| George Farm | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | George Neil Farm | |
| Date of birth | July 13, 1924 | |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Date of death | July 18, 2004 (aged 80) | |
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Armadale Thistle | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1947-1948 1948-1960 1960-1964 |
Hibernian Blackpool Queen of the South Career |
7 (0) 461 (1) 119 (0) 587 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1953-1959 | Scotland | 10 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1961-1964 1964-1967 1967-1970 1971-1974 |
Queen of the South (player-manager) Raith Rovers Dunfermline Athletic Raith Rovers |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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George Neil Farm (July 13, 1924 — July 18, 2004) was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Born in Slateford, a suburb of Edinburgh, Farm represented his country on ten occasions, the last four of which occurred after a gap of five years. Slateford is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association.
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Club player
After playing junior football with Armadale Thistle, Farm began his professional career in 1947 at Hibernian. Armadale Thistle Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in the town of Armadale, West Lothian. Hibernian Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh.
A year later, he moved South to join English club Blackpool for £2,700. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen and fellow Scot Jackie Mudie were already on the playing staff at Blackpool. Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE ( 1 February 1915 — February 23 2000) was an English football player Stanley Harding Mortensen ( 26 May 1921 — 22 May 1991) commonly referred to as Stan Mortensen, was an English professional John "Jackie" Knight Mudie ( 10 April 1930 — 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who The 1950s are the most successful decade in the club's history to date. Farm would be at the club playing top division football throughout as would right winger Matthews, forward Mudie and outside left Bill Perry. William "Bill" Perry ( September 10 1930 &ndash September 27, 2007) was a South African born English professional After being third choice at Easter Road, Farm made a name for himself at the seaside, breaking several appearance records and playing in two FA Cup finals. Easter Road is the home ground of Scottish Premier League football club Hibernian. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after
Well-built, Farm possessed a distinctive way of holding the ball, preferring to catch it with one hand above and one below, as opposed to the more orthodox style of one hand on either side of the ball. He was a perfectionist, and could often be seen practicing long after his teammates had left.
Farm made his league debut for Blackpool on September 18, 1948, replacing an out-of-form Joe Robinson, in a home draw against Bolton Wanderers. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Robinson didn't play for Blackpool again, as Farm went on to play in 111 consecutive league games. The first game he missed, due to his receiving a first cap for Scotland, on October 18, 1952, Blackpool lost, 4-0 at Tottenham Hotspur. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. He also played in all 47 of Blackpool's FA Cup ties between 1949 and 1960, including victory in the the famous 1953 "Matthews Final". Match summary Matthews inspired his team to come from 3&ndash1 down against Bolton Wanderers to win 4&ndash3 and on a personal note he claimed the trophy that had eluded him
On October 29, 1955, in a 6-2 home defeat by Preston North End, Farm became one of the few goalkeepers to score a goal. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire He injured a shoulder and replaced Mudie at centre-forward, where he proceeded to open the scoring with his head. That season Blackpool finished league runners-up, the highest finish in the club's history.
