Frank Haffey
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francis Haffey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1956 | Campsie Black Watch | ||
| 1956–1957 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1964 | Celtic | 140 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Swindon Town | 4 | (0) |
| 1965–1969 | St. George-Budapest | ||
| 1970 | Hakoah | ||
| International career | |||
| 1960[2] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
| 1960–1961 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francis Haffey (born 28 November 1938) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic and the Scottish national team.
Career
Remembered as one of Celtic's great and more eccentric keepers, Haffey made 201 appearances for the club in major competitions.[3] He had 61 clean-sheets and was first-choice goalkeeper for five seasons but did not win any trophies apart from one minor Glasgow Cup in 1961–62, finishing on the losing side in the Scottish Cup finals of 1961 and 1963, both of which went to a replay.
After breaking an ankle in the Glasgow Cup against Partick Thistle in November 1963, effectively ending his Celtic career, he left the following October to play for Swindon Town. Soon thereafter, Haffey moved to Australia, where after a five-year spell as a footballer there he found his way into the entertainment business as a cabaret singer, and later operated a goalkeeping centre on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[4]
International
On his full international debut Haffey saved a Bobby Charlton penalty in a 1–1 home draw versus England in 1960.[4] In 1961, his second and final cap was also versus England. At Wembley, the inexperienced Scotland team with 4 debutants averaged less than 6 full caps per player pre-kick off. The game was 5-3 with 12 minutes to go. Scotland lost 9–3. Neither Haffey nor Bert McCann (5 caps) played for Scotland again even though McCann scored. Only one of the 4 debutants that day collected a career total of more than 4 caps meaning 5 of the team ended their international careers with 5 caps or less.[5]
References
- ^ "Frank Haffey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
- ^ Celtic player Haffey, Frank, FitbaStats
- ^ a b Haffey's upside-down world, The Sunday Times, 12 January 2003
- ^ [1]
External links
- Frank Haffey at the Scottish Football Association
- Frank Haffey at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Short Article on a Photograph of Haffey
- Interview with Haffey from The Scotsman
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