John Farmer (footballer)

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John Farmer
Personal information
Full name John Farmer [1]
Date of birth (1947-08-31) 31 August 1947 (age 75) [1]
Place of birth Biddulph, England [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1974 Stoke City 163 (0)
1967 → Cleveland Stokers (loan) 3 (0)
1975 → Leicester City (loan) 2 (0)
1976 Northwich Victoria
Total168(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Farmer (born 31 August 1947) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Stoke City. [1]

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Career

Farmer was a product of Stoke City's youth system after being found playing amateur football in his local town of Biddulph. [1] He broke into the first team in 1966 at the age of eighteen and is therefore one of the youngest keepers ever to play for the club. [1] He initially began to play regularly for Stoke but when Farmer was 20 years old manager Tony Waddington signed England world cup winner Gordon Banks and Farmer lost his place as number one. [1] He however resisted the chances to switch clubs and remained loyal to Stoke providing useful back-up to Banks. [1] Farmer reclaimed his starting spot in 1972–73 as Banks was involved in a car crash which left him blind in one eye and as a result had to retire from playing top flight football. [1]

He played regularly for three seasons until another England 'keeper, Peter Shilton joined Stoke in November 1974 for a then world record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000. Farmer then joined the club that Shilton had come from, Leicester City, and played twice for the "Foxes" before returning to Stoke. [1] He left Stoke at the end of the 1974–75 and went on to play for Northwich Victoria.

Career statistics

Source: [2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1965–66 First Division 1700000—170
1966–67 First Division3401010—360
1967–68 First Division200000—20
1968–69 First Division1200020—140
1969–70 First Division100000—10
1970–71 First Division3000102 [lower-alpha 1] 060
1971–72 First Division6010104 [lower-alpha 2] 0120
1972–73 First Division33010001 [lower-alpha 3] 0350
1973–74 First Division38010304 [lower-alpha 4] 0460
1974–75 First Division17000502 [lower-alpha 3] 0240
Total1630401301301930
Cleveland Stokers (loan) 1967 United Soccer Association 30———30
Leicester City (loan) 1974–75 First Division200000—20
Career total1680401301301980
  1. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup and Texaco Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Three appearances in Watney Cup and one in Texaco Cup

Honours

Stoke City

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ John Farmer at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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