title=Dawson's double|last=Higginson|first=Marc|date=4 May 2010|work=Bury Times|accessdate=26 March 2011}} He made his first team debut on 26 March 2011, replacing Kyle Bennett 79 minutes into a goalless draw with Port Vale at Vale Park.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12794308.stm|title=Port Vale 0 - 0 Bury|date=26 March 2011|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=26 March 2011}}

He signed a new two-year contract with Bury in June 2011.{{cite news

|title=Contract Update

|url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~2379657,00.html?

|work=Bury FC

|date=21 June 2011

|accessdate=21 June 2011

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623083949/http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10422~2379657%2C00.html

|archivedate=23 June 2011

}}

In December 2011 it was announced that Max had signed on a months loan with Conference North side Blyth Spartans.{{cite news

| title = Loan Signing

| url = http://blythspartansafc.co.uk/new_php/?p=7735

| work = Blyth Spartans AFC

| publisher =

| date = 30 December 2011

| accessdate = 30 December 2011}} He returned to Bury during February having been recalled by the parent club.

In October 2012 Harrop was sent out on loan again, this time to Conference North club Hinckley United,{{cite news

| title = Two new faces at Greene King

| url = http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hinckleyunited/news/two-new-faces-at-the-greene-ki-688742.html

| work = Hinckley United Official

| publisher =

| date = 5 October 2012

| accessdate = 6 October 2012}} scoring on his debut.

=Nantwich Town=

On his release from Bury he joined Nantwich Town in the summer of 2013. He made his debut for The Dabbers against King's Lynn Town on 17 August 2013. Harrop scored his first goal against Stocksbridge Park Steels on 7 September 2013.

=Ashton United=

On 14 March 2015, he signed for Ashton United. He scored his first goal against Rushall Olympic on 25 April 2015

=Ramsbottom United=

In August, 2015, he left Ashton United for Ramsbottom United, joining his older brother Kyle Harrop. Max scored his first goal against Whitby Town on 26 August 2015.

=Nantwich Town=

Harrop signed with Nantwich Town on 24 March, and marked his return by scoring the winning goal, coming off the bench against Barwell on 26 March.

= Altrincham=

On 11 August 2017, Harrop signed for Altrincham, on the eve of their first game of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altrinchamfc.com/players/max-harrop|title = Max Harrop | Altrincham Football Club}} In his first season with Altrincham, the club were champions of the Northern Premier League. He then secured promotion to the National league before departing.

= Curzon Ashton =

On 27 August 2020, Harrop signed for Curzon Ashton.{{cite web |title=Getting to know: Max Harrop |url=https://www.curzon-ashton.co.uk/news/post/getting-to-know-max-harrop |website=Curzon Ashton FC |access-date=20 December 2020}}

=Return to Ashton and transfer to Stalybridge=

In the summer of 2022, Harrop re-signed for Ashton United. On 7 June 2023, he transferred to Stalybridge Celtic.{{cite web |title=Player Profile - Max Harrop |url=https://www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk/play.php?code=HAMAX |website=Stalybridge Celtic FC |access-date=23 August 2023}}