Harvey Macadam

Harvey Macadam
Personal information
Full name Harvey Jack Nicholas Macadam[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Burnley, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Morecambe
Number 8
Youth career
Fulledge Colts
Burnley
Fulledge Colts
0000–2017 Blackburn Rovers
2017–2018 AFC Fylde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 AFC Fylde 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Nelson (loan)
2019 Northwich Victoria
2019–2020 Nelson 15 (6)
2020 Ashton United 2 (0)
2020 Longridge Town
2020–2022 Ashton United 21 (0)
2022–2024 Fleetwood Town 37 (2)
2024 → Waterford (loan) 13 (0)
2024– Morecambe 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Harvey Jack Nicholas Macadam (born 9 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Morecambe as a midfielder.

Career

Early career

Macadam was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College in the town.[3] He was first spotted by his hometown club Burnley whilst playing for Fulledge Colts when he was kicking a ball around the side of the pitch whilst watching his older brother Ewan playing, aged eight or nine.[2] Burnley invited him down for a trial and he subsequently signed for the club.[2] He was released after a nearly at the club and he went back to playing for Fulledge Colts.[3] Within a month Manchester City, Everton and local rivals Blackburn Rovers came in for him, with him signing for the latter due to logistical reasons.[2] He played at right back or right-wing back for five or six years before he was released by the club at the age of sixteen, failing to earn a scholarship.[2] His father, Nick, believes it was due to his size, as he was only about 5 ft 9ins tall, which made him appear younger than he was.[2] Macadam was instead offered a two-year scholarship at non-league National League side AFC Fylde after trials at Blackpool and Bury.[2] Macadam featured for the under-18 side and was sent out on loan to North West Counties Football League Division One North side Nelson in November 2018 to gain some experience of men's football.[4][3] He had a further setback when he was not offered a professional deal at the end of his scholarship, due to the Coasters losing the 2019 National League play-off final to Salford City in May 2019, and he was subsequently released for financial reasons.[3]

Non-league

Following on from his release from AFC Fylde, he signed for Steve Wilkes at North West Counties Football League Premier Division side Northwich Victoria for the 2019–20 campaign.[5] After not playing for a couple of months and Nelson manager, Andy Harrison, had taken a shine to him in his earlier loan spell, so offered him the chance to drop down a division and come to the club for the second half of the season and play.[3] The move was successful and he won the Players' Player and Manager's Player of the Season along with being the second-highest goalscorer.[3] In February 2020, he left Nelson to step-up three divisions to sign for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Ashton United, as Harrison was good friends with manager Michael Clegg, stating that he was too good to be playing in the NWCFL Division One.[3][6][7] He only played a couple of games for the Robins before COVID struck and the league was firstly suspended before being declared null and void.[3][8] In September 2020, it was announced that he had signed permanently for North West Counties Premier Division side Longridge Town, having impressed in pre-season in training and in trial games.[9] He was a part of the side that had a record breaking run in the FA Cup for Longridge, reaching the third qualifying round for the first time.[9] Macadam re-joined Clegg at Ashton in October 2020 and made five appearances, scoring against York City in the FA Trophy, before the season was again curtailed due to Covid.[10] He committed again for Ashton United for the 2021–22 season in the Northern Premier League, becoming a regular in the side, drawing interest from EFL League One side Fleetwood Town in October 2021.[11]

Fleetwood Town

On 2 January 2022, he signed for Fleetwood Town for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal, signing his first ever professional contract.[12][13][14] He scored his first goal for the club, on his full debut, on 2 April 2022.[15]

Waterford loan

On 22 February 2024, Macadam signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford on loan.[16]

Morecambe

On 18 July 2024, Macadam signed for fellow League Two club Morecambe on a one-year deal with the option for a further twelve months.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nelson 2019–20[18][19] NWCFL Division One North 15 6 — — 1[a] 0 16 6
Ashton United 2019–20[8] NPL Premier Division 2 0 — — — 2 0
Ashton United 2020–21[10] NPL Premier Division 2 0 0 0 — 3[b] 1 5 1
2021–22[20] NPL Premier Division 19 0 1 0 — 5[c] 1 25 1
Total 21 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 30 1
Fleetwood Town 2021–22[21] League One 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
2022–23[22] League One 25 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 30 1
2023–24[23] League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[d] 0 3 0
Total 37 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 43 2
Waterford (loan) 2024[24] League of Ireland Premier Division 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Morecambe 2024–25[25] League Two 17 1 2 0 1 0 3[d] 1 23 2
Career total 105 9 6 0 3 0 13 3 127 12
  1. ^ Appearance in the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.
  2. ^ Appearances in the FA Trophy.
  3. ^ 3 appearances and 1 goal in the FA Trophy; 2 appearances in the Manchester Premier Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Boden, Chris (4 January 2022). "Fleetwood signing Harvey Macadam fought to live his dream". Retrieved 4 April 2022 – via Blackpool Gazette.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Boden, Chris (5 January 2022). "Sky is the limit for Harvey after signing first professional contract with Fleetwood Town". Retrieved 4 April 2022 – via Burnley Express.
  4. ^ Templeton, Ian (30 November 2018). "Player Movements - Friday 23rd to Thursday 29th November 2018". Retrieved 4 April 2022 – via North West Counties Football League.
  5. ^ Simpson, Andrew (2 August 2019). "Vics, North West Counties League preview 2019-2020". Retrieved 4 April 2022 – via Northwich Guardian.
  6. ^ "Ashton United FC". ashtonunited.co.uk.
  7. ^ Gordon, James. "Saturday's Transfer List - February 22nd". thenpl.co.uk.
  8. ^ a b "Ashton United | Appearances | Harvey Macadam | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  9. ^ a b "StackPath". www.longridgetownfc.com.
  10. ^ a b "Ashton United | Appearances | Harvey Macadam | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  11. ^ Veysey, Wayne (30 October 2021). "Sources: Fleetwood Town in advanced talks to sign ex-Burnley starlet Macadam". www.footballinsider247.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Fleetwood sign midfielder Macadam" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Harvey Macadam signs for Town from Ashton United". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com.
  14. ^ "Sky is the limit for Harvey after signing first professional contract with Fleetwood Town". www.burnleyexpress.net.
  15. ^ "Macadam: I couldn't believe it when it went in - I was in dreamland". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com.
  16. ^ FC, Waterford (22 February 2024). "Harvey Macadam Becomes A Blue!".
  17. ^ "Macadam makes Morecambe move". 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  18. ^ Gordon, James (20 February 2020). "Ashton Add Young Midfielder". www.thenpl.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  19. ^ "All Results 2019/20 season". www.nwcfl.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Ashton United | Appearances | Harvey Macadam | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Games played by Harvey Macadam in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Games played by Harvey Macadam in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Games played by Harvey Macadam in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ^ "H. Macadam: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Games played by Harvey Macadam in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.