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

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

. He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in 1996–97, 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. He subsequently played for

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Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro ...

(where he scored once against

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

) and

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

. He joined Macclesfield Town in January 2005, where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007

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tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. He signed a new contract in June 2007, 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 Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...

. Morley joined

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

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.

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* *https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055355/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/clubs {{DEFAULTSORT:Morley, Dave 1977 births Living people English men's footballers Manchester City F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Bangor City F.C. players English Football League players Cymru Premier players Bala Town F.C. players Men's association football defenders Footballers from St Helens, Merseyside