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.

David Farrell
Personal information
Full name David William Farrell
Date of birth (1971-11-11) 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

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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 1992–93[7][8] 200000–20
1993–94[9] 4000000040
1994–95[10] 0000200020
1995–96[11] 00–––00
Total 6000200080
Scunthorpe United (loan) 1992–93[8] 51––––2071
Wycombe Wanderers 1995–96[11] 337202020397
1996–97 ?0000000?0
Total 60600?0????
Peterborough United 1997–98[12] 426304141538
1998–99[12] 374101010404
1999–00[12] 353002033406
2000–01[12] 447512100519
2001–02[12][B] 386522010468
2002–03[12] 373100010393
2003–04[12] 445301031516
2004–05[12] 312401000362
2005–06[13] 296101010326
Total 3374223314214538852
Boston United 2006–07 ?0000000?0
Burton Albion 2007–08 ?0000000?0
Career totals 4685227323220553862

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

Honours

Individual

References
  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.
  4. "Taylor goes on shopping spree". Non League Daily. 6 July 2008. 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. 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. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
  12. 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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