Mo Harkin

Mo Harkin
Maurice "Mo" Harkin (born 16 August 1979 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Egham Town as a midfielder. Harkin has played international football for Northern Ireland at both youth and under-20 level.
Wycombe Wanderers & Carlisle United
Started his playing career at Wycombe Wanderers when he was the first player to progress from the youth team in the summer of 1996. His first game was against Barnet in the second round of the 1996–97 F.A. Cup where he came on as a substitute in the 60th minute. His first goal did not arrive until 26 August 1997 with a 25-yard chip past the Fulham goalkeeper, a result that ended in a 4–4 draw.
Between the 2000 and 2001 season, Harkin was called up to the Northern Ireland U21 team nine times, making his debut and scoring a goal as a substitute in the 2–1 win over Malta. Harkin was also on the score sheet in the 5–2 against Iceland.
Local media stated that Aston Villa offered Wycombe £800,000 for Harkin, but the deal ended when he picked up an injury.
At the end of the 2000–01 season, at the age of 21, the then manager, Lawrie Sanchez, decided not to renew his contract with the club stating that there was no future for him at Wycombe and maybe a fresh start at another club could restart his football career.
Harkin signed with Carlisle on 20 August 2001 on a month deal but was not renewed.
Non-League football
Harkin moved south and joined the Hampshire team of Aldershot Town, who were in the Isthmian League at the time. He only made 2 appearances before going north to Nuneaton Borough on 2 January 2002, before returning south to the Sussex team of Crawley Town in June 2002.
In 2005, he had a short stint at Forest Green Rovers before going to Lewes.
Mo joined his second Hampshire team, Havant & Waterlooville, in June 2006 who were playing in the Conference South. He made history for Havant by scoring the only goal in the 2007–08 1st round of the FA Cup against York City and sending them into the second round for the first time. He featured in the FA Cup fourth round tie against Liverpool at Anfield. Although Havant lost 5–2 to the Premier League outfit, he was the man on the match.
He joined the newly promoted Conference National side Eastbourne Borough in July 2008. on a free transfer. He made 6 starts for Eastbourne, scoring 1 goal. On Boxing Day, he suffered with a mystery vision problem whilst warming up against Lewes. Harkin was released by Eastbourne at the end of January 2009 transferring to Southern League Premier Division team Farnborough.
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In August 2009 Harkin moved to Kingstonian With his first match being a 3–0 win over Hendon in an Isthmian Premier League match. During his time at Kingstonian he was loaned out to Hanwell Town
References
External links
– FA Cup run for Havant only
Player Profile – Farnborough F.C.
Player Profile – Northern Ireland Footballing Greats
1979 births
Living people
Association footballers from Derry (city)
Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Men's association football midfielders
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Carlisle United F.C. players
Aldershot Town F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
Lewes F.C. players
Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players
Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Egham Town F.C. players