Dave Morley

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dave Morley

| image =

| fullname = David Thomas Morley{{cite book

| editor-last = Hugman

| editor-first = Barry J.

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09

| publisher = Mainstream

| year = 2008

| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = St Helens, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}

| position = Defender

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| youthyears1= 1995–1997

| youthclubs1= Manchester City

| years1 = 1997–1998 | years2 = 1998 | years3 = 1998–2001 | years4 = 2001 | years5 = 2001–2002 | years6 = 2001–2002 | years7 = 2002 | years8 = 2002–2005 | years9 = 2005–2007 | years10 = 2007–2009 | years11 =2009–2013 | years13 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Manchester City | clubs2 = → Ayr United (loan) | clubs3 = Southend United | clubs4 = → Carlisle United (loan) | clubs5 = Carlisle United | clubs6 = → Oxford United (loan) | clubs7 = Oxford United | clubs8 = Doncaster Rovers | clubs9 = Macclesfield Town | clubs10 = Hyde United | clubs11 =Bangor City | clubs12 = Caernarfon | clubs13 = Bala Town

| caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 76 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 = 59 | goals8 = 6 | caps9 = 103 | goals9 = 7 | caps10 = 47 | goals10 = 4 | caps11 = 113 | goals11 = 21| caps12 = 0 | caps13 = 28 | goals13 = 1

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David Thomas Morley (born 25 September 1977 in St Helens) is an English former footballer.

Morley started his career at Manchester City. He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in 1996–97,{{cite book |editor-last=Baskcomb |editor-first=Julian |title=Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98 |publisher=Polar |location=Leicester |year=1997}} p57 and broke into the senior team for the first time the following season. He made a goalscoring debut against Bury on 12 September 1997, but did not make any further starts for the club, two substitute appearances providing his only other first team action.{{cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester City – The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |location=Derby |year=2006 |isbn=1-85983-512-0}} p463

He subsequently played for Southend, Carlisle (where he scored once against Mansfield Town){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1138793.stm|title=Carlisle 2–1 Mansfield |publisher=BBC |date=27 January 2001 |accessdate=7 February 2017}} and Doncaster Rovers. He joined Macclesfield Town in January 2005,{{cite news

| title = Ex-captain Morley leaves Silkmen

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/7064447.stm

| publisher = BBC

| accessdate = 2007-10-28 | date=2007-10-26}} where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007 FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.{{cite news

|title=FA Cup Countdown: Morley looks to transform giant-killing scripts into hard news

|url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article2125341.ece

|publisher=Independent

|accessdate=2007-10-28

|location=London

|date=2007-01-05

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106043914/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article2125341.ece

|archivedate=6 January 2007

|df=dmy

}} He signed a new contract in June 2007,{{cite news

| title = Macc defenders sign on

| url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11777_2492527,00.html

| publisher = Sky Sports

| accessdate = 2007-10-28}} but left Macclesfield four months later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent following a particularly poor performance in a 3–2 defeat at Accrington.

Morley joined Bangor City in 2009, where he made 113 league appearances over four years, scoring twenty-one goals; he departed in July 2013 for Bala Town, where he spent the 2013-2014 season.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/dave-morley/34569/|title = England - D. Morley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}