Michael Farrell (footballer)

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Michael Farrell
Personal information
Full name Michael John Farrell [1]
Date of birth 1902
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1923-1928 St James's Gate
International career
1924 Ireland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael John Farrell (born 1902, date of death unknown) was an Irish footballer. [2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. [3]

1924 Olympics

Farrell was one of five St James's Gate players selected for the Irish Free State team at the Paris Olympics. Others included Paddy Duncan, Tom Murphy, Charlie Dowdall, and Ernie MacKay. [4] Farrell started Ireland's inaugural game against Bulgaria on 28 May 1924 at the Stade Olympique where his teammate Duncan would score the only goal to secure a historic debut win for the Irish Free State. [5] Farrell himself hit the woodwork during the tie. [6]

Farrell started Ireland's next match against the Netherlands in the tournament Quarter-Finals at the Stade de Paris on 2 June 1924. [7] Ireland would lose the game 2-1 after Dutch forward Ok Formenoy settled the tie with a strike in the 104th minute of play.

Ireland would end their time in France by playing Estonia in a friendly at the Stade Olympique, winning 3–1. However, Farrell didn't play in this match. He made one further appearance in an international friendly game in Dublin against United States, and this would be his last cap for Ireland. [8]

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