| Joe Haverty | |
| Upright: | 0.7 |
| Full Name: | Joseph Haverty |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Home Farm |
| Years1: | 1953–1954 |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 1954–1961 |
| Clubs2: | Arsenal |
| Caps2: | 114 |
| Goals2: | 25 |
| Years3: | 1961–1962 |
| Clubs3: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1962–1964 |
| Clubs4: | Millwall |
| Caps4: | 68 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | 1964 |
| Clubs5: | → Celtic (loan) |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1964–1965 |
| Clubs6: | Bristol Rovers |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1965–1966 |
| Clubs7: | Shelbourne |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 1967 |
| Clubs8: | Chicago Spurs |
| Caps8: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1968 |
| Clubs9: | Kansas City Spurs |
| Caps9: | 22 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 1969 |
| Clubs10: | → Drumcondra (loan) |
| Caps10: | 6 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 1969–1971 |
| Clubs11: | Shamrock Rovers |
| Caps11: | 7 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 1971–1972 |
| Clubs12: | Drogheda |
| Caps12: | 6 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1955–1966 |
| Nationalteam1: | Republic of Ireland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 32 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Joseph Haverty (17 February 1936 – 7 February 2009) was an Irish footballer who played as a winger. He was capped 32 times for the Republic of Ireland.
Haverty played for Home Farm and St Patrick's Athletic before signing for Arsenal in July 1954.[1] He almost immediately made his debut, while still only 18, against Everton on 25 August 1954, though he only managed another six matches that season, and eight the one after that.[2]
His breakthrough in the Arsenal side came in 1956–57, as he became the Gunners' first choice left-winger, playing 32 times and scoring 9 goals. By now he had also made his debut for the Republic of Ireland, against the Netherlands on 10 May 1955.[2] [3]
Haverty also played in the London XI that contested the inaugural edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He played against Lausanne Sports 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, which London lost 6–1 on aggregate.[3]
Back trouble meant he missed some of Arsenal's matches during this time,[4] but put in 37 appearances and 8 goals in 1959–60,[2] his best season for the club.[3] However, the next season he was made to share the left wing position with Alan Skirton. Haverty was unhappy with the lack of a regular first-team place, and put in a transfer request; he was sold to Blackburn Rovers in August 1961 for £25,000. In all, he played 122 matches for Arsenal, scoring 26 goals.[1]
Haverty spent a single season with Blackburn, before having spells in the lower divisions with Millwall and Bristol Rovers, with a brief spell at Celtic in between.[3] He moved back to his native Ireland to play for Shelbourne, with whom he won the last of his 32 full international caps.[3] [2] In 1967 he went to the United States to play for Chicago Spurs (later Kansas City Spurs) in the NASL,[5] and then returned to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1969,[3] for whom he made two appearances in the European Cup Winners' Cup.[6] In August 1971 he signed for Drogheda.[7]
He went on to scout for Arsenal in Ireland.[3] In 2000, he was inaugurated into the Football Association of Ireland's Hall of Fame.[4] He died on 7 February 2009, in Dublin, aged 72.