David Farrell (footballer, born 1971) explained

David Farrell
Fullname:David William Farrell
Birth Date:1971 11, df=y
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Years1:1991–1992
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Years2:1992–1995
Caps2:6
Goals2:0
Years3:1993
Clubs3:Scunthorpe United (loan)
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1995–1997
Caps4:60
Goals4:6
Years5:1997–2006
Caps5:337
Goals5:42
Years6:2006–2007
Caps6:40
Goals6:1
Years7:2007–2008
Caps7:21
Goals7:0
Years8:2008–2009
Years9:2009–2010
Club-Update:12:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

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.

Career

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. 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. 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.

After one season at Boston, Farrell joined Conference National side Burton Albion in July 2007.[4] He was released by Burton after his one-year contract expired at the end of the 2007–08 season[5] and re-joined Boston United, now in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, in June 2008.[6]

Career statistics

This table is incomplete.

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa1992–93[7] 20000020
1993–94[8] 4000000040
1994–95[9] 0000200020
1995–96[10] 0000
Total6000200080
Scunthorpe United (loan)1992–93512071
Wycombe Wanderers1995–96337202020397
1996–97?0000000?0
Total60600?0????
Peterborough United1997–98426304141538
1998–99374101010404
1999–00353002033406
2000–01[11] 447512100519
2001–02386522010468
2002–03373100010393
2003–04445301031516
2004–05312401000362
2005–06[12] 296101010326
Total3374223314214538852
Boston United2006–07?0000000?0
Burton Albion2007–08?0000000?0
Career totals4685227323220553862

Notes

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 http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1996#teamTabs=results

Honours

Individual

1997–98 Third Division[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Farrell. Soccerbase. Racing Post. 6 July 2008. 27 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071127140518/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2428. live.
  2. News: Veteran Farrell exits London Road . 6 June 2008. BBC Sport. 6 July 2008.
  3. News: Boston complete double signing . 14 June 2006. BBC Sport. 6 July 2008.
  4. News: Burton boss captures Boston pair . 24 July 2007. BBC Sport. 6 July 2008.
  5. News: Brewers sign Banim as trio leave . BBC Sport . 13 May 2008 . 6 July 2008.
  6. News: Taylor goes on shopping spree. 6 July 2008. Non League Daily. 6 July 2008.
  7. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94 . Rollin . Jack . 1993 . Headline . 0-7472-7895-4 .
  8. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95 . Rollin . Jack . 1994 . Headline . 0-7472-7857-1 .
  9. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96 . Rollin . Jack . 1995 . Headline . 0-7472-7823-7 .
  10. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97 . Rollin . Glenda . 1996 . Headline . 0-7472-7781-8 .
  11. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1996#teamTabs=stats Soccerbase – Peterborough player stats by season
  12. Web site: Peterborough: Squad Stats. Soccerbase. Century Comm. 7 August 2013.
  13. Book: Barry J. . Hugman . The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . 1998 . Queen Anne Press . Harpenden . 978-1-85291-588-9 . 352.