Dave Halliday
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 December 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 January 1970 | (aged 68)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1920 | Queen of the South | ||
1920–1921 | St Mirren | 13 | (2) |
1921–1925 | Dundee | 126 | (90) |
1925–1929 | Sunderland | 166 | (156) |
1929–1930 | Arsenal | 15 | (8) |
1930–1933 | Manchester City | 76 | (47) |
1933–1935 | Clapton Orient | 53 | (33) |
1936–1937 | Yeovil and Petters United | ||
Total | 449 | (336) | |
International career | |||
1924 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1936–1937 | Yeovil and Petters United | ||
1937–1955 | Aberdeen | ||
1955–1958 | Leicester City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Halliday (11 December 1901 – 5 January 1970)
He is the most recent of only two players to be outright top scorer in both Scottish and English football's top divisions with 38 Dundee goals in 1923–24 and 43 Sunderland goals in 1928–29. He is the quickest player in history to 100 goals in English football's top division, taking 101 games when at Sunderland. He is the only player to score 30 or more goals in four consecutive seasons in English football's top division (achieved again when at Sunderland). He scored at least 35 league goals in each of those four seasons. He is Sunderland's most prolific goals-per-game striker with 165 goals from 175 games. His 211 goals in English football's top division with Sunderland, Arsenal and Manchester City ranks him the 19th highest scorer at that level. Of the 27 players to have scored 200 or more goals in English football's top division, only Dixie Dean scored at a more prolific rate at that level.[1]
Managing Aberdeen, he won the
Playing career
Early years and Queen of the South
Halliday was born in Dumfries and started in local schools football where he featured on the left wing.[3] He firstly attended Noblehill Primary School and thereafter Dumfries Academy. Halliday then worked with car manufacturer Arrol-Johnston and played for the company's team. This side was one of three who merged to form Queen of the South in 1919. However, despite having played in the new club's trial matches, Halliday did not join Queens until 17 January 1920 as he had a brief spell with Tayleurians. After joining the club, Halliday played 19 games until the season's end in May 1920.[1]
In Queens's first season their fixtures consisted of challenge games and local cup competitions, including the Dumfries Charity Cup which was played over three weekends in May. On 8 May in the first game, Queens thrashed
Halliday in all scored 13 goals in 19 games for the Doonhamers while playing at outside left. In 1924 Halliday's 16-year-old brother Billy joined Queen of the South.[1]
St Mirren
Halliday was asked to sign by St Mirren after the cup final win over Dalbeattie. He requested time to consider the offer before agreeing, with a stipulation that he continued working with Arrol-Johnston and travelled to Paisley on match days. In season 1920–21, as a part-time member of the playing staff, he scored two goals in 13 league games.[1]
Dundee
Halliday next joined
While at
Sunderland
In 1925 Halliday joined Sunderland who paid £4,000 for his services. Replacing Charlie Buchan in the team, Halliday instantly became even more prolific south of the border than in the north. He hit his first 100 goals for Sunderland in just 101 games, and remains the quickest player to s century of English top division league goals. His 43 goals in 1928–29 made him top scorer in England's top division that season, making him the most recent of only two players to have been outright top scorer in the top divisions of both Scotland and England (the other was David McLean). He scored at least 35 league goals in each of the four full seasons he spent at Sunderland, and is the only player at any club to score 30 or more league goals in four consecutive seasons in England's top division. His lowest full seasonal league tally of 35 goals is higher than any other Sunderland player has achieved in their best season. Hence Halliday has the top four season-by-season league goal scoring tallies at Sunderland.[1][6]
Halliday has a Sunderland goals to games ratio of 0.94, the highest of any striker in the club's history. He struck 165 goals in 175 games for the Black Cats comprising 156 league goals from 166 games and nine in nine FA Cup outings. He scored 12 league hat-tricks, more than any other player. He hit scored 4 goals in a game on three occasions. He is also Sunderland's third highest goalscorer of all time. His 165 Sunderland goals were all in his first 168 games at Roker Park before scoring in none of his last seven games.[1]
Despite Halliday's goals feats with Sunderland, he managed no better than third place in the league with the club, achieved in the 1925–26 and 1926–27 seasons.[1] While at Sunderland in November 1927, Halliday's brother Billy joined nearby rivals Newcastle United.[1]
Arsenal
In 1929 Halliday was signed by
Arsenal's next game after the Leicester match was the
Halliday's four-goal game against Leicester was his last Arsenal first team appearance. He scored 8 goals in 15 games for Arsenal (and also played in a game against Middlesbrough which was abandoned after 55 minutes and hence is not counted in official statistics).[1][7]
Manchester City
Halliday signed for
Clapton Orient
Halliday saw out his senior playing career with Clapton Orient between December 1933 and June 1935. He top scored for Orient in both seasons in which he played there despite arriving in late December. In his 18 months there he hit 36 strikes in 56 competitive first team games.[1]
Yeovil & Petters United
After leaving Orient, Halliday became player-manager of non-league
Managerial career
Aberdeen
Halliday was appointed manager of
Leicester City
After leaving Aberdeen in 1955 Halliday spent three years at the helm of Leicester City, guiding them to the 1956–57 Second Division title. Although Halliday left in 1958, the 1957 promotion was the beginning of Leicester's longest run to date in the England's top division, 12 seasons.[1]
After management
Halliday returned to the Aberdeen area and scouted for Leicester City in northeast Scotland. He died on 5 January 1970, aged 68.[1][2]
Playing statistics, records and rankings
Excluding Queen of the South figures as they were non-league until 1923–24, Dave Halliday scored 92 league goals in Scotland in 139 appearances and a further 13 in 21 Scottish Cup appearances. In England he scored 244 league goals in 310 appearances and a further 16 FA Cup goals in 18 appearances with league clubs. He also scored an FA Cup hat-trick for Yeovil, for a total of 368 first class goals. It is worth noting that a large chunk of his career was spent playing under the old offside rule and that all his league goals bar the season and a half with Clapton Orient in the Third Division South were scored in the top flight in both Scotland and England.[1]
