Mick Farmer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Chester Farmer | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Playing position | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
1961–1962 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1962–1965 | Birmingham City | 1 | (1) |
1965–1966 | Lincoln City | 22 | (0) |
1966–196x | Skegness Town | ? | (?) |
– | Arnold F.C. | ? | (?) |
– | Skegness Town | ? | (?) |
1970–1974 | Grantham Town | ? | (?) |
1973–1974 | → Oadby Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Michael Chester "Mick" Farmer (born 22 November 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City[1] and Lincoln City.[2] He played as a wing half.
Career
Farmer was born in Leicester. He began his football career as an apprentice with Birmingham City in 1961, and turned professional the following year. Described as a "tall, well-built midfielder with a powerful shot",[3] Farmer scored on his debut in the First Division on 1 February 1964, deputising for Malcolm Beard in a 3–2 defeat at Ipswich Town.[4] This proved to be his only first-team appearance for the club, and in the 1965 close season he joined Lincoln City.[3] Farmer spent only one season with Lincoln, playing 22 games, all in the Fourth Division,[5] before moving into non-league football with Skegness Town and Arnold Town.[3]
Prior to the 1970–71 season he signed for Grantham, then playing in the Midland League. By the time his Grantham career ended some four-and-a-half years and 143 games later, he had won two Midland League titles, a Southern League Division One North title and contributed to the club's Southern League runners-up spot in 1974, though in 1973–74 season he spent time on loan at Oadby Town and took no part in Grantham's run to the Third Round of the FA Cup.[6][7]
After leaving professional football he worked in finance.[6]
References
- ↑ "Birmingham City : 1947/48–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ↑ "Lincoln City : 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 199.
- ↑ "Mick Farmer". Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Mick Farmer". Grantham Town FC Stats. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ↑ "Grantham". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
External links
- Lincoln City details and photo at the Lincoln City FC Archive
- Profile at Grantham Town FC Stats