In February 1960, at the age of 35 and after over 500 first-team appearances for the Tangerines, Farm was granted a transfer. Blackpool manager Ron Suart, who had once been the goalkeeper's teammate, accepted a bid of £3,000 for the Scot from Queen of the South, a £300 profit on the fee Joe Smith had paid Hibernian twelve years earlier. Ronald Suart (born in Barrow-in-Furness in 1920 is a former English football player and manager Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries in south-west Scotland
International player
George Farm's 10 full Scotland caps included games in the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign and a 3 - 2 victory over West Germany at Hampden Park in 1959. The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup was held in Switzerland from June 16 to July 4. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Hampden Park in Glasgow is Scotland 's National stadium. Its primary use is as the home to Queen's Park F
| # | Date | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 18/10/1952 |  Wales |
SCOTLAND 2 - 1 WALES | British International Championship |
| 2 | 05/11/1952 |  Northern Ireland |
SCOTLAND 1 - 1 NORTHERN IRELAND | British International Championship |
| 3 | 18/04/1953 |  England |
ENGLAND 2 - 2 SCOTLAND | British International Championship |
| 4 | 06/05/1953 |  Sweden |
SCOTLAND 1 - 2 SWEDEN | Challenge match |
| 5 | 03/10/1953 | Northern Ireland |
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 - 3 SCOTLAND | FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | 04/11/1953 | Wales |
SCOTLAND 3 - 3 WALES | FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 7 | 03/04/1954 | England |
SCOTLAND 2 - 4 ENGLAND | FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 8 | 06/05/1959 |  Germany |
SCOTLAND 3 - 2 WEST GERMANY | Challenge match |
| 9 | 27/05/1959 |  Netherlands |
NETHERLANDS 1 - 2 SCOTLAND | Challenge match |
| 10 | 03/06/1959 |  Portugal |
PORTUGAL 1 - 0 SCOTLAND | Challenge match |
Player-manager
George Farm went on to make over 100 league appearances for Dumfries club Queen of the South, as player-manager for three of his four years with the club. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association The Portugal national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF finishing 4th at the last World Cup. Dumfries (dəmˈfriːs is a town and former Royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the He guided Queens back to the Scottish First Division with promotion as Second Division runners-up in 1961-62 with a team that included future Scotland centre forward Neil Martin, right winger Ernie Hannigan (later re-united with Martin in England's top flight at Coventry City) and goals king of Queens Jim Patterson; two years later, however, in January 1964, Farm was sacked, though the club retained him as a player. Sponsorship On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system Neil Martin (born 20 October 1940) was a Scottish football player in the 1960s and 1970s Ernie Hannigan (born 23 January 1943) is a former Scottish football player from the 1960s and 1970s Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip is an association football club based in Coventry, James " Jim " Patterson is a former professional footballer and all-time record goalscorer for Scottish League club Queen of the
Manager
A trio of three-year managerial appointments followed between the mid-1960s and mid-'70s. Firstly, from 1964 until 1967, he was in charge of Raith Rovers. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. In his final season at Raith Farm repeated his achievements at Queens by guiding Rovers to promotion to Scotland's top division.
Then, between 1967 and 1970, George Farm took charge of Dunfermline, with whom he won 51 out of 107 league games[1] in addition to winning the Scottish Cup in 1968 and guiding them to the semi-finals of the resulting 1969 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup campaign. Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland Dunfermline lost by one goal on aggregate to eventual winners Slovan Bratislava. ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a Slovak Sports club, based in Bratislava. This is the greatest achievement in the club's history, surpassing even that of Jock Stein's time at the club. John 'Jock' Stein CBE (5 October 1922 &ndash 10 September 1985 was one of the most notable managers in British football history
A second stint followed at Raith Rovers, from 1971 until 1974.
Retirement
When Farm finally retired from football in 1974, he and his wife enjoyed a quiet life in Edinburgh. He tried his hand at sports presenting on Radio Forth and also worked as a lighthouse keeper. Radio Forth is a group owning two radio stations based in Edinburgh A lighthouse keeper is the person responsible for tending and caring for a Lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms
In 1988, Farm returned to Bloomfield Road to take part in Blackpool Football Club's celebrations to mark the Football League's centenary. Bloomfield Road has been the home of English football club Blackpool Football Club since 1899 The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e
Farm died in the city of his birth in 2004, five days after his 80th birthday. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
Honours
As a player
Blackpool
As a player-manager
Queen of the South
- Scottish Second Division promotion: 1961-62
As a manager
Raith Rovers
- Scottish Second Division promotion: 1966-67
Dunfermline Athletic
Notes
References
- Calley, Roy (1992). The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Match summary Matthews inspired his team to come from 3&ndash1 down against Bolton Wanderers to win 4&ndash3 and on a personal note he claimed the trophy that had eluded him History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system History Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B was the second highest level in the Scottish system The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
- Farm's profile at the Scottish FA's website
- Independent site profile
- Seaside Legends