Joe Haverty

Infobox Football biography
playername = Joe Haverty


fullname = Joseph Haverty
dateofbirth = February 17, 1936
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Republic of Ireland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = "?"-1954 1954-1961 1961-1962 1962-1964 1964 1964-1965 1965-1967 1967 1968 1969
clubs = Home Farm St Patrick's Athletic Arsenal Blackburn Rovers Millwall Celtic Bristol Rovers Shelbourne Chicago Spurs Kansas City Spurs Shamrock Rovers
caps(goals) = 114 (25) 027 0(1) 068 0(8) 013 0(1)
016 0(0)
022 0(1)
nationalyears = 1955-1966
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 33 (3)

Joe Haverty (born February 17, 1936 in Dublin) is an Irish former football player.

Haverty played for Home Farm and St Patrick's Athletic, before signing for Arsenal in July 1954. He almost immediately made his debut, while still only 18, against Everton on August 25 1954, though he only managed another seven matches that season, and eight the one after that.

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 May 10 1955, having previously starred for the Irish U21 side.

Haverty also played in the London XI that contested the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1955-58; however, although 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 FC Barcelona, which London lost 6-1 on aggregate.

Back trouble meant he missed some of Arsenal's matches during this time, but put in 37 appearances and 8 goals in 1959-60, his best season for the club. 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.

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. He moved back to his native Ireland to play for Shelbourne, with whom he won the last of his seven full international caps. He then moved abroad to play for American side Chicago Spurs (later Kansas City Spurs) in the NASL, and then returned to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1969, where he made two appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

In 2000 he was inaugurated into the Football Association of Ireland's Hall of Fame.

References

*cite book
author=Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.)
title=Arsenal Who's Who
publisher=Independent UK Sports
year=1995
id=ISBN 1-899429-03-4