Harvey Saunders

Harvey Read Saunders (born 20 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Fleetwood Town, as a striker.

Harvey Saunders
Personal information
Full name Harvey Read Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997[2]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Fleetwood Town
Number 20
Youth career
Barnard Castle
Darlington Railway Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Darlington Railway Athletic
Bishop Auckland
Durham City
2017–2019 Darlington 66 (11)
→ Ryhope Colliery Welfare (loan)
→ Dunston UTS (loan)
2019– Fleetwood Town 17 (3)
2019 → Darlington (loan) 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:42, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Saunders is from Staindrop.[3] He is nicknamed "Rooster".[3]

Career

Saunders joined local club Barnard Castle at the age of 6 or 7, leaving at under-14s after the club folded.[3] He occasionally played rugby for a local club and then began working full-time in an Indian restaurant.[3] The restaurant entered a team into a football competition, which they won.[3] Saunders then began playing Sunday League football, before signing for Darlington Railway Athletic, initially at under-18 level but then for the senior team.[3] He then played for Bishop Auckland and Durham City.[3] He then signed for Darlington, making his debut in January 2017.[4] Whilst at Darlington he had loan spells at Ryhope Colliery Welfare and Dunston UTS.[3] In total he scored 11 goals in 66 league games for Darlington.[5]

He signed for Fleetwood Town in January 2019 for an undisclosed fee, on a ​2 1⁄2-year contract, and was immediately loaned back to Darlington.[6][7]

He made his first-team debut for Fleetwood on 3 September 2019 in the EFL Trophy.[8] He scored his first goals for Fleetwood when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Carlisle United on 1 September 2020,[9] and his first league goal followed in a 2-1 defeat to Rochdale on 3 October 2020.[10] On 6 October 2020 Saunders scored a hat-trick in the EFL Trophy against Aston Villa U21s.[11]

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. Harvey Saunders at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. Steve Coney (6 April 2017). "Harvey Saunders loving Darlington ride just two years after thinking his football dream was over". The Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. "Profile". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. Harvey Saunders at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. Rosie Swarbrick (16 January 2019). "Darlington attacker Harvey Saunders latest hotshot bidding to follow in Jamie Vardy's footsteps as he clinches Fleetwood Town transfer". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. Craig Stoddart (16 January 2019). "Darlington striker Harvey Saunders signs for Fleetwood Town". Northern Echo. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. "Leasing.com Trophy (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
  9. "Carlisle United 1 Fleetwood Town 3: Saunders double and debut goal for Camps seal winning start". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. "Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood". BBC. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  11. "Report: Saunders first-half hat-trick sees Town beat Aston Villa". fleetwoodtownfc.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


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