[3] Charlie Harrison, playing as goalkeeper, made his League and club debut on 8 September 1888, at Pike's Lane, the then home of Bolton Wanderers.
Charlie Harrison appeared in 19 of the 22 League matches Bolton Wanderers played in season 1888–89.
Charlie Harrison, as goalkeeper, was part of a Bolton Wanderers defence that kept one clean sheet and kept the opposition to one League goal in a match on four occasions.
[4] The following year, 1889, Charlie Harrison played only five more League matches for Bolton Wanderers and then he left and returned to Newton Heath.
Newton Heath, when Harrison returned, were now members of the new formed Football Alliance League.