Archie Devine

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| name = Archie Devine

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| fullname = Archibald Forbes Devine

| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|04|02|df=y}}[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=Divine%20&surname_so=exact&forename=Archibald&forename_so=fuzzy&sex=M&from_year=1886&to_year=1887&record_type=stat_births Statutory registers - Births - Search results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020541/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people |date=12 November 2020 }}, ScotlandsPeople

| birth_place = Lochore, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|09|30|1886|04|02|df=y}}[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Devine%20&surname_so=exact&forename=Archibald&forename_so=fuzzy&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020541/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people |date=12 November 2020 }}, ScotlandsPeople

| death_place = Lochgelly, Scotland

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9+1/2}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=18 August 1913 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

| position = Inside left

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 =

| clubs1 = Minto Rovers

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| clubs2 = Lochgelly Rangers

| years3 =

| clubs3 = Lochgelly United

| years4 = 1905–1909

| clubs4 = Heart of Midlothian

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1906–1907

| clubs5 = → Lochgelly United (loan)

| years6 = 1907–1908

| clubs6 = → Raith Rovers (loan)

| caps6 = 21

| goals6 = 9

| years7 = 1908–1910

| clubs7 = Falkirk

| caps7 = 43

| goals7= 17

| years8 = 1910–1913

| clubs8 = Bradford City

| caps8 = 48

| goals8 = 9

| years9 = 1913–1914

| clubs9 = Woolwich Arsenal

| caps9 = 24

| goals9 = 5

| years10 = 1914–1915

| clubs10 = Shelbourne

| years11 = 1915–1919

| clubs11 = Lochgelly United

| years12 = 1919–1920

| clubs12 = Dunfermline Athletic

| years13 = 1920–1921

| clubs13 = Lochgelly United

| nationalyears1 = 1910

| nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1910

| nationalteam2 = Scotland

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 1

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Archibald Forbes Devine (2 April 1886 – 30 September 1964) was a Scottish international footballer.{{SFA Profile|id=113133}}

Life and career

Devine was born in Lochore, Fife. He began his career in junior football with Minto Rovers, Lochgelly Rangers and Lochgelly United,{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=151 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} moving on to Heart of Midlothian in early 1905 and then joining Raith Rovers. It was at Falkirk that he came to prominence, scoring 13 goals in 25 appearances in 1909–10.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} This earned him an international cap for Scotland, against Wales on 5 March 1910. Devine scored the only goal in a 1–0 win for Scotland, but he never played for the national side again. He also made one appearance for the Scottish League XI in that season, in a 3–2 win against the English Football League XI.{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/andrewdevine.html |title= [SFL player] Andrew Devine [sic] |work=www.londonhearts.com |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |date= |accessdate=30 October 2015}}

In April 1910 he moved south of the border to Bradford City, and was part of the side that won the 1911 FA Cup Final against Newcastle United.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bradford-city/video-how-bradford-won-the-fa-cup-in-1911-1-5432275 |title=Video: How Bradford won the FA Cup (in 1911) |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=5 November 2017}} He stayed at Bradford for nearly three years before joining Woolwich Arsenal for an Arsenal club record transfer fee of £1,300.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18491736.city-team-mates-maverick-winger-bond-missed-1911-cup-final/|title=CITY TEAM-MATES: The 1911 FA Cup winners - and the maverick winger banned for the final|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}} He made his debut for Arsenal against Chelsea on 15 February 1913, and was part of the team that were relegated from the Football League First Division in 1912–13.{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Harris |editor-first=Tony |editor-last=Hogg |title=Arsenal Who's Who |publisher=Independent UK Sports |location=London |date=1995 |page=19 |isbn=978-1-899429-03-5}} He started the 1913–14 season as a regular, and scored the winner in Arsenal's first match at Highbury, a 2–1 victory over Leicester Fosse on 6 September 1913.{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/archie-devine |title=Archie Devine |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |accessdate=5 November 2017}}

However, later that same season Devine was forced out of the side by Wally Hardinge, and left the club; he played 24 games for Arsenal, scoring five goals. He later played for Shelbourne, where he was a member of the Irish Gold Cup-winning team in 1915.{{cite news |title=News about clubs and players |newspaper=Daily Record |location=Glasgow |date=12 April 1915 |page=6 |quote=Four Scots have won Irish Gold Cup badges this season. Archie Devine, Bob Carmichael, Chalmers, and Corcoran are the happy men.}} He returned to Scotland and played for Cowdenbeath,{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} Lochgelly United,{{cite news |title=Kirkcaldy United for Lochgelly |newspaper=Fifeshire Advertiser |date=4 September 1915 |page=4}} and Dunfermline Athletic.{{cite news |title=Dunfermline Athletic's new capture |newspaper=Evening Telegraph |location=Dundee |date=18 August 1919 |page=5}} After retiring he worked as a miner and a docker.{{cite web |url=http://www.bantamspast.co.uk/EarlyDays/Glorious1911/TheTeam/archiedevine.html |title=Archie Devine |website=BantamsPast.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012205731/http://www.bantamspast.co.uk/EarlyDays/Glorious1911/TheTeam/archiedevine.html |archivedate=12 October 2007}} He died in September 1964, aged 78.