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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.

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.[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

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

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

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "David Farrell". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Veteran Farrell exits London Road". BBC Sport. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Boston complete double signing". BBC Sport. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Taylor goes on shopping spree". Non League Daily. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  5. ^ "Burton boss captures Boston pair". BBC Sport. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  6. ^ "Brewers sign Banim as trio leave". BBC Sport. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Games played by David Farrell in 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ^ a b Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
  9. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1994). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7857-1.
  10. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7.
  11. ^ a b Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h Soccerbase – Peterborough player stats by season
  13. ^ "Peterborough: Squad Stats". Soccerbase. Century Comm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  14. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.