Archie Devine

Archibald Forbes Devine (2 April 1886 – 30 September 1964) was a Scottish international footballer.[3]

Archie Devine
Personal information
Full name Archibald Forbes Devine
Date of birth (1886-04-02)2 April 1886[1]
Place of birth Lochore, Scotland
Date of death 30 September 1964(1964-09-30) (aged 78)[2]
Place of death Lochgelly, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Minto Rovers
Lochgelly Rangers
Lochgelly United
1905–1909 Heart of Midlothian 4 (1)
1906–1907 → Lochgelly United (loan)
1907–1908 → Raith Rovers (loan) 21 (9)
1908–1910 Falkirk 43 (17)
1910–1913 Bradford City 48 (9)
1913–1914 Woolwich Arsenal 24 (5)
1914–1915 Shelbourne
1915–1919 Lochgelly United
1919–1920 Dunfermline Athletic
1920–1921 Lochgelly United
National team
1910 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
1910 Scotland 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Devine was born in Lochore, Fife.[3] He began his career in junior football with Minto Rovers, Lochgelly Rangers and Lochgelly United,[4] 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.[3][5] This earned him an international cap for Scotland, against Wales on 5 March 1910.[3] Devine scored the only goal in a 1–0 win for Scotland, but he never played for the national side again.[3] He also made one appearance for the Scottish League XI in that season, in a 3–2 win against the English Football League XI.[3][6]

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.[7] He stayed at Bradford for nearly three years before joining Woolwich Arsenal for an Arsenal club record transfer fee of £1,300.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[9] He later played for Shelbourne, where he was a member of the Irish Gold Cup-winning team in 1915.[11] He returned to Scotland and played for Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly United,[12] and Dunfermline Athletic.[13] After retiring he worked as a miner and a docker.[14] He died in September 1964, aged 78.[3]

References
  1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. Archie Devine at the Scottish Football Association
  4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  5. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "[SFL player] Andrew Devine [sic]". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. "Video: How Bradford won the FA Cup (in 1911)". Yorkshire Post. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. "CITY TEAM-MATES: The 1911 FA Cup winners - and the maverick winger banned for the final". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  9. Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-899429-03-5.
  10. "Archie Devine". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  11. "News about clubs and players". Daily Record. Glasgow. 12 April 1915. p. 6. Four Scots have won Irish Gold Cup badges this season. Archie Devine, Bob Carmichael, Chalmers, and Corcoran are the happy men.
  12. "Kirkcaldy United for Lochgelly". Fifeshire Advertiser. 4 September 1915. p. 4.
  13. "Dunfermline Athletic's new capture". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. 18 August 1919. p. 5.
  14. "Archie Devine". BantamsPast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
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