Howard Harvey

Howard Harvey

Personal information
Full name	Westley Howard Harvey
Date of birth	1877
Place of birth	Aston, England
Date of death	1904 (aged 26)
Place of death	Aston, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Walsall Town Swifts
189?–1894	Small Heath	0	(0)
1894–1898	Aston Villa	11	(3)
1898–1900	Burslem Port Vale	49	(19)
1900–1901	Manchester City	7	(1)
1901	West Bromwich United
1901	Burton United
1901–1903	Watford	39	(4)
1903	Darlaston
1903	Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Westley Howard Harvey (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.

Playing career

Harvey was born in Aston, in what is now Birmingham, in 1877. He played for Walsall Town Swifts, Small Heath and Aston Villa before joining Burslem Port Vale for a £50 transfer fee in June 1898. He scored 13 goals in 41 appearances in the 1898–99 campaign, helping the club to finish ninth in the Second Division. 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. This was despite the fact that he was sold on to Manchester City in January 1900 as Vale suffered financial difficulties. He scored once in five First Division games for City in 1899–1900, and played twice without scoring in the 1900–01 campaign. He spent two years with Southern League club Watford in between brief spells with West Bromwich United, Burton United, Darlaston and Glentoran. He was twice suspended by Watford for a "breach of training regulations", which forced his departure from the club. He died in Aston in 1904 at the age of 26.