Harvey Saunders

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Harvey Saunders
Personal information
Full name Harvey Read Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 22
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)
2019–2021 Fleetwood Town 27 (3)
2019 → Darlington (loan) 16 (1)
2021 → Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
2021– Bristol Rovers 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:14, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

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

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]

Fleetwood Town[]

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]

He signed on loan for Hartlepool United on 22 April 2021.[12]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Saunders was released by Fleetwood Town.[13]

Bristol Rovers[]

On 25 June 2021, Saunders agreed to join Bristol Rovers on a two-year deal from the expiration of his Fleetwood contract. Saunders joined former Fleetwood teammates Paul Coutts and Sam Finley in joining former manager Joey Barton that summer.[14][15] On 7 August 2021, Saunders made his debut for the club in a 2–1 opening day defeat to Mansfield Town,[16] playing the full match on account of the fact that he was the club's only fit striker.[17] On 17 August 2021, Saunders scored his first goal for the club with the only goal in a victory over Oldham Athletic, the club's first win of the season, heading home a cross from Harry Anderson via a deflection.[18]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 21 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fleetwood Town 2019–20[19] League One 6 0 1 0 0 0 5[a] 0 12 0
2020–21[20] League One 21 3 1 0 3 0 4[b] 5 29 8
Total 27 3 2 0 3 0 9 5 41 8
Darlington (loan) 2019–20 National League North 16 1 0 0 — 0 0 16 1
Hartlepool United (loan) 2020–21[20] National League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Bristol Rovers 2021–22[21] League Two 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
Career Total 49 5 2 0 4 0 9 5 64 10
  1. ^ 3 appearances in EFL Trophy and 2 appearances in EFL League One play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h 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.
  12. ^ "Pools sign Harvey Saunders". 22 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Retained list announced". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Rovers complete the signing of Harvey Saunders!". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Rovers bring in striker Saunders" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Mansfield Town 2–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Bristol Rovers have just one fit striker for Mansfield Town clash after Brett Pitman scare". Bristol Post. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Bristol Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. 17 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Games played by Harvey Saunders in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Games played by Harvey Saunders in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Games played by Harvey Saunders in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.


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