Gareth Farrelly

Gareth Farrelly

Personal information
Full name	Gareth Farrelly
Date of birth	(1975-08-28) 28 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Home Farm
1992–1995	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Aston Villa	8	(0)
1995	→ Rotherham United (loan)	10	(2)
1997–1999	Everton	27	(1)
1999–2004	Bolton Wanderers	78	(5)
2003	→ Rotherham United (loan)	6	(0)
2003	→ Burnley (loan)	12	(0)
2003–2004	→ Bradford City (loan)	14	(0)
2004	Wigan Athletic	7	(0)
2004–2006	Bohemians	41	(7)
2006–2007	Blackpool	1	(0)
2007–2008	Cork City	21	(2)
2009–2010	Morecambe	0	(0)
2010	Warrington Town	5	(0)
Total		230	(17)
International career
1992	Republic of Ireland U17	1	(0)
1997	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(1)
1996–2000	Republic of Ireland	6	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Bohemians (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gareth Farrelly (born 28 August 1975) is an Irish football manager and former professional footballer.

He played as a midfielder notably in the Premier League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers and Everton. He also played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Burnley, Bradford City, Wigan Athletic, Blackpool and Morecambe, as well as in his native Ireland for Bohemians and Cork City and English non-league team Warrington Town. He also played six times for the Republic of Ireland.

Club career

Born in Dublin, Farrelly played schoolboy football for Bohemians F.C. Aston Villa signed him as a 16-year-old in 1992, and he made his Villa début on 20 September 1995 against Peterborough United.

Farrelly moved to Everton in July 1997 for approximately £700,000, and after a season where Everton, and Farrelly personally, struggled, he scored the goal (ironically with his weaker right foot after numerous wayward efforts with left foot throughout the season) that preserved their Premier League status on the final day of the 1997–98 season against Coventry City. ^[2] Ironically, this goal also relegated his next club, Bolton Wanderers. He also scored once in the League Cup against Scunthorpe United. ^[3] However, he was soon on the move to Bolton Wanderers, initially on loan. He won promotion back to the Premier League with Bolton in 2001, scoring the opening goal for them in the play-off final, ^[4] but then fell out of favour. He was subsequently loaned out to Rotherham United, Burnley, Bradford City, and latterly Wigan Athletic.

Farrelly joined Bohemian F.C. in late August 2004 as player-manager, making his début as a late substitute in the 1–0 home win against Cork City on 17 September 2004.

He was sacked on 30 August 2006 following Bohemians' elimination from the FAI Cup at the hands of Shamrock Rovers, in which he missed a penalty late in the game. ^[5]

Farrelly then underwent a trial with Leicester City. He left the Foxes after they ended their interest in him. On 24 November 2006, he joined Blackpool on a short-term contract, which expired in February 2007.

On 15 February 2007, he agreed to sign for Eircom League of Ireland Premier Division side Cork City on a two-year contract. Farrelly was however not allowed to play for Cork until 1 July 2007 as FIFA regulations at the time allowed players to play professionally for a maximum two clubs in the period between 1 July of one year and 20 June of the next (see FIFA Two for an explanation on this case and an ensuing amendment to the regulation in question:). ^[6]

On 12 May 2008 Farrelly underwent a serious operation to remove a tumour from his pancreas. His manager Alan Matthews reported: "Gareth has had major surgery and remains in intensive care in Warwick hospital." The operation was an apparent success. ^[7] Following his illness he had spells at Morecambe and Warrington. Farrelly settled a case against Cork City for unfair dismissal in October 2009. ^[8]

International career

Farrelly made his full international debut for Ireland as a 21-year-old, and has six caps.

Personal life

Since retiring as a professional footballer, Gareth moved into a career in law. He undertook an LLB degree at Edge Hill University, ^[9] before training as a solicitor in London. ^{[10] [11]} During his training he spent time on secondment in the legal team at Everton. ^[12]

Honours

Cork City

• FAI Cup (1): 2007

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Bohemians	Ireland	2004	2006	66	27	14	25	40.91

References

1. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1998). Playfair Football Annual 1998–99 (51st ed.). London: Headline. p. 45. ISBN   978-0-7472-5917-6.
2. "Everton thank Vialli after all". BBC. 10 May 1998. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
3. "Farrelly's strike ensures troubled Everton avoid another embarrassment". The Independent . London. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
4. "Brilliant Bolton seal Premiership return". London: BBC. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
5. "Bohs sack Farrelly after Rovers defeat". RTÉ News. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
6. "Archives". BreakingNews.ie.
7. "Farrelly continues to recover". Setanta Sports. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. "Farrelly drops court action against Cork". Newstalk.ie . Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
9. Hyde, John (2 October 2017). "Blue collar: Gareth Farrelly". Law Gazette.
10. "Gareth Farrelly: 'I still think all the time that I am part of the 10% that live'". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 October 2016.
11. Conn, David (13 December 2018). "Aston Villa remove Kevin MacDonald from coaching after new bullying claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
12. "Gareth Farrelly: Everton footballer turned Everton lawyer". Lawyer 2B . Retrieved 30 August 2017.

External links

• Gareth Farrelly at Soccerbase