David Harvey (born 7 February 1948) is a former international

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. He is best known for his 19-year playing career with

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making over 400 first team appearances. With Leeds he won the

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and the

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. He was a runner-up in 3 other senior cup finals with Leeds. Harvey gained 16 caps for

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including 3 at the

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. He and his compatriots were eliminated unbeaten at the end of the group stage when Harvey kept a clean sheet against Brazil and conceded only one goals in 3 games.

Playing career

Leeds United

Born in

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in 1948, Harvey attended Foxwood School (in the

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area of the city), and played for Leeds City Boys before leaving school to work in a Stylo shoe factory. He was signed as a professional footballer by

Don Revie Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an England international footballer and manager, best known for his successful spell with Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, which immediately preceded his appointment as England manage ...

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

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and the

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in 1968, the League championship in 1969, and the Fairs Cup in 1971. In the

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, an error by first-choice goalkeeper

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allowed opponents

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to equalise in the first half. Sprake was blameless for the second equaliser, but Harvey replaced him for the replay, which Leeds lost 2–1. In the 1971–72 season, Harvey played only eleven matches, but was selected ahead of Sprake for the

against

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, as Sprake was suffering from a knee injury. Leeds won 1–0 with an Allan Clarke goal, and from that point on Harvey was the first-choice goalkeeper. Harvey played 63 times in the 1972–73 season, and played in both the

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and the European Cup Winners Cup Final – ending up on the losing side both times. Leeds put together a 29-match unbeaten start to the 1973–74 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 1974–75 season, Harvey took the last penalty during the shoot-out at the Charity Shield game against

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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

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and

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in the

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. Leeds were beaten 2–0 by

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in the final in

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. The rest of the 1970s saw Leeds decline after the ageing team Revie built broke up. Harvey left in 1980.

Vancouver Whitecaps

Harvey moved to NASL club

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in 1980. He had an unsteady first season with Vancouver, and even though his form improved in the second season in the NASL, injuries from another car accident prevented him from regaining his form and place.

Return to Leeds United

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

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. Harvey made over 400 career first team appearances for Leeds.

Later career

Harvey played 6 league games for

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in 1985. This was under the management of an ex-Leeds teammate,

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. He then played 3 league games in Scotland for

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in 1986. He next played non-league football with Whitby Town and

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before his retirement from the game aged 37.

International career

Harvey made his debut for

in a 2–0 win over

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, selected through his Scots 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 keeper for the

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. Scotland went out after the group stage unbeaten on goal difference after a 2–0 win against Zaire and draws with Brazil (0–0) and Yugoslavia (1–1).

Life after football

He retired from football at the age of 37 years. He managed a public house at

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, near

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. He then became a

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, 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

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. 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 Lockerbie near

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for greater accessibility to his grandchildren in comparison to Orkney.

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