David Farrell (footballer, born 1971)
David William Farrell (born 11 November 1971) is a former footballer. Farrell made over 400 appearances in the Football League for Wycombe Wanderers, Peterborough United and Boston United between 1995 and 2007.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David William Farrell | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Redditch United | ? | (?) |
| 1992–1995 | Aston Villa | 6 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Wycombe Wanderers | 60 | (6) |
| 1997–2006 | Peterborough United | 337 | (42) |
| 2006–2007 | Boston United | 40 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Burton Albion | 21 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Boston United | ||
| 2009–2010 | Stamford | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Farrell began his career at non-league club Redditch United in 1991 before joining Aston Villa in 1992 for a fee of £45,000.[1] He made eight league and cup appearances for Aston Villa in three seasons and then joined Wycombe Wanderers for a fee of £100,000, where he made over 70 appearances in all competitions in two seasons.[1] He moved on to Peterborough United in June 1997, where he spent nine seasons, making almost 400 appearances and scored 52 goals, and became a London Road legend.[1] He was not offered a new contract at the end of the 2005–06 season, due to the manager wanting someone younger, and left the club,[2] joining Boston United in June 2006,[3] where he made 43 appearances during the 2006–07 season as Boston were ultimately relegated from the Football League in May 2007.[4]
After one season at Boston, Farrell joined Conference National side Burton Albion in July 2007.[5] He was released by Burton after his one-year contract expired at the end of the 2007–08 season[6] and re-joined Boston United, now in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, in June 2008.[4]
Career statistics edit
This table is incomplete.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 1992–93[7][8] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 1993–94[9] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1994–95[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1995–96[11] | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Scunthorpe United (loan) | 1992–93[8] | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 1995–96[11] | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
| 1996–97 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Peterborough United | 1997–98[12] | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 8 |
| 1998–99[12] | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 1999–00[12] | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 6 | |
| 2000–01[12] | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9 | |
| 2001–02[12][B] | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8 | |
| 2002–03[12] | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
| 2003–04[12] | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 6 | |
| 2004–05[12] | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2005–06[13] | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
| Total | 337 | 42 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 388 | 52 | |
| Boston United | 2006–07 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Burton Albion | 2007–08 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Career totals | 468 | 52 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 538 | 62 | |
Notes edit
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy unless stated. In 1999/00 the data relates to the Football League play-offs.
- B. ^ The season summary source wrongly lists Farrell as scoring two goals in 'Other competitions'. This is proved to be incorrect by analysis of Peterborough's games/scorers for that season [1]
Honours edit
Individual
References edit
- ^ a b c "David Farrell". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Veteran Farrell exits London Road". BBC Sport. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Boston complete double signing". BBC Sport. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ a b "Taylor goes on shopping spree". Non League Daily. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Burton boss captures Boston pair". BBC Sport. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Brewers sign Banim as trio leave". BBC Sport. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Games played by David Farrell in 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
- ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1994). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7857-1.
- ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7.
- ^ a b Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Soccerbase – Peterborough player stats by season
- ^ "Peterborough: Squad Stats". Soccerbase. Century Comm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.
External links edit
- David Farrell at Soccerbase
- Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
