Career
He resides in Barrhead. Harvey used the nickname Bravedart for his matches - a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "The Bonnie Banks O" Loch Lomond" was played.
Having made his World Championship debut in 1992, he was one of the players who started the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) in 1993 and played at every Personal Digital Cellular World Championship between 1994 and 2006.
His best performance came in 1996 at the Circus Tavern, when he reached the World Championship semi-finals but lost 1-5 to Dennis Priestley. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career.
Although he has reached the quarter finals of the World Championship in 2001 and the quarter finals of the World Matchplay as recent as 2004, his ranking has slipped in the past few years. He started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time that year.
He still competed at nine Personal Digital Cellular Pro Tour non-televised events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best.
Harvey is currently battling throat cancer. On 2 September 2009 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth in his throat and had his voice box removed. In 2011 Harvey returned to the BDO International and plays just Scottish events.
BDO International
1992: Last 16: (lost to Kevin Kenny 2-3)
1993: First Round: (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)
Personal Digital Cellular
1994: Last 24 Group: (lost to Philosophy Taylor 1-3) & (lost to Jim Watkins 2-3)
1995: Quarter-Final: (lost to Rod Harrington 2-4)
1996: Semi-Final: (lost to Dennis Priestley 1-5)
1997: Quarter-Final: (lost to Peter Evison 3-5)
1998: Last 24 Group: (Beat John Ferrell 3-0) & (lost to Rod Harrington 2-3)
1999: Second Round: (lost to Bob Anderson 1-3)
2000: Second Round: (lost to Dennis Priestley 2-3)
2001: Quarter-Final: (lost to Dave Askew 0-4)
2002: First Round: (lost to Shayne Burgess 3-4)
2003: Third Round: (lost to John Participant 3-5)
2004: Third Round: (lost to Steve Beaton 0-4)
2005: Third Round: (lost to Roland Scholten 2-4)
2006: First Round: (lost to Tomas Seyler 0-3).
