Ollie Curry

biography

A tall, quick, attacking midfielder, Ollie is at his best driving forwards from midfield with the ball at his feet. Capable of playing through the middle or out wide, he possesses excellent technique and a fine shot, as well as a competitive streak that he no doubt learnt from his older brother Max!

He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2014/15 season, playing an hour for the 2s in their 3-2 home win over KCS Wimbledon 2s - coincidentally the same game that Geoff Taunton-Collins made his debut in.

Ollie was a consistent presence in the 2s in his debut season and ended the campaign with 14 appearances under his belt and four goals, the first of which came in a 5-0 mauling of Malvern 2s in November - a game notable for the Harrow lineup that included three sets of brothers: the Orr-Ewings and the von Hirschs, as well as Ollie and his brother Max.

The following season Ollie appeared seven times for the 2s without finding the net, but he made up for that when making his 1s debut on the Harrow School astroturf in early March, scoring a superb hat-trick in the 10-1 demolition that included a candidate for Goal of the Season: the winger ran onto a raking 50-yard crossfield ball from David Lederman and struck a first-time volley that flashed across the box and into the far corner of the net. He played twice more for the 1s towards the end of the season, again scoring on the astroturf in the disappointing 4-3 defeat to Radley.

Ollie posted similar numbers in the 2s' 2016/17 promotion campaign, playing 8 games and scoring once - but again it was an absolute screamer, smashing the ball in off the underside of the bar from 25 yards out in the 3-2 win away to Salops 2s in early November. He also turned out twice for the 3s during the season.

2017/18 saw Ollie briefly lose his mind and volunteer to sail in the round the world yacht race that meant he missed the first half of the season. With brother Max joining him on the other side of the world for a work placement in Australia, the absence of the pair caused significant problems for skipper Geoff Taunton-Collins as he navigated a safe path through the choppy waters of Division Two.

  • Nickname
    Bhuna
  • Age
    32
  • Birth place
    London
  • Height
    6'0"
  • Weight
    74 kg
  • House at Harrow
    Rendalls
  • Main position
    Centre midfield
  • Other position
    Forward
  • Favourite foot
    Right
  • Debut season
    2014/2015
  • Easter tours
    0
  • Highest level played
    OHAFC 1st XI

q&a's

1) Which football team do you support?
Arsenal
2) Who was your favourite player growing up?
Dennis Bergkamp
3) Which boots do you wear?
Adidas Nitrocharge 1 FG- size 10
4) What is your usual pre-match meal?
Bacon and Egg sandwich from Sainsburys and a Ribena
5) Best moment on a football pitch? (OHAFC or otherwise)
Scoring a hat-rick on debut for the 1s vs Haileybury 2016, which included a volley from 20 yards.
6) Any football superstitions?
No
7) Family ties in football?
Sadly none, except my brother plays for the mighty OHAFC.
8) On a good day you play like who? On a bad day you play like who?
Good- Yohan Cabaye, Bad- A hungover Gylfi Sigurdsson
9) 3 words your teammates would use to describe you?
Competitive, versatile, petulant
10) One thing you would change about football?
Transform International football into a multi-league system to replace the current competition qualifying system.
11) If you could be anyone else for a day who would it be?
Margot Robbie
12) Other sports you enjoy playing or watching?
Playing- Cricket, Golf and Skiing / Watching- Every sport under the sun.
13) Your go-to karaoke song?
Wisemen, James Blunt
14) Your last meal request?
Beef Wellington, dauphinoise potatoes, asparagus…..and a pint of Estrella
15) Three guests to invite to your fantasy dinner party? (Dead or alive, real or fictional)
David Attenborough, Arsene Wenger and Jack Black
16) Favourite and least favourite TV programmes?
Fav-Soccer AM (Tim Lovejoy era)  Least Fav- Any cooking programmes, especially Bake Off
17) Pet hate?
Work banter
18) One place you’ve always wanted to visit but haven’t yet?
New Zealand
19) Something on your bucket list?
Live and work in the US
20) One thing not a lot of people know about you?
Played for Arsenal FC as a junior and played against a 14 year-old Mario Ballotelli