Dave Latchford

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Dave Latchford
Personal information
Full name David Barry Latchford
Date of birth April 9, 1949
Place of birth    Birmingham, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1964–1966 Birmingham City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1966–1977
1977–1979
1979–1980
1980–1981
1981–1983
1983–1985
1985–		 Birmingham City
Motherwell
Bury
Barnsley
Redditch United
Cheltenham Town
East Worle		 206 0(0)
008 0(0)
002 0(0)



   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

David Barry "Dave" Latchford (born April 9, 1949) is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the older brother of former England striker Bob Latchford and Celtic goalkeeper Peter Latchford.

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[edit] Biography

Dave 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 the club were beaten by Sunderland.

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 brought in Jimmy Montgomery. He left for Motherwell, managed by former team-mate Roger Hynd, in 1977, followed by spells at Bury, Barnsley, and in non-league football.

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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

[edit] External links

Profile at Neil Brown's statistics site.

Persondata
NAME Latchford, David Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Latchford, Dave
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949-04-09
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH