Howard Harvey

Howard Harvey
	Harvey in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Personal information
Full name	Westley Howard Harvey
Date of birth	21 October 1877
Place of birth	Aston, Birmingham, England
Date of death	1904 (aged 26)
Place of death	Aston, Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Walsall Town Swifts
189?–1894	Small Heath
1894–1898	Aston Villa
1898–1900	Burslem Port Vale
1900–1901	Manchester City
1901	West Bromwich United
1901	Burton United
1901–1903	Watford
1903	Darlaston
1903	Glentoran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Westley Howard Harvey (21 October 1877 – 1904) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Aston Villa, Burslem Port Vale and Manchester City in the Football League in the 1890s and early 1900s. He played in the Southern League for Watford, and was also on the books of Walsall Town Swifts, Small Heath, West Bromwich United, Burton United, Darlaston and Glentoran.

Career

Harvey was born in Aston, in what is now Birmingham, in 1877. He played for Walsall Town Swifts^[1] and Small Heath before signing with Aston Villa in September 1896. He scored three goals in eleven games for Villa in the 1897–98 campaign.^[3] He joined Burslem Port Vale for a £50 transfer fee in June 1898.^[4] He scored 13 goals in 41 appearances in the 1898–99 campaign, helping the club to finish ninth in the Second Division.^[4] He scored a hat-trick past Chesterfield in a 4–0 win at Saltergate on 4 November 1899, and hit a total of 17 goals in 24 games in the 1899–1900 season to finish as the club's top scorer.^[4] This was even though he was sold on to Manchester City in January 1900 as Vale suffered financial difficulties.^[4] He scored once in five First Division games for City in 1899–1900, and played twice without scoring in the 1900–01 campaign.^[5] He spent two years with Southern League club Watford in between brief spells with West Bromwich United, Burton United, Darlaston and Glentoran. Watford twice suspended him for a "breach of training regulations, " forcing him to leave the club.^[1] He died in Aston in 1904 at the age of 26.^[1]

Source:^[6]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	1897–98	First Division	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
Burslem Port Vale	1898–99	Second Division	32	9	2	1	0	0	34	10
	1899–1900	Second Division	17	10	4	3	0	0	21	13
	Total		49	19	6	4	0	0	55	23
Manchester City	1899–1900	First Division	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	1900–01	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Players: Harrop to Hogg" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Trefor Jones. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
^ "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 129. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ James, Gary. "1899–00" and "1900–01". Bluemoon-MCFC. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ Howard Harvey at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)