Herbert Leavey

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Herbert Leavey

| fullname = Herbert James Leavey{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Joyce|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|year=2004|publisher=SoccerData|location=Nottingham|isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=154}}

| image = Leavey1930.jpg

| image_size = 222

| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|11|5|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Herbert Leavey|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/712|publisher=LFC History|access-date=29 July 2013}}

| birth_place = Guildford, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1954|1886}}{{cite web|title=Index entry|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OhSULwm08EIdkB%2BObUiVLg&scan=1|publisher=FreeBMD|access-date=29 July 2013}}

| death_place = Kensington, England

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Sutton | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = – | clubs2 = St Jude's | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1904–1907 | clubs3 = Woodland Villa | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1907–1908 | clubs4 = Plymouth Argyle | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1908 | clubs5 = Derby County | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1908–1910 | clubs6 = Plymouth Argyle | caps6 = 52 | goals6 = 3

| years7 = 1910–1911 | clubs7 = Liverpool | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1911–1913 | clubs8 = Barnsley | caps8 = 28 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 1913–1915 | clubs9 = Bradford Park Avenue | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 1919–1921 | clubs10 = Llanelli | caps10 = | goals10 =

| years11 = 1921 | clubs11 = Portsmouth | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 1921–1922 | clubs12 = Boscombe | caps12 = | goals12 =

| manageryears1 = 1922–1926

| managerclubs1 = PSV

| manageryears2 = 1926–1928

| managerclubs2 = HRC, SV Gouda

| manageryears3 = 1928–1932

| managerclubs3 = SV Gouda

| manageryears4 = 1935–1940

| managerclubs4 = HRC

| manageryears5 = 1945–1952

| managerclubs5 = HRC

}}

Herbert James "John" Leavey (5 November 1886 – 1954) was an English footballer who made 65 appearances in the Football League for Liverpool, Barnsley, Bradford Park Avenue and Portsmouth. He also played in 75 Southern League and Western League games for Plymouth Argyle.{{cite web|title=Herbert Leavey|url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=481|publisher=Greens on Screen|access-date=29 July 2013}} Leavey usually played in the outside forward positions.

After leaving Boscombe in 1922, he worked for Portsmouth as a scout, before moving to the Netherlands to manage PSV Eindhoven between 1922 and 1926.{{cite web|url=http://www.psv.nl/History/Trainers.htm|title=Trainers|access-date=12 September 2010|publisher=PSV Eindhoven official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918021011/http://www.psv.nl/History/Trainers.htm|archive-date=18 September 2010|df=dmy-all}} After his appointment as manager, PSV played in the 1e Klasse Zuid (the highest league for teams in South Netherlands) for three seasons. After finishing tenth in 1923 and sixth in 1924, PSV were relegated in Leavy's third season after finishing last.{{cite web|title=Historie: seizoen 1922/1923|url=http://psv.netwerk.to/historie/seizoen.php?seizoen=1923|access-date=19 August 2013|publisher=PSV Netwerk}}{{cite web|title=Historie: seizoen 1923/1924|url=http://psv.netwerk.to/historie/seizoen.php?seizoen=1924|access-date=19 August 2013|publisher=PSV Netwerk}}{{cite web|title=Historie: seizoen 1924/1925|url=http://psv.netwerk.to/historie/seizoen.php?seizoen=1925|access-date=19 August 2013|publisher=PSV Netwerk}} The 1925–26 season in the 2e Klasse B was won, which meant that PSV were promoted back to the 1e Klasse Zuid after one year.{{cite web|title=Historie: seizoen 1925/19256|url=http://psv.netwerk.to/historie/seizoen.php?seizoen=1926|access-date=19 August 2013|publisher=PSV Netwerk}} Leavy left PSV in 1926 after being four seasons in charge. He subsequently became manager of HRC of Den Helder, although he also started managing SV Gouda on a part-time basis later in the year.[https://tijdschriften.archiefalkmaar.nl/issue/LV/2006-03-01/edition/0/page/29 Mr Leavey (1888–1954) van PSV naar HRC] Tijdschriften Regionaal Archief Alkmaar[http://www.svgouda.nl/pages/clubinfo/clubhistorie.php History] SV Gouda He moved to Gouda on a part-time basis in 1927 and led the club to the second tier title in 1931–32. He returned to HRC in 1935, remaining at the club until 1952.