David Barry "Dave" Latchford (born 9 April 1949) is an English former footballer who made more than 208 appearances in the Football League

The Football League

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 and 8 in the Scottish League

Scottish Football League

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 playing as a goalkeeper. He is the older brother of former England

England national football team

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 international striker

Striker

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 Bob Latchford

Bob Latchford

Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford is an English former association footballer who played as a centre forward. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League, playing for Birmingham City, Everton, Swansea and Coventry City in the First Division, and won 12 full caps for England.Latchford was...

 and Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

 goalkeeper Peter Latchford

Peter Latchford

Peter William Latchford is an English former football goalkeeper.Latchford started his career at West Bromwich Albion and signed for Celtic F.C. for £25,000 on 15 July 1975 after a spell on loan. He made over 270 appearances for Celtic in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning 2 League...

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Biography

Latchford was born in Kings Heath

Kings Heath

Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England, five miles south of the city centre. It is the next suburb south from Moseley on the Alcester Road.-History:...

, Birmingham

Birmingham

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. He joined Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

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 from school in 1964 and signed professional forms once he turned 17. He was called up for the England

England national football team

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 Youth squad but was not capped; the other goalkeeper in the squad was Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....

. He kept goal for Birmingham in the FA Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

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 final of 1967, in which the club were beaten by Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

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Latchford made his League debut in April 1969 in a 2–1 win at Bury

Bury F.C.

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, but with Jim Herriot

Jim Herriot

James "Jim" Herriot is a former Scottish international footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for clubs in both Scotland and England.-Career:...

, Paul Cooper and Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly (footballer)

Michael John "Mike" Kelly is an English former professional footballer and coach who played as a goalkeeper. He made 116 appearances in the Football League playing for Queens Park Rangers and Birmingham City...

 also at the club it took another four years for him to establish himself as undisputed first choice. Even then manager Freddie Goodwin

Freddie Goodwin

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 brought in Welsh international

Wales national football team

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 Gary Sprake

Gary Sprake

Gareth Sprake is a Welsh former professional footballer. A goalkeeper, he played for Leeds United and Birmingham City and also won 37 caps for Wales....

, but Latchford soon regained his first team place, eventually losing it permanently when new manager Willie Bell

Willie Bell

William John "Willie" Bell is a Scottish former footballer and manager. He played as a left back.Bell was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. He played for Queen's Park in the Scottish Football League and for Leeds United, Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Football League. He...

 brought in Jimmy Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

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. He left for Motherwell

Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

 in 1977, followed by spells at Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

, Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

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, and in non-League football

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After retiring from playing football he became a funeral director

Funeral director

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, and later became superintendent of cemeteries in Solihull

Solihull

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, while coaching for a time at Solihull Borough

Solihull Borough F.C.

Solihull Borough F.C. was an English football club from Solihull. In 2007 the club merged with Moor Green to form a new club, Solihull Moors.-History:...

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Honours

• with Birmingham City
  • FA Youth Cup
    FA Youth Cup
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     runners up 1967
  • Second Division
    Football League Second Division
    From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
    
    promotion 1972