Adam Farley
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adam Farley
| image =
| fullname = Adam John Farley
| height =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Liverpool, England
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Central defender
| youthyears1 = 1994–98
| youthclubs1 = Everton
| years1 = 1998–2000
| years2 = 2000–2001
| years3 = 2001–2004
| years4 = 2004–2005
| years5 = 2005–2009
| years6 = 2010
| years7 = 2010–2011
| years8 = 2011
| years9 = 2011–
| clubs1 = Everton
| clubs2 = Altrincham
| clubs3 = Droylsden
| clubs4 = Witton Albion
| clubs5 = Marine
| clubs6 = Leigh Genesis
| clubs7 = Formby
| clubs8 = Burscough
| clubs9 = AFC Liverpool
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 1
| caps3 = 209
| goals3 = 5
| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 3
| caps5 = 221
| goals5 = 6
| caps6 = 9
| goals6 = 2
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| caps8 = 37
| goals8 = 5
| caps9 = 18
| goals9 = 0
}}
Adam Farley (born 12 January 1980) is an English footballer who most recently played for AFC Liverpool. He is a defender.
Career
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.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} He made one first team appearance, coming on as a substitute against Derby County in February 1999, and was substitute at West Ham United 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.{{cite web
| url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/players/past/Farley.html
| title=Everton Past Players: Adam Farley
| publisher=ToffeeWeb
| accessdate=13 October 2010}}
He joined Altrincham in 2000, making 34 league appearances and scoring one goal for the club.[http://www.lusa.u-net.com/stats.htm Altrincham Statistics 2000–01] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221042433/http://www.lusa.u-net.com/stats.htm |date=21 February 2010 }} He joined Droylsden{{cite web
|url=http://www.hydefc.co.uk/report.php?id=142
|title=Match Details: Hyde 0–3 Droylsden
|publisher=Hyde FC
|date=7 October 2001
|accessdate=8 December 2010
}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} In late 2004 he joined Witton Albion on loan.{{cite web
| url=http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/alt0405r.htmd=142
| title=Altrincham FC Archived News: Old boys
| publisher=Altrincham FC
| date=2 December 2004
| accessdate=8 December 2010}}
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.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} He also won the Liverpool senior cup with Marine beating Liverpool FC in the final 2–1.
In 2009 Farley was banned from football for 9 months and fined £250 for betting against his own team in two matches, one of which he played in.{{cite web| url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/marine/news/press-release-fa-issue-charges-on-betting-73213.html
| title=Marine v Altrincham, 6 August 2005
| publisher=Altrincham FC
| date=12 December 2009
| accessdate=26 March 2018}}{{cite web|
url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/four-mersey-non-league-footballers-banned-3436438
| title=Four Mersey non-league footballers banned for betting breaches
| publisher=Liverpool Echo
| date=12 December 2009
| accessdate=4 January 2022}}
After a brief stint at Burscough at the start of the 2010–11 season, Farley signed for Leigh Genesis{{cite news| url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/8431480.Maddox_hits_out_at____joke____record/
| title=Maddox hits out at 'joke' record
| publisher=The Bolton News
| date=5 October 2010 | accessdate=13 October 2010}} to help out a friend and former teammate, Mark Maddox. In December, he moved with teammate John Lawless to Formby.{{cite news
| url=http://www.formbytimes.co.uk/formby-sport/formby-fc/2010/12/08/formby-fc-boss-gary-martindale-disappointed-to-lose-john-paul-kissock-66401-27784119/
| title=Formby FC boss Gary Martindale disappointed to lose John Paul Kissock
| publisher=Formby Times
| date=8 December 2010 | accessdate=8 December 2010}}
The pair only played in two games before manager Gary Martindale and the entire first team resigned in January 2011.{{cite web
|url=http://formbyfc.net/news/details.php?news_id=2976
|title=Caretaker Boss Appointed
|publisher=Formby FC Official site
|date=19 January 2011
|accessdate=25 January 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723133207/http://www.formbyfc.net/news/details.php?news_id=2976
|archivedate=23 July 2011
}} Farley and Lawless were swiftly signed by Burscough,{{cite web
|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=73137
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002101101/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=73137
|url-status=usurped
|archivedate=2 October 2012
|title=Two Ex Squirrels Join Linnets
|publisher=Non-League Daily
|date=25 January 2011
|accessdate=25 January 2011
}} but in November 2011 Farley moved to A.F.C. Liverpool{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/amateur-sport/afc-liverpool-land-best-defender-3360011|title=AFC Liverpool land "best defender in the league" says manager Adam Farley|author=liverpoolecho Administrator|date=12 November 2011|work=liverpoolecho|accessdate=21 March 2015}} and was a member of their first team squad in 2011–12.{{cite web|url=http://www.afcliverpool.tv/stats/201112-2/201112-squad/|title=2011/12 Squad|accessdate=21 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125842/http://www.afcliverpool.tv/stats/201112-2/201112-squad/|url-status=dead}}
Honours
=Club=
;Everton
- FA Youth Cup 1998 – Winner
;Droylsden
- Northern Premier League 2004 – Runner-Up
- Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2004 – Winner
- Peter Swales Shield 2004 – Winner
- Manchester Premier Cup 2004 – Winner
;Marine
- Liverpool Senior Cup 2008 – Winner
=Individual=
;Droylsden
- Players Player of the Year: 2003
- Players Player of the Year: 2004
;Marine
- 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,{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} was also attended by Wayne Rooney and Francis Jeffers.
References
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External links
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Droylsden F.C. players
Category:Leigh Genesis F.C. players
Category:Burscough F.C. players
Category:A.F.C. Liverpool players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:North West Counties Football League players