Joe Haverty was an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 football

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 player.

Haverty played for Home Farm

Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra...

 and St Patrick's Athletic

St Patrick's Athletic F.C.

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, before signing for Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 in July 1954. He almost immediately made his debut, while still only 18, against Everton

Everton F.C.

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 on 25 August 1954, though he only managed another seven matches that season, and eight the one after that.

His breakthrough in the Arsenal side came in 1956-57

1956-57 in English football

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, as he became the Gunners' first choice left-winger

Winger (sport)

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, playing 32 times and scoring 9 goals. By now he had also made his debut for the Republic of Ireland

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, against the Netherlands

Netherlands national football team

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 on 10 May 1955.

Haverty also played in the London XI

London XI

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 that contested the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

 in 1955-58

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58

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; however, although he played against Lausanne Sports

Lausanne Sports

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 in the semi-finals (and scored a goal in the 3-2 aggregate win), he did not make the cut for the final against Barcelona

FC Barcelona

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, which London lost 6-1 on aggregate.

Back trouble meant he missed some of Arsenal's matches during this time, but put in 37 appearances and 8 goals in 1959-60

1959-60 in English football

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, his best season for the club. However, the next season he was made to share the left wing position with Alan Skirton

Alan Skirton

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. Haverty was unhappy with the lack of a regular first-team place, and put in a transfer request; he was sold to Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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 in August 1961 for £25,000. In all, he played 122 matches for Arsenal, scoring 26 goals.

Haverty spent a single season with Blackburn, before having spells in the lower divisions with Millwall

Millwall F.C.

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 and Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

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, with a brief spell at Celtic

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 in between. He moved back to his native Ireland to play for Shelbourne

Shelbourne F.C.

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, with whom he won the last of his seven full international caps. He then moved abroad in December 1966 to play for American

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 side Chicago Spurs

Chicago Spurs

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 (later Kansas City Spurs

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) in the NASL

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, and then returned to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1969, where he made two appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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. In August 1971 he signed for Drogheda http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1971/0827/Pg003.html#Ar00312:66556D67858068356D6AF5806485B866C5C6.

In 2000 he was inaugurated into the Football Association of Ireland

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's Hall of Fame. He died on 9 February 2009, in Dublin, aged 72.