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Martin Harvey

Martin Harvey had some difficult boots to fill as Northern Ireland's right-half - those of a certain Danny Blanchflower...

Name: Martin Harvey
Born: 19 September 1941, Belfast
Died: 25 November 2019 (aged 78)
Height: 5.10½ ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Wing-Half / Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 34 Full Caps/3 Goals (1961-1971), 2 'B' Caps (1959-1960), 3 Under-23 Caps (1962-1964), 3 Schoolboy Caps (1956-1957).
Club Honours: (with Sunderland) Football League Division Two Runner-Up 1963/64 (promoted).

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Other
Boyland
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Youth
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Burnley
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Trial
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Sunderland
59/60-71/72
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Youth
310(4)/5
25(0)/0
15(0)/0
3(0)/0
TOTALS
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£-
310(4)/5
25(0)/0
15(0)/0
3(0)/0

Coaching Career:
Sunderland...... (coach)............ 1972-1978
Carlisle United. (assistant-manager) 1978-1980
................ (manager).......... Feb/80-Sep/80 (initially caretaker)
Plymouth Argyle. (coach)............ Jul/81-1989
Northern Ireland (assistant-manager) 1982 & 1986 World Cups
Raith Rovers.... (assistant-manager)
Millwall........ (assistant-manager) Feb/96-Feb/97

Biography:
To follow.

Final Game
Appointed Sunderland Coach
Stat Cat
Greens On Screen
Wikipedia
BBC Tribute

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
25-04-1961 Italy....... A L 2-3 FR
09-05-1962 Netherlands. A L 0-4 FR
03-04-1963 Wales....... H L 1-4 BC 1 Goal
30-05-1963 Spain....... A D 1-1 ENC
12-10-1963 Scotland.... H W 2-1 BC
30-10-1963 Spain....... H L 0-1 ENC
20-11-1963 England..... A L 3-8 BC
15-04-1964 Wales....... A W 3-2 BC 1 Goal
29-04-1964 Uruguay..... H W 3-0 FR
03-10-1964 England..... H L 3-4 BC
14-10-1964 Switzerland. H W 1-0 WCQ
14-11-1964 Switzerland. A L 1-2 WCQ
25-11-1964 Scotland.... A L 2-3 BC
17-03-1965 Netherlands. H W 2-1 WCQ
31-03-1965 Wales....... H L 0-5 BC
07-04-1965 Netherlands. A D 0-0 WCQ
07-05-1965 Albania..... H W 4-1 WCQ
02-10-1965 Scotland.... H W 3-2 BC
10-11-1965 England..... A L 1-2 BC
24-11-1965 Albania..... A D 1-1 WCQ
The "Testimonial Trophy" featured two

legs in aid of Sunderland's Martin Harvey 
and Newcastle's David Craig, both 
Northern Ireland internationals
30-03-1966 Wales....... A W 4-1 BC 1 Goal
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR
22-10-1966 England..... H L 0-2 ECQ
16-11-1966 Scotland.... A L 1-2 ECQ
22-11-1967 England..... A L 0-2 ECQ
28-02-1968 Wales....... A L 0-2 ECQ
10-09-1968 Israel...... A W 3-2 FR
23-10-1968 Turkey...... H W 4-1 WCQ
11-12-1968 Turkey...... A W 3-0 WCQ
03-05-1969 England..... H L 1-3 BC
22-10-1969 USSR........ A L 0-2 WCQ
21-04-1971 Cyprus...... H W 5-0 ECQ
22-05-1971 Wales....... H W 1-0 BC sub
.
Summary: 33(1)/3. Won 13, Drew 3, Lost 17.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
11-11-1959 France...... H D 1-1 FR
16-03-1960 France...... A L 0-5 FR

Summary: 2/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
07-02-1962 Wales....... H D 0-0 FR
27-02-1963 Wales....... A L 1-5 FR
05-02-1964 Wales....... H D 3-3 FR

Summary: 3/0. Won 0, Drew 2, Lost 2.

Comments

Ernie Mitchell said…
Very talented and highly underrated player who served Sunderland AFC well, for over a decade. A classic wing-half who converted to a central defensive role in his later years. Ideally suited to playing alongside a traditional centre-half in a 4-4-2 formation, due to his strong tackling and passing skills combined with his ability to read the game.