Dave Latchford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Barry Latchford[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1966 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1978 | Birmingham City | 206 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | Motherwell | 8 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Bury | 2 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Barnsley | 0 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Redditch United | ||
| 1983–1985 | Cheltenham Town | ||
| 1985 | East Worle | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Barry Latchford (born 9 April 1949) is an English former footballer who made 208 appearances in the Football League and 8 in the Scottish League playing as a goalkeeper. He is the older brother of former England international striker Bob Latchford and Celtic goalkeeper Peter Latchford.[3][4]
Life and career
[edit]Latchford was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. He joined Birmingham City from school in 1964 and signed professional forms once he turned 17. He was called up for the England Youth squad but was not capped; the other goalkeeper in the squad was Peter Shilton. He kept goal for Birmingham in the FA Youth Cup final of 1967, in which they were beaten by Sunderland.[4]
Latchford made his League debut in April 1969 in a 2–1 win at Bury, but with Jim Herriot, Paul Cooper and Mike Kelly also at the club it took another four years for him to establish himself as undisputed first choice. Even then, manager Freddie Goodwin brought in Welsh international Gary Sprake, but Latchford soon regained his first team place, eventually losing it permanently when new manager Willie Bell signed Jimmy Montgomery.[5] Latchford won the club's Player of the Year award in 1973.[6] He left for Motherwell in 1978, followed by spells at Bury, Barnsley, and in non-League football.[4]
After retiring from playing football he became a funeral director, and later became superintendent of cemeteries in Solihull, while coaching for a time at Solihull Borough.[4]
Honours
[edit]Birmingham City
- FA Youth Cup runners-up: 1966–67
- Second Division runners-up: 1971–72
References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Latchford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Dave Latchford". Motherwellnet. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Dave Latchford". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Matthews, pp. 204–08, 212.
- ^ "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Redditch United F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League players