19 Facts About Joe Harvey

Joseph Harvey was an English football player and later manager.

Joe Harvey spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of 2022, the last to win a major trophy.

Joe Harvey began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 1936.

Joe Harvey was then released by Bournemouth and he signed for Bradford City in 1938.

At the outbreak of World War 2 Joe Harvey joined the Royal Artillery going on to become a sergeant-major in the Royal Army Physical Training Corps.

Joe Harvey quickly established himself in Newcastle's youthful side and after an impressive debut against Barnsley was made captain of the side.

Joe Harvey was believed to have been involved in the illegal selling of tickets for the 1952 FA Cup Final, although he was never charged for this.

Joe Harvey captained the team to two successive FA Cup victories in 1951 and 1952.

Joe Harvey retired from playing on 1 May 1953 at the age of 34, despite still being a first-team regular.

Joe Harvey began attending coaching sessions set up by Walter Winterbottom soon after retiring from playing.

The club felt that Joe Harvey's coaching sessions had made the difference.

Joe Harvey soon left Barrow and was appointed manager of Workington in 1956, where he initially struggled too, but Harvey's influence gradually saw the Workington nearing promotion.

Joe Harvey applied for the vacant manager's job at his beloved Newcastle United in 1958, but lost out to Charlie Mitten.

Tony Green was forced to retire at just 26 because of constant knee injuries and Joe Harvey used the compensation money Newcastle got to sign his replacement Terry McDermott from Bury.

The new attacking team put together by Joe Harvey was being tipped to take one of the major honours come the season's end.

Joe Harvey did come back and help out as manager for Newcastle United for a few days in August 1980, whilst Newcastle were in their third year in Division 2, and Bill McGarry had just been fired.

Joe Harvey took control, and is given credit for steering Newcastle to two wins and a draw.

Joe Harvey then saw a friend of his, Arthur Cox, appointed, who would later go on to sign Kevin Keegan and get Newcastle back into the top league again.

Joe Harvey has been described as a manager who had a flaw tactically but who had man management skills on a par with the likes of Alex Ferguson.