Harvey James Duke Isted (born 5 March 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

. He has also played for

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

Chesham United Chesham United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Nicknamed "the Generals", they are currently members of the and play at the Meadow. History The club was established in 1917 by a merger o ...

Oxford City Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane. ...

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates ...

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

and

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

Early and personal life

Isted was born in

Chichester Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...

, West Sussex and attended Chichester High School For Boys.

Career

Isted joined

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side

on 27 July 2017 following his release from

. He made his debut for the club over a year later in a 2–1

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victory over Brighton & Hove Albion U21. In September 2019 he moved on loan to

National League South The National League South, formerly Conference South, is one of the second divisions of the National League in England, immediately below the top division National League. Along with National League North, it is in the second level of the N ...

club

for one month, keeping a clean sheet on his debut. In November 2019 he moved on loan to

, also in the National League South. Having won promotion to the

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in his first season at the club, he re-joined Wealdstone on loan in September 2020. However, on 30 November 2020, Isted was recalled by Luton following an injury to fellow goalkeeper

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. On 30 January 2021, Isted re-joined

on loan for a third time. Isted made his first appearance for Luton since 2018 in a 3–2 loss to

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

side

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in the

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on 2 March 2022, coming on as an early substitute for the injured

Jed Steer Jed John Steer (born 23 September 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Steer joined Villa from his hometown club Norwich City on 1 July 2013, after beginning his playing career with the Canaries. He has also pl ...

and winning praise for his performance. He made his league debut for Luton on 18 April 2022, almost five years since first joining the club, again coming on as a substitute after an injury to

James Shea James William Shea (born 16 June 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Luton Town. Career Arsenal Born in Islington, Greater London, Shea joined Arsenal's youth team in August 2007. In 2009, he won b ...

in a 1–0

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victory over

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

. Five days later, Isted made his first start of the season and his first league start in a Luton shirt in the 1–1 home draw against

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

. He moved on loan to

in January 2023. On 24 June 2023, Isted agreed to join

on a two-year deal when his contract at Luton Town expires at the end of June 2023. On 27 July 2024, Isted joined

on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isted, Harry 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Chichester Footballers from West Sussex English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Southampton F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Chesham United F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players Barnsley F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players