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| Name: James Patrick Garvey |
| Birthdate:
00-00-0000 |
| Age:
0 |
| Birthplace:
Hulme, Manchester, England |
| Height:
5' 11" (1.80m) |
| Weight:
12st (76.2kg) |
| Years at Club:
1900-1901 |
| Signing Info:
Transferred from: Wigan County, 05/1900, £ |
| Previous Clubs:
Wigan County |
| Debut:
01/09/1900 v Glossop (A) 0-1 (League Division Two) |
| Farewell:
Transferred to Middleton FC, 06/1901, £ |
| Passed Away:
09/1928 |
Biography
Manchester-born James Patrick Garvey had the perfect physique to be a good goalkeeper: nearly six feet tall and weighing 12 stone. He also had a good kick on him and was adept with his hands. His main weakness was dallying when the ball was in his possession, thus allowing opponents to charge him.
Starting out with local side Middleton in the Lancashire League, James was acquired by Wigan County in November 1899 during their ill-fated 1899-00 season following which they folded. Newton Heath were quick to snatch him in the summer of 1900 as a replacement for Frank Barrett. Garvey began 1900-01 as the Heathens' first choice keeper and, although he lost 0-1 to Glossop on his debut on September 1st, he kept a clean sheet in the second match against Middlesbrough. Unfortunately, a serious case of fever afflicted him, forcing Heath to buy the much experienced Jimmy Whitehouse to mind the sticks. James thus lost his place in the first team, appearing in just four more league matches for the rest of the season, instead becoming the reserve team's regular custodian.
In June 1901, he returned to Middleton but soon threw his lot with Stalybridge Rovers, whom he helped win the Rawcliffe Charity Cup in April 1902 by keeping a clean sheet in the final versus Darwen. Soon he was off to Southport Central where he excelled for two and a half years and played in the Lancashire Senior Cup final in 1904 when Central lost to Blackburn.
Garvey's good form continued with Southport in 1904-05 and, by February, he had only let in 24 goals in 23 Lancashire Combination outings. Blackburn fancied buying him but Bradford City beat them to his signature with a sizeable £100 transfer fee, which incidentally went to Manchester United, who still held his registration! The transfer at long last brought relief to James who had earlier applied to no avail that he be let go on a free transfer.
He played 12 Football League games in 1904-05 and had added ten more at the start of the following campaign when, late in October 1905, he was again struck down with a critical case of rheumatic fever. The illness rendered him "as weak and helpless as a child" and forced him out of the game. Although Bradford halved his £200 transfer fee in September 1906, there were no takers and, sadly, his promising career came to a premature end. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.
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1900-1901 |
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