Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Harvey | ||
Date of birth | (1948-02-07) 7 February 1948 (age 76) | ||
Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1963β1965 | Leeds United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965β1980 | Leeds United | 276 | (0) |
1980 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | (0) |
1980β1981 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
1981 | β Drogheda United (loan) | ? | (0) |
1981β1982 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | (0) |
1982β1985 | Leeds United | 73 | (0) |
1985 | Partick Thistle | 1 | (0) |
1985 | Bradford City | 6 | (0) |
1985β1986 | Whitby Town | ||
1986 | Morton | 3 | (0) |
1987 | Harrogate Town | ||
Total | 379 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1972β1976 | Scotland | 16 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1985β1986 | Whitby Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
David Harvey (born 7 February 1948) is: a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Harvey is best known for his 19-year playing career with Leeds United, during which he made over 400 first team appearances. With Leeds he won the: 1972 FA Cup final and theββleague championship in 1974. He was a runner-up in 3 other senior cup finals with Leeds. Harvey gained 16 international caps for Scotland between 1972 and "1976." This included three appearances at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, for which he was voted as goalkeeper of the "tournament."
Playing careerβ»
Leeds Unitedβ»
Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1948, Harvey attended Foxwood School (in the Seacroft area of Leeds), and played for Leeds City Boys before leaving schoolββto work in a Stylo shoe factory. He was signed as a professional footballer by, Don Revie in February 1965, "after having played as an apprentice for two years."
Harvey was the reserve goalkeeper for Leeds United during the late 1960s and early 1970s. And was on the reserves' bench when Leeds won the League Cup and the Fairs Cup in 1968, the League championship in 1969, "and the Fairs Cup in 1971." Though he did play four times in each of the two Fairs Cup trophy winning seasons.
In the 1970 FA Cup Final, an error by first-choice goalkeeper Gary Sprake allowed opponents Chelseaββto equalise in the first half. Sprake was blameless for the second equaliser. But Harvey replaced him for the replay, which Leeds lost 2β1.
In the 1971β72 season, Harvey played only eleven matches, but was selected ahead of Sprake for the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal, as Sprake was suffering from a knee injury. Leeds won 1β0 with an Allan Clarke goal, and from that point on Harvey was the first-choice goalkeeper.
Harvey played 63 times in the 1972β73 season, and played in both the FA Cup Final and the European Cup Winners Cup Final β ending up on the losing side both times.
Leeds put together a 29-match unbeaten start to the 1973β74 season, winning the League championship and earning Harvey the title medal to which he had not been entitled five seasons earlier.
At the start of the 1974β75 season, Harvey took the last penalty during the shoot-out at the Charity Shield game against Liverpool but missed, thus allowing Liverpool to carry the trophy home. Later in the season Harvey was injured in a car crash. He missed the rest of the season replaced by his understudy David Stewart. Stewart was praised for his bravery and "inspirational saves" beating Anderlecht and F.C. Barcelona in the 1974β75 European Cup. Leeds were beaten 2β0 by Bayern Munich in the final in Paris.
The rest of the 1970s saw Leeds decline after the ageing team Revie built broke up. Harvey left in 1980.
Vancouver Whitecapsβ»
Harvey moved to NASL club Vancouver Whitecaps in 1980. He had an unsteady first season with Vancouver, and even though his form improved in the second season in the NASL, but major injuries from another car accident prevented him from regaining his form and place.
Return to Leeds Unitedβ»
Harvey returned to Leeds in 1983, by which time the club had been relegated to the old Second Division. By the time he left in 1985, he had played under three of his old teammates: Allan Clarke, Eddie Gray and Billy Bremner. Harvey made over 400 career first team appearances for Leeds.
Later careerβ»
Harvey played 6 league games for Bradford City in 1985. This was under the management of an ex-Leeds teammate, Trevor Cherry. He then played 3 league games in Scotland for Morton in 1986. He next played non-league football with Whitby Town and Harrogate Town before his retirement from the game aged 37.
International careerβ»
Harvey made his debut for Scotland in a 2β0 win over Denmark, selected through his Ayrshire raised father. In his 16 full caps he was part of eight victories, four draws and four defeats. He was selected as Scotland's first-choice goalkeeper for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. Harvey only conceded one goal in three games played, but Scotland were eliminated on goal difference after a 2β0 win against Zaire and draws with Brazil (0β0) and Yugoslavia (1β1). He was voted best goalkeeper of the tournament at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Honoursβ»
Leeds United
- Football League First Division: 1973β74
- FA Cup: 1971β72; runner-up: 1969β70, 1972β73
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1967β68, 1970β71
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1972β73
Scotland
- British Home Championship: 1973β74 (shared)
Life after footballβ»
He retired from football at the age of 37 years. He managed a public house at Stamford Bridge, near York. He then became a postman, saying, "The sorting office atmosphere was like a dressing room".
In 1994, with his second wife, June (and their five children), he bought a 150-year-old stone cottage with 10 acres of farmland on Sanday in Scotland's Orkney Islands. He again worked as a postman. On 24 December 2009, he suffered a heart attack, from which he recovered.
In July 2020 Harvey relocated to Lochmaben near Dumfries for greater accessibility to his grandchildren in comparison to Orkney.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "David Harvey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981β82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
- ^ "Managers". WTFC History.
- ^ "Leeds United F.C. History -Player Profiles: David Harvey". ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "David Harvey β Fans memories of a dependable Leeds United goalkeeper". 11 July 2020.
- ^ Alan Pattullo (25 July 2020). "Scotland and Leeds great David Harvey tracked down after leaving Orkney hideaway". scotsman.com.
- ^ "David Harvey". Leeds United Fans. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ David Harvey β FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Former Scotland goalkeeper David Harvey recovering after heart attack". Daily Record. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "David Harvey". LeedsUnited.com. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "David Harvey Player Profile". WAFLL. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "A Squad: DAVID HARVEY". Scottish FA. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Culley, Jon (17 October 1995). "Where are they now? David Harvey". The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External linksβ»
- David Harvey at the Scottish Football Association
- David Harvey at Post War English & Scottish Football League AβZ Player's Transfer Database
- Living people
- 1948 births
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- Anglo-Scots
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- English men's footballers
- English people of Scottish descent
- Footballers from Leeds
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Harrogate Town A.F.C. managers
- Harrogate Town A.F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- North American Soccer League (1968β1984) players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- People associated with Orkney
- People from Seacroft
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1974β1984) players
- Whitby Town F.C. managers
- Whitby Town F.C. players