Joe Haverty
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Haverty[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1936[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin,[1] Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 7 February 2009 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Home Farm | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1954 | St Patrick's Athletic | 9 | (1) |
| 1954–1961 | Arsenal | 114 | (25) |
| 1961–1962 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | (1) |
| 1962–1964 | Millwall | 68 | (8) |
| 1964 | → Celtic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| 1965–1966 | Shelbourne | 26 | (3) |
| 1967 | Chicago Spurs | 16 | (0) |
| 1968 | Kansas City Spurs | 22 | (1) |
| 1969 | → Drumcondra (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1969–1971 | Shamrock Rovers | 7 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Drogheda | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1955–1966 | Republic of Ireland | 32 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph Haverty (17 February 1936 – 7 February 2009) was an Irish footballer who played as a winger. He was capped 32 times for the Republic of Ireland.
Career
[edit | edit source]Haverty played for Home Farm and St Patrick's Athletic before signing for Arsenal in July 1954.[3] He almost immediately made his debut, while still only 18, against Everton on 25 August 1954, though he only managed another six matches that season, and eight the one after that.[4]
His breakthrough in the Arsenal side came in 1956–57, as he became the Gunners' first choice left-winger, playing 32 times and scoring 9 goals. By now he had also made his debut for the Republic of Ireland, against the Netherlands on 10 May 1955.[4][5]
Haverty also played in the London XI that contested the inaugural edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He played against Lausanne Sports in the semi-finals (and scored a goal in the 3–2 aggregate win), he did not make the cut for the final against Barcelona, which London lost 6–1 on aggregate.[5]
Back trouble meant he missed some of Arsenal's matches during this time,[2] but put in 37 appearances and 8 goals in 1959–60,[4] his best season for the club.[5] However, the next season he was made to share the left wing position with Alan Skirton. Haverty was unhappy with the lack of a regular first-team place, and put in a transfer request; he was sold to Blackburn Rovers in August 1961 for £25,000. In all, he played 122 matches for Arsenal, scoring 26 goals.[3]
Haverty spent a single season with Blackburn, before having spells in the lower divisions with Millwall and Bristol Rovers, with a brief spell at Celtic in between.[1][5] He moved back to his native Ireland to play for Shelbourne, with whom he won the last of his 32 full international caps.[5][4] In 1967 he went to the United States to play for Chicago Spurs (later Kansas City Spurs) in the NASL,[6] and then returned to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1969,[5] for whom he made two appearances in the European Cup Winners' Cup.[7] In August 1971 he signed for Drogheda.[8]
He went on to scout for Arsenal in Ireland.[5] In 2000, he was inaugurated into the Football Association of Ireland's Hall of Fame.[2] He died on 7 February 2009, in Dublin, aged 72.[1]
Honours
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- 1936 births
- 2009 deaths
- Association footballers from County Dublin
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Home Farm F.C. players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Chicago Spurs players
- Kansas City Spurs players
- Drumcondra F.C. players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
- Drogheda United F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- London XI players
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen