William Harris was a Scottish

Scotland

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 professional footballer who played for Benburb

Benburb F.C.

Benburb Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in Govan, Glasgow. Formed in 1900 they are members of the Scottish Junior Football Association and currently compete in the SJFA Central Division One....

, Rutherglen Glencairn

Rutherglen Glencairn F.C.

Rutherglen Glencairn Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Rutherglen,...

 and Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

.

Football career

Harris signed for Tottenham Hotspur in May, 1909 for a fee of five guineas

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 from the Govan

Govan

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 based Scottish junior club Benurb. The full back made his league debut in November, 1909 when they visited St James' Park

St James' Park

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 to play Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

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, the match which ended in 1-0 to the home side with the only goal scored by Scott Duncan

Scott Duncan

Adam Scott Mattheson Duncan was a Scottish professional footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Dumbarton, Duncan was working as a law clerk when he joined his home-town club Dumbarton in 1906. He moved to Newcastle United in March 1908 for a fee of £150...

. Harris had been expected to join his local club Third Lanark but opted to join the North London

North London

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club.
The full back was said to been able to play equally as well on either side of defence.

Appearances for Tottenham Hotspur 1909-10

First Team – 12 appearances Football League Division One 7, Others 5

• October 11 Croydon Common home won 7-1 London FA Challenge Cup Rd 2;
• November 1 Woolwich Arsenal home won 3-0 London Professional Football Charity Fund;
• November 6 Newcastle United away lost 0-1 Div 1;
• November 8 Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge drew 0-0 London FA Challenge Cup semi final;
• November 13 Liverpool home won 1-0 Div 1;
• November 15 Queens Park Rangers at Craven Cottage won 4-1 London FA Challenge Cup semi final replay;
• November 20 Aston Villa away lost 2-3 Div 1;
• November 22 Preston North End away lost 1-4 Div 1;
• November 27 Sheffield United home won 2-1 Div 1;
• December 4 Woolwich Arsenal away lost 0-1 Div 1;
• December 6 Fulham at Stamford Bridge lost 1-4 London FA Challenge Cup Final ;
• December 11 Bolton Wanderers home drew 1-1 Div 1