- Fastest player to 100 English Top Division Goals: 101 games[1]
- Only player to score at least 30 English top division goals in 4 consecutive seasons: 1925–1929 at Sunderland[1]
- 19th highest scorer in English football's top division: 211 goals at Sunderland, Arsenal and Manchester City[1]
- Second most prolific English football goals per game strike rate of the 27 players to score 200 or more English top division goals at that level: 0.82 goals per game behind Dixie Dean's 0.86 goals per game[1]
- In the list of footballers with the combined highest number of league goals in England and Scotland from all senior divisions, Halliday is 10th with 336 goals from 449 games.[1]
- Sunderland highest all time season by season league goal scoring positions, Halliday takes all 4 top slots: 1) 1928–29, 43 goals; 2) 1925–26, 38 goals; 3) 1926–27, 36 goals; 4) 1927–28, 35 goals[1]
- Sunderland most prolific goals per game striker: 165 goals from 175 = 0.94 goals per game[1]
- Sunderland all-time highest goal scorers: 3rd[1]
- Sunderland player with the highest number of scoring three goals in a game: 1st (12 three goal games). He also scored 4 goals in a game 3 times[1]
- His 211 English top division goals make him the highest scorer at that level never to receive a full international cap. He was consistently overlooked by the selectors for the Scottish national side, usually in favour of another player who started at Queen of the South, Hughie Gallacher. The only other player to score 200 English top division goals and never receive an international cap is Leicester's Arthur Chandler.[1]
- Dundee highest all time seasonal league goals record: 38 (1923–24)[1]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
St Mirren | 1920–21 | Scottish Division 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Dundee | 1921–22 | Scottish Division 1 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 25 |
1922–23 | Scottish Division 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 15 | |
1923–24 | Scottish Division 1 | 36 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 39 | |
1924–25 | Scottish Division 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 24 | |
Total | 126 | 90 | 21 | 13 | 147 | 103 | ||
Sunderland | 1925–26 | First Division | 42 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 42 |
1926–27 | First Division | 33 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 37 | |
1927–28 | First Division | 38 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 39 | |
1928–29 | First Division | 42 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 43 | |
1929–30 | First Division | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
Total | 166 | 156 | 9 | 9 | 175 | 165 | ||
Arsenal | 1929–30 | First Division | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
Manchester City | 1930–31 | First Division | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 14 |
1931–32 | First Division | 40 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 32 | |
1932–33 | First Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
1933–34 | First Division | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
Total | 76 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 82 | 51 | ||
Clapton Orient | 1933–34 | Third Division South | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 19 |
1934–35 | Third Division South | 32 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 17 | |
Career total | 449 | 336 | 39 | 29 | 488 | 365 |
Goals at then non-league clubs
Season(s) | Club | Apps | Goals |
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1919–20 | Queen of the South | 19 | 13 |
1935–1938 | Yeovil and Petters United | ? | ? |
- Halliday's three goals for Yeovil in the FA Cup proper give him a career total of 368 senior goals
Managerial statistics
- As of 6 December 2013
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Yeovil and Petters United | England | 1936 | 1937 | |||||
Aberdeen | Scotland | 1937 | 1955 | 386 | 188 | 65 | 133 | 48.7 |
Leicester City | England | 1955 | 1958 | 145 | 64 | 27 | 54 | 44.14 |
- no statistics available for Yeovil and Petters United.
Honours
Player
Queen of the South
- Dumfries Charity Cup: 1919–20[8]
Dundee
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 1924–25
- Forfarshire Cup: 1922–23, 1924–25
Manager
Yeovil and Petters Utd[9]
- Southern League Cup runner-up: 1937–38[10]
- Somerset Professional Cup runner-up: 1936–37[11]
Aberdeen[3]
- Scottish Football League: 1954–55
- Scottish Cup: 1946–47; runner-up: 1952–53, 1953–54
- Scottish League Cup: runner-up 1946–47
- Southern League Cup: 1945–46
Leicester City[1]
Individual
- Scottish Top Division Golden Boot: 1924[1]
- English Top Division Golden Boot: 1929[1]
- Most recent of only two players to have been outright top scorer in both the Scottish and English top divisions
See also
- List of English football first tier top scorers
- List of footballers in England by number of league goals
- List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
- List of Scottish football families
References
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Dave Halliday full career profile on www.qosfc.com
- ^ ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b c d "1937–1955 Dave Halliday". Manager Profile. Aberdeen Official Site. 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ 1924–25 Scottish Cup Final line ups and stats at Scottish FA Archive
- ^ "[SFL player] David Halliday". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "The Queens" by Iain McCartney on Creedon Publications, 2004
- ^ "Dave Halliday". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Legends - Dave Halliday". QOSFC. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Halliday, Dave". YTFC Digital. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "PART TEN SEASON 1937-1938: PETTERS 'PEPPER' SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY". Glover's Cast. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "PART NINE SEASON 1935-1936 : DAVID HALLIDAY TAKES OVER AS MANAGER". Glover's Cast. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- General
- Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
- Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 years of The Dons: The official history of Aberdeen Football Club 1903 – 2003. Hodder & Stoughton, London. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.