Alec Farmer Explained

Alec Farmer
Fullname:	Alexander Farmer
Birth Date:	9 October 1908
Birth Place:	Lochgelly, Scotland
Position:	Half back, inside forward
Height:	5 ft 10+1/2 in^[1]
Clubs1:	Kettering Town
Years2:	1930–1931
Clubs2:	Nottingham Forest
Caps2:	16
Goals2:	0
Years3:	1931
Clubs3:	Leicester City
Caps3:	0
Goals3:	0
Clubs4:	Yeovil & Petters United
Years5:	1933–1939
Clubs5:	Queens Park Rangers
Caps5:	79
Goals5:	10

Alexander Farmer (9 October 1908 – 1986) was a Scottish professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a half back and inside forward in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest.^[2]

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1930–31^[3]	Second Division	15	0	0	0	—		15	0
	1931–32		1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	—		16	0
Queens Park Rangers	1933–34^[4]	Third Division South	12	0	—		—		12	0
	1934–35^[5]		26	7	1	0	4^[6]	0	31	7
	1935–36^[7]		9	3	0	0	1	0	10	3
	1936–37^[8]		25	0	2	0	0	0	27	0
	1937–38^[9]		7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
	1938–39^[10]		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Total		79	10	3	0	7	0	89	10
Career total			95	10	3	0	7	0	105	10

1. News: Queen's Park Rangers. Relying on old team . Sunday Dispatch Football Guide . London . 23 August 1936 . xii . Newspapers.com.
2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 95.
3. Web site: Alec Farmer . 14 July 2019 . The City Ground.
4. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1933–34 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.
5. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1934–35 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.
6. Appearance(s) in Third Division South Cup
7. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1935–36 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.
8. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1936–37 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.
9. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1937–38 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.
10. Web site: Seasonal Stats – 1938–39 . 29 December 2018 . QPRnet.