| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Syrus Stanford Roy Gordon [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1990 [nb 1] | ||
| Position | Right midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Harlow Town (interim player-manager) | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Harlow Town | 108 | (2) |
| 2018 | Cheshunt | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Coggeshall Town | 16 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Harlow Town | 58 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | East Thurrock United | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Harlow Town | 44 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2026– | Harlow Town (interim player-manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:13, 11 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Syrus Stanford Roy Gordon [1] (born 19 September 1990) [nb 1] is an English professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division club Harlow Town where he is also currently the interim player-manager. [3]
Gordon made his debut for Harlow Town on 11 August 2015 during the 1–1 draw against Wroxham. [4] He also reached the 2015–16 FA Cup fourth qualifying round and won the Isthmian League Division One North promotion play-offs in his first season with the club. [5] [6] He scored his first goal for the club on 8 October 2016 during the 5–2 loss against Havant & Waterlooville [7] and reached the 2016–17 FA Trophy second round with the club. [8] [6] He left the club on 13 September 2018 and Harlow Town were eventually relegated in May 2019. [9] [10]
Gordon joined Cheshunt in September 2018 and made two appearances for the club: his debut was the 4–1 victory against Westfield (Surrey) on 22 September 2018, and he also played in the 2–1 loss against Bedford Town during the FA Cup extra preliminary round on 2 October 2018. [11] He then joined Coggeshall Town on 12 October 2019 for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. [12] He made his debut on 9 October 2018 during the 2–0 victory against AFC Hornchurch. [13]
He rejoined Harlow Town on 22 July 2019 [14] and made twenty-three appearances in 2019–20 [15] before the league season was curtailed on 26 March 2020. [16] He received the first red card of his career during the 2–1 victory against Ashford Town (Middlesex) on 5 October 2019. [17] He played all ten matches as the 2020–21 season was also curtailed early. [18] He scored his only goal for the club during his second spell on 18 December 2020 during the 2–0 victory against Barton Rovers. [19]
He was club captain by 2022 and would leave Harlow Town again in 2023 after they resigned from the league. [20] Gordon joined East Thurrock United and made his debut against Barton Rovers in the FA Cup on 19 August 2022 [21] before he made his league debut on 26 March 2023 during the 1–0 loss against Heybridge Swifts. [22] Gordon played as a central midfielder while at East Thurrock United, [23] and he was forced to leave the club after it was liquidated on 1 September 2023. [24]
He then rejoined Harlow Town for the third time in March 2024 and played in the 2023–24 Eastern Counties League Cup final. [25] He reached the final again in 2024–25 but lost, and also helped the team to win the 2024–25 Eastern Counties Football League Division One South title. [26] [27] He is the club captain again as of the 2025–26 season.
When manager Danny Chapman left his role at Harlow Town after the club went into administration on 9 January 2026, [28] Syrus Gordon was called upon to be the interim player-manager for the 1–1 draw against Arlesey Town on the following day. [29] [30]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Harlow Town | 2015–16 [5] | Isthmian League Division One North | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2016–17 [8] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 [b] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 [31] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 54 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 [9] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cheshunt | 2018–19 [11] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Coggeshall Town | 2018–19 [13] | Isthmian League North Division | 16 | 0 | — | 2 [e] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Harlow Town | 2019–20 [15] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 [f] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2020–21 [18] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [g] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 [32] | Southern Football League Division One Central | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 [h] | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 [33] | — [20] | — | — | — | ||||||
| East Thurrock United | 2022–23 [21] [34] | Isthmian League North Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 [23] | Isthmian League North Division | — [24] | — | — | — | |||||
| Harlow Town | 2023–24 [25] | Eastern Counties Football League Division One South | 3 | 0 | — | 1 [i] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 [26] | Eastern Counties Football League Division One South | 34 | 3 | — | 6 [j] | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 [35] | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | 7 | 1 | — | 2 [k] | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 230 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 292 | 7 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Harlow Town (interim player-manager) | 10 January 2026 | Present | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | ||
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