Dave Halliday

Dave Halliday
Personal information
Date of birth 11 December 1901
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death 5 January 1970(1970-01-05) (aged 68)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1920 Queen of the South 0 (0)
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 0 (0)
Total 449 (334)
National team
1924 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
Teams managed
1936–1937 Yeovil and Petters United
1937–1955 Aberdeen
1955–1958 Leicester City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

David Halliday (11 December 1901 – 5 January 1970[1][2]) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.[1]

He is one of only two players to win Golden Boots in both Scotland and England's top tier with clubs Dundee and Sunderland respectively. He also featured for clubs Queen of the South, St Mirren, Arsenal, Manchester City, Clapton Orient and Yeovil Town. Halliday is Sunderland's third highest ever goalscorer.[1] Halliday hit his first 100 goals for Sunderland in just 101 games and is the only goalscorer in top-flight football in England to have scored more than 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons. Only the legendary Dixie Dean has scored goals at a more prolific rate in the English top flight than Halliday.

He became a manager at clubs including Aberdeen and Leicester City.[1] He won the First Division title with Aberdeen in 1954–55.

Player

Early years and Queen of the South

Dave 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 as a mechanic 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 for Queens until the season's end in May 1920.[1]

Within Queens's first season their fixtures consisted of challenge games and local cup competitions. This included the Dumfries Charity Cup which was played over three weekends in May. On 8 May in the first game Queens thrashed Dumfries 7–1. A week later Queens saw off Solway Star 4–0 in the semi final. They then faced up in the final against side Dalbeattie Star.[1]

A then record crowd of 4500, with many others situated upon the stadium's roof watched the game. An early Halliday shot went wide following good link up play with Ian Dickson. However it was Dalbeattie with their physical style of play who took the lead. Queens equalised through Willie McCall before Halliday's play became fruitful. One Halliday shot hit the post, another went inches wide before he put Queens ahead five minutes before half time. Connell hit Queens' third a minute into the second half before Halliday beat Borthwick to cross for McCall who scored a fourth goal. This winning margin of 4–1 saw Queens triumpantly lift the Cup.[1]

Halliday in all scored 13 goals while playing at outside left in 19 games for the Doonhamers in 1920. Unsurprisingly he attracted the attention of other clubs. He was offered a deal to join St Mirren soon after the Dumfries Cup win. Halliday then asked for time to consider the move. He eventually went on to sign upon the guarantee that he would be allowed to keep his job with Arrol-Johnston.[1]

Later on in 1924 Halliday's 16-year-old brother Billy Halliday joined Queen of the South.[1]

Dundee

During a short spell with St Mirren Halliday was largely a reserve playing in the inside left position.[3] As so he went then to link up with Dundee in 1921 where Scotland international Alex Troup played on the left wing. Halliday was then moved to play as a centre forward.[1]

Within this new position he then became one of the most prolific centre forwards in the game, finishing as Scottish top scorer in 1923–24 with a remarkable return of 38 goals from 36 appearances. With Dundee he also played in the 1924–25 Scottish Cup final which they lost 2–1 to Celtic.[4] Halliday scored a sum of 90 goals in 126 league appearances for the Dees.[1]

While at Dens Park he was capped for the Scottish League in a 1–1 draw against the English League at Ibrox Park in March 1924.[1][5]

Sunderland

Three of Halliday's ex Queens teammates being Dickson, Hughie Gallacher and Willie Ferguson went on to enjoy successful careers in England's top flight.[6] Following to suit in 1925 he joined Sunderland who paid £4,000 for his services. Replacing Charlie Buchan in the team, Halliday soon became equally prolific South of the border as the North, scoring at least 35 league goals in each of the four full seasons he spent at Sunderland. His 43 goals in 1928–29 made him top scorer in England's top division that season. This tally remains Sunderland's highest number of league goals scored by a player during a season. Halliday hit his first 100 goals for Sunderland in just 101 games.[1] Halliday is the only goalscorer in top-flight football in England to have scored more than 30 goals in four consecutive seasons.

