Harvey Bradbury

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Harvey Bradbury
Personal information
Full name Harvey Lee Bradbury [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Chatham Town
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Portsmouth 0 (0)
2017Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 Watford 0 (0)
2018St Albans City (loan) 9 (2)
2018Hungerford Town (loan) 1 (1)
2018–2019 Oxford United 1 (0)
2018Hungerford Town (loan) 7 (1)
2018Woking (loan) 1 (1)
2019Woking (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2020 Millwall 0 (0)
2020Morecambe (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2022 Oxford City 38 (15)
2022 Welling United 8 (2)
2022 Gosport Borough 10 (3)
2022–2023 Dorchester Town 14 (4)
2023Dartford (loan) 9 (5)
2023–2024 Dartford 22 (5)
2024 Farnborough 10 (0)
2024– Chatham Town 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Harvey Lee Bradbury (born 29 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Chatham Town as a forward.

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He began his career at Portsmouth and spent time on loan at Havant & Waterlooville, before being signed by Watford in 2017. He spent the second half of the 2017–18 season on loan at St Albans City and joined Hungerford Town on loan in July 2018. He signed with Oxford United the next month and returned to Hungerford Town on loan. He was loaned to Woking in September 2018 and made his debut for Oxford in the Football League two months later. He rejoined Woking on loan for the second half of the 2018–19 season and helped the club to win promotion out of the National League South via the play-offs. He signed with Millwall in July 2019 and spent the second half of the 2019–20 season on loan at Morecambe.

Following his departure from Millwall, Bradbury subsequently had spells in non-league with Oxford City, Welling United, Gosport Borough, Dorchester Town, Dartford, Farnborough and most recently, Chatham Town.

Early and personal life

Bradbury's father Lee was also a footballer. [4] Both played at Oxford United during their careers, the first father and son to have played for the club. [5]

Career

Portsmouth

Bradbury began his career with Portsmouth and had a loan spell with Havant & Waterlooville during the 2016–17 season. [6] He played one Isthmian League Premier Division game for the "Hawks" in the 2016–17 season. [6] He scored 14 goals in 26 youth level games for "Pompey", including one goal against Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup, though never made a first-team appearance at Fratton Park. [7]

Watford

He joined the under-23 squad at Premier League side Watford, initially on a trial basis, in May 2017. [4] [8] On 5 January 2018, he moved on loan to St Albans City until the end of the 2017–18 season, having impressed manager Ian Allinson in a pre-season friendly. [7] [3] He made his debut the following day in a 2–1 win over Chelmsford City at Clarence Park. [9] On 20 January, he was sent off for after receiving two yellow cards in a 1–1 draw at Eastbourne Borough. [10] He scored his first career goal on 17 March, in a 2–1 victory at Concord Rangers. [11]

Oxford United

He returned to the National League South on loan at Hungerford Town in July 2018 and scored on his debut in a 3–2 defeat at former club St Albans City on 4 August. [12] Three days later he signed for Oxford United under-23's on a free transfer, and continued his loan at Hungerford Town. [4] [13] He scored a total of two goals in eight games for the "Crusaders". [14] He then moved on loan to Woking, also of the National League South, in September 2018. He scored on his debut for the "Cardinals" in a 2–1 defeat to Dulwich Hamlet at Kingfield Stadium on 15 September. [15] The following week he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over Tooting & Mitcham United in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round. [16] He returned to Oxford and manager Karl Robinson gave him his senior debut on 6 November 2018, in a 3–0 victory at Wycombe Wanderers in the EFL Trophy. [17] He made his Football League debut 11 days later, coming on as a 56th-minute substitute for Sam Smith in a 1–0 win over Gillingham at the Kassam Stadium. [18] [19] After those two first-team appearances for Oxford, he returned on loan to Woking for the rest of the 2018–19 season on 4 January. [20] He scored six goals in 21 games for Woking in the 2018–19 season, including a late appearance as a substitute for Jake Hyde in the play-off final victory over Welling United that secured promotion into the National League. [21] He was released by Oxford at the end of the 2018–19 season. [22]

Millwall

Bradbury signed for Championship club Millwall. [23] He was a regular in Kevin Nugent's under-23 team. [24] On 31 January 2020, he moved on loan to League Two club Morecambe until the end of the 2019–20 season. [25] He was released by Millwall at the end of the 2019–20 season. [26] He began training with Port Vale in August 2020. [27]

Return to non-league

In August 2020 he signed for Oxford City. [28] On 2 April 2022, Bradbury signed for National League South side Welling United. [29]

On 27 June 2022, Bradbury agreed to join Gosport Borough ahead of the 2022–23 campaign. [30] He moved to Dorchester Town in October 2022. [31] [32]

On 10 March 2023, Bradbury joined Dartford until the end of the 2022–23 season. [33] The deal was made permanent at the end of the season. [34]

On 16 January 2024, Bradbury joined Farnborough. [35]

On 28 March 2024, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division side, Chatham Town. [36]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portsmouth 2016–17 [37] League One 0000000000
Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 2016–17 [6] Isthmian League Premier Division10000010
Watford 2017–18 [38] Premier League 0000000000
2018–19 [39] Premier League0000000000
Total0000000000
St Albans City (loan) 2017–18 [3] National League South 92002 [lower-alpha 1] 0112
Hungerford Town (loan) 2018–19 [14] National League South11000011
Oxford United 2018–19 [14] League One10001 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Hungerford Town (loan) 2018–19 [14] National League South71000071
Woking (loan) 2018–19 [6] National League South173232 [lower-alpha 3] 0216
Millwall 2019–20 [40] Championship 0000000000
Morecambe (loan) 2019–20 [40] League Two 3000000030
Oxford City 2020–21 [14] [41] National League South158533 [lower-alpha 1] 02311
2021–22 [14] [42] National League South237101 [lower-alpha 1] 0257
Total381563404818
Welling United 2021–22 [14] National League South8282
Gosport Borough 2022–23 [6] Southern League Premier Division South1030000103
Dorchester Town 2022–23 [43] Southern League Premier Division South1440000144
Dartford (loan) 2022–23 [14] National League South951 [lower-alpha 4] 1106
Dartford 2023–24 [14] National League South225001 [lower-alpha 5] 0235
Farnborough 2023–24 [14] National League South100100
Chatham Town 2023–24 Isthmian League Premier Division420042
Career total15444860011117351
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. One appearance in the Surrey Senior Cup and one appearance in the National League South play-offs
  4. One appearance and one goal in the National League South Play-Offs.
  5. One appearance in the London Senior Cup

Honours

Woking

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