David Thomas Morley (born 25 September 1977 in St Helens) is an English former footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Morley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | St Helens, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Manchester City | 2 | (1) |
| 1998 | → Ayr United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Southend United | 76 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Carlisle United | 35 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Oxford United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2002 | Oxford United | 15 | (2) |
| 2002–2005 | Doncaster Rovers | 59 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Macclesfield Town | 103 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Hyde United | 47 | (4) |
| 2009–2013 | Bangor City | 113 | (21) |
| Caernarfon | 0 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Bala Town | 28 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Morley started his career at Manchester City. He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in 1996–97,[2] and broke into the senior team for the first time the following season. He made a goalscoring debut against Bury on 12 September 1997, but did not make any further starts for the club, two substitute appearances providing his only other first team action.[3]
He subsequently played for Southend, Carlisle (where he scored once against Mansfield Town)[4] and Doncaster Rovers. He joined Macclesfield Town in January 2005,[5] where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007 FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.[6] He signed a new contract in June 2007,[7] but left Macclesfield four months later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent following a particularly poor performance in a 3–2 defeat at Accrington.[5]
Morley joined Bangor City in 2009, where he made 113 league appearances over four years, scoring twenty-one goals; he departed in July 2013 for Bala Town, where he spent the 2013-2014 season.[8]
References edit
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
- ^ Baskcomb, Julian, ed. (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98. Leicester: Polar. p57
- ^ James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0. p463
- ^ "Carlisle 2–1 Mansfield". BBC. 27 January 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Ex-captain Morley leaves Silkmen". BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "FA Cup Countdown: Morley looks to transform giant-killing scripts into hard news". London: Independent. 5 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Macc defenders sign on". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "England - D. Morley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
