Remembered as one of Celtic's great and more eccentric keepers, Haffey made 201 appearances for the club in major competitions.[3] He had 61 clean-sheets and was first-choice goalkeeper for five seasons but did not win any trophies apart from one minor Glasgow Cup in 1961–62, finishing on the losing side in the Scottish Cup finals of 1961 and 1963, both of which went to a replay.
After breaking an ankle in the Glasgow Cup against Partick Thistle in November 1963, effectively ending his Celtic career, he left the following October to play for Swindon Town. Soon thereafter, Haffey moved to Australia, where after a five-year spell as a footballer there he found his way into the entertainment business as a cabaret singer, and later operated a goalkeeping centre on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[4]
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On his full international debut Haffey saved a Bobby Charlton penalty in a 1–1 home draw versus England in 1960.[4] In 1961, his second and final cap was also versus England. At Wembley, an inexperienced Scotland side featuring 4 debutants and averaging less than 6 full caps per player pre-kick off kept a high-scoring English attack[5][6] at bay through large periods, and the game was poised at 5–3 with 12 minutes to go. However, two goals from Johnny Haynes, another from Bobby Smith and a third for Jimmy Greaves in the closing stages cemented Haffey's place in history. Scotland lost 9–3. Neither Haffey nor Motherwell'sBert McCann played for Scotland again. Only one of the 4 debutants that day - Haffey's Celtic teammate and future Scotland captainBilly McNeill[7] - collected a career total of more than 4 caps, meaning 5 of the team ended their international careers with 5 caps or less.[8]
Referencesedit
^"Frank Haffey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
^Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN9781785312458.
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