Adam Farley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam John Farley | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AFC Liverpool | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–98 | Everton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2000 | Everton | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Altrincham | 34 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Droylsden | 209 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Witton Albion | 45 | (3) |
| 2005–2009 | Marine | 221 | (6) |
| 2010 | Leigh Genesis | 9 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Formby | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Burscough | ||
| 2011– | A.F.C. Liverpool | 18 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Adam Farley (born 12 January 1980) is an English footballer who most recently played for A.F.C. Liverpool. He is a defender.
Farley joined Everton as a schoolboy and was part of their 1998 FA Youth Cup-winning team; he was man of the match in the second leg of the final. He made one first team appearance, coming on as a substitute against Derby County in February 1999, and was substitute at West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur. However at the end of February 1999 he broke his cheekbone and jaw in an Under 19s match, and he made no further first team appearances before being released in May 2000.[1]
He joined Altrincham in 2000, making 34 league appearances and scoring one goal for the club.[2] He joined Droylsden[3] at the start of the 2001–02 season, staying with them for three years. Droylsden enjoyed the best season in their history in 2003-2004 while captained by Farley, winning four trophies, and he collected player of the year awards in 2002–03 and 2003–04. In late 2004 he joined Witton Albion on loan.[4]
Farley returned to his home city of Liverpool at the start of the 2005–06 season, signing for Marine, where he collected the player of the year award in the 2006–07 season. He also won the Liverpool senior cup with Marine beating Liverpool FC in the final 2-1.[5] He left Marine after being disciplined by the FA for betting £700 against his own team in 2008 and 2009; he also played in one of these matches. He was banned from football for nine months and fined £250.[6]
After a brief stint at Burscough at the start of the 2010–11 season, Farley signed for Leigh Genesis[7] to help out a friend and former team-mate, Mark Maddox. In December he moved with team-mate John Lawless to Formby.[8] The pair only played in two games before manager Gary Martindale and the entire first team resigned in January 2011.[9] Farley and Lawless were swiftly signed by Burscough,[10] but in November 2011 Farley moved to A.F.C. Liverpool[11] and was a member of their first team squad in 2011/12.[12]
Honours
CLUB
- EVERTON FC
- FA Youth Cup 1998—Winner
- DROYLSDEN FC
2004—Runner-Up
- Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2004—Winner
- Peter Swales Shield 2004—Winner
- Manchester Premier Cup 2004—Winner
- MARINE FC
- Liverpool Senior Cup 2008—Winner
INDIVIDUAL
- DROYLSDEN FC
- Players Player Of The Year: 2003
- Players Player Of The Year: 2004
- MARINE FC
- Players Player Of The Year: 2007
Personal life
Farley was born in Liverpool and attended both primary and secondary schools in Croxteth, Merseyside. His secondary school De La Salle Humanities College, was also attended by Wayne Rooney and Francis Jeffers. Farley is still a big Evertonian and attends every home game with the Everton Former Players Foundation.
Sporting Memories
http://football.sportingmemories.org/memory/1584-adam-farley/
References
- ↑ "Everton Past Players: Adam Farley". ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ↑ Altrincham Statistics 2000–01
- ↑ "Match Details: Hyde 0–3 Droylsden". Hyde FC. 7 October 2001. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "Altrincham FC Archived News: Old boys". Altrincham FC. 2 December 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "Marine v Altrincham, 6 August 2005". Altrincham FC. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "Four Mersey non-league footballers banned for betting breaches". Liverpool Echo. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ "Maddox hits out at 'joke' record". The Bolton News. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ↑ "Formby FC boss Gary Martindale disappointed to lose John Paul Kissock". Formby Times. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "Caretaker Boss Appointed". Formby FC Official site. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ "Two Ex Squirrels Join Linnets". Non-League Daily. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ liverpoolecho Administrator (12 November 2011). "AFC Liverpool land “best defender in the league” says manager Adam Farley". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "2011/12 Squad". Retrieved 21 March 2015.