Priestley Farquharson

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Priestley Farquharson
Personal information
Full name Priestley Tyler Heginbottom Farquharson [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Halifax, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 6
Youth career
Wycombe Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Hitchin Town
2016 Hayes & Yeading United 1 (0)
2017 Billericay Town
2017 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Hayes & Yeading United 35 (0)
2019–2021 Connah's Quay Nomads 43 (5)
2021–2023 Newport County 54 (4)
2023– Walsall 21 (1)
International career
2014–2018 England (beach soccer) 61 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Priestley Tyler Heginbottom Farquharson (born 15 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Walsall. He has been capped by the England national beach soccer team.

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Early and personal life

Farquharson was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, [2] and raised in London. [3] He was released by Wycombe Wanderers as a teenager before working as a barman and spending four years with the England national beach soccer team, [4] earning 61 caps and representing his country at the 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal. [5] He attended Brunel University and was captain of their football team. [3] [4] [5]

Career

Early career

Farquharson played English non-league football for Hitchin Town, [6] Billericay Town, [6] Hayes & Yeading United [6] [7] [8] and Bishop's Stortford [6] before signing for Cymru Premier side Connah's Quay Nomads in January 2019. [5] At Connah's Quay Nomads he was part of the 2019–20 squad which won the Welsh League Cup and Cymru Premier double, with Farquharson being named the League's Young Player of the Season in 2020. [5] [6]

Newport County

On 21 January 2021 Farquharson signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with League Two Newport County for an undisclosed fee. [6] [9] He made his debut for Newport as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 League Two win against Grimsby Town on 6 February 2021. [10] Farquharson played for Newport in the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 31 May 2021 which Newport lost to Morecambe, 1–0 after a 107th minute penalty. [11] He suffered a knee injury at the end of the 2021–22 season. [12] In August 2022 he was praised by Newport manager James Rowberry. [13] He scored his first two goals for Newport in the League Two 2–0 win against Gillingham on 19 November 2022. [14] He was offered a new contract by Newport at the end of the 2022–23 season. [15]

Walsall

In June 2023 it was announced that he would sign for Walsall on 1 July 2023. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 August 2024 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Connah's Quay Nomads 2018–19 [18] Welsh Premier League 7020001 [c] 0100
2019–20 [19] Cymru Premier [d] 21210105 [e] 0282
2020–21 [20] Cymru Premier15300002 [f] 0173
Total435301080555
Newport County 2020–21 [20] League Two 130——3 [g] 0160
2021–22 [21] League Two100001000110
2022–23 [22] League Two31421302 [h] 0385
Total544214050655
Walsall 2023–24 [23] League Two 181300000211
2024–25 [24] League Two3000000030
Total211300000241
Career total11810815013014411
  1. ↑ Appearances in Welsh Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Welsh League Cup and English League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ The league was rebranded as the Cymru Premier for the 2019–20 season
  5. ↑ Two appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup and three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League and one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in League Two play-offs
  8. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Connah's Quay Nomads

Individual

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  8. ↑ "A-Z of Hayes & Yeading United (Surnames E to H)". www.hyufc.com. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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  10. ↑ "Newport County 1–0 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Shrimps go up with extra-time penalty". BBC Sport. 31 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "'He can be one of our main men' - Fit-again defender to fight for County start". South Wales Argus. 16 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Praise for Priestley as imposing defender continues on comeback trail for County". South Wales Argus.
  14. ↑ "Farquharson header helps County beat Gills". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ "Demetriou among seven offered Newport contracts" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Walsall sign Farquharson following Newport exit" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  19. ↑ "Games played by Priestley Farquharson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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