Adam Farley (born 12 January 1980) is an English

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who most recently played for

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. He is a defender.

Career

Farley joined Everton as a schoolboy and was part of their 1998

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-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 Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

in February 1999, and was substitute at

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and

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. 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

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in 2000, making 34 league appearances and scoring one goal for the club. He joined

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...

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 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. After a brief stint at

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at the start of the 2010–11 season, Farley signed for Leigh Genesis to help out a friend and former teammate, Mark Maddox. In December, he moved with teammate John Lawless to

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. The pair only played in two games before manager

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and the entire first team resigned in January 2011. Farley and Lawless were swiftly signed by

, 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 *

1998 – Winner ;Droylsden *

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...

2004 – Runner-Up *

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. Geographically, the league c ...

2004 – Winner *

Peter Swales Shield The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. Geographically, the league c ...

2004 – Winner *

Manchester Premier Cup The Manchester Premier Cup (also known as the Frank Hannah Manchester Premier Cup) is an annual English football knockout tournament involving teams from Greater Manchester, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Manchester Football A ...

2004 – Winner ;Marine *

Liverpool Senior Cup The Liverpool County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Liverpool Senior Cup, is a Football (soccer), football knockout tournament involving teams from the city of Liverpool, England and surrounding areas. It is the County cu ...

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

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. His secondary school De La Salle Humanities College, was also attended by

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and

Francis Jeffers Francis Jeffers (born 25 January 1981) is an English football coach and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach at Oldham Athletic. Jeffers started his career at his boyhood club Everton, making his debut in 1997 as a 16-year-o ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farley, Adam English men's footballers 1980 births Living people Everton F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. Leigh Genesis F.C. players Formby F.C. players Burscough F.C. players A.F.C. Liverpool players Premier League players Men's association football central defenders North West Counties Football League players Footballers from Liverpool 21st-century English sportsmen