Adam Farley

Adam Farley

Personal information
Full name	Adam John Farley
Date of birth	(1980-01-12) 12 January 1980
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	AFC Liverpool
Youth career
1994–98	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Everton	1	(0)
2000–2001	Altrincham	34	(1)
2001–2004	Droylsden	209	(5)
2004–2005	Witton Albion	45	(3)
2005–2009	Marine	221	(6)
2010	Leigh Genesis	9	(2)
2010–2011	Formby	2	(0)
2011	Burscough
2011–	AFC Liverpool	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 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.

He joined Altrincham in 2000, making 34 league appearances and scoring one goal for the club. He joined Droylsden 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. In late 2004 he joined Witton Albion on loan.

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. He also won the Liverpool senior cup with Marine beating AFC Liverpool in the final 2-1. He left Marine after being disciplined by the FA for betting £700 against his own team in 2008 and 2009; he also played in one of these matches. He was banned from football for nine months and fined £250.

After a brief stint at Burscough at the start of the 2010–11 season, Farley signed for Leigh Genesis to help out a friend and former team-mate, Mark Maddox. In December he moved with team-mate John Lawless to Formby. The pair only played in two games before manager Gary Martindale and the entire first team resigned in January 2011. Farley and Lawless were swiftly signed by Burscough, but in November 2011 Farley moved to A.F.C. Liverpool and was a member of their first team squad in 2011-12.

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, was also attended by Wayne Rooney and Francis Jeffers.