David Farrell (footballer, born 1971)

David Farrell
Personal information
Full name	David William Farrell
Date of birth	11 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1992	Redditch United
1992–1995	Aston Villa
1993	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
1995–1997	Wycombe Wanderers
1997–2006	Peterborough United
2006–2007	Boston United
2007–2008	Burton Albion
2008–2009	Boston United
2009–2010	Stamford
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 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.^[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
Club	Season	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

PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98 Third Division^[14]

References

^ ^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. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. 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

David Farrell at Soccerbase
Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database

[Soccerbase-1] "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.

[Taylor_goes_on_shopping_spree-4] "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.

[Brewers_sign_Banim_as_trio_leave-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.

[roth9394-8] 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.

[roth9697-11] Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.

[petseas-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.

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