Halliday as well has a strike rate or goals to games ratio of 0.943 which is the highest of any striker in Sunderland's history. Altogether he struck 165 goals in 175 games for the Black Cats of which included 156 league goals from 166 games, and nine in nine FA Cup outings. Halliday has scored 12 hat-tricks which is more than any other Sunderland player, and he hit a beaver-trick on three occasions. He is also Sunderland's third highest goalscorer of all time.[1]

Despite Halliday's goals feats with Sunderland, he managed no better than third place with the club, which was 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 he was signed by Arsenal, making his debut for the club against Birmingham City on 9 November 1929. He also played in a game against Middlesbrough which was abandoned after 55 minutes, and so doesn't officially count as a cap.[1] He then scored four times in a record tumbling game against Leicester City on 21 April 1930, which finished 6–6.

Halliday scored a sum of 8 goals in 15 games for Arsenal.[7]

Manchester City

Halliday signed for Manchester City in November 1930, only a year after joining Arsenal, for a fee of £5,700.[3] At City, Halliday regained his scoring form, hitting 47 goals in 76 league games as well as four goals from six cup appearances. At Manchester City he scored a hat-trick against former club Sunderland in just ten minutes in January 1932. Halliday though missed the 1933 Cup Final, which City lost to Everton.[1]

Clapton Orient

He saw out his senior playing career with Clapton Orient between December 1933 and June 1935. In his 18 months there he was still a regular goalscorer with 36 strikes in 56 first class matches.[1]

Yeovil & Petters United

After leaving Orient, Halliday became player-manager of non-league Yeovil & Petters United. He also scored a further three goals in the FA Cup proper for Yeovil & Petters United before taking over as Aberdeen manager in 1937.[1]

Playing statistics

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 19 FA Cup goals in an unknown number of appearances (16 while with league clubs) 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 those two seasons with Clapton Orient in the Third South were scored in the top flight in both Scotland and England.[1]

He was never once picked for the Scottish national side, being consistently overlooked in favour of another player who started at Queen of the South, Hughie Gallacher.[1]

Dave Halliday goals at senior clubs:-

SeasonClubLeague appearancesLeague goalsCup appearancesCup goalsTotal appearancesTotal goals
1920–21St Mirren13200132
1921–22Dundee2823323125
1922–23Dundee2610853415
1923–24Dundee3638313939
1924–25Dundee3619754324
1925–26Sunderland4238444642
1926–27Sunderland3336113437
1927–28Sunderland3835344139
1928–29Sunderland4243104343
1929–30Sunderland11400114
1929–30Arsenal15800158
1930–31Manchester City2414102514
1931–32Manchester City4028544532
1932–33Manchester City830083
1933–34Manchester City420042
1933–34Clapton Orient2119102219
1934–35Clapton Orient3214233417
1921–1936Totals4493363929488365

Dave Halliday goals at then non-senior teams:-

Season(s)ClubAppearancesGoals
1919–20Queen of the South1913
1936–1938Yeovil and Petters United??

Manager

Aberdeen

Halliday was appointed manager of Aberdeen on 22 December 1937. In 1945–46 he led the Dons to victory against Rangers in the Scottish League Cup, prior to the event being regarded as a fully official competition. The following season Halliday guided Aberdeen to their first ever Scottish Cup success. In the 1950s he lost two further Scottish Cup Finals, before leading Aberdeen to their first ever Scottish Football League title in 1954–55.[3]

Leicester City

After leaving Aberdeen he spent three years at the helm of Leicester City, guiding them to the 1956–57Second Division title. Although Halliday left the Leicester in 1958 this promotion saw the club to its longest run within the first division.[1]

After management

Halliday returned to the Aberdeen area and scouted for Leicester City in north east Scotland. He died on 5 January 1970, aged 68.[1][2]

Honours

Manager

Aberdeen[3]

Leicester City[1]

Individual

Managerial statistics

As of 6 December 2013
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Yeovil and Petters United England 1936 1937
Aberdeen Scotland 1937 1955 3861886513348.7
Leicester City England 1955 1958 14564275444.14
  • no statistics available for Yeovil and Petters United.

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Dave Halliday full career profile on www.qosfc.com
  2. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "1937–1955 Dave Halliday". Manager Profile. Aberdeen Official Site. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  4. ↑ 1924–25 Scottish Cup Final line ups and stats at Scottish FA Archive
  5. ↑ "David Halliday". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "The Queens" by Iain McCartney on Creedon Publications, 2004
  7. ↑ "Dave Halliday". Arsenal.com.
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.
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