Gareth Farrelly

Gareth Farrelly

Personal information
Full name	Gareth Farrelly
Date of birth	(1975-08-28) 28 August 1975
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Home Farm
1992-1995	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995-1997	Aston Villa	8	(0)
1995	→ Rotherham United (loan)	10	(2)
1997-1999	Everton	27	(1)
1999-2004	Bolton Wanderers	78	(5)
2003	→ Rotherham United (loan)	6	(0)
2003	→ Burnley (loan)	12	(0)
2003–2004	→ Bradford City (loan)	14	(0)
2004	Wigan Athletic	7	(0)
2004–2006	Bohemians	41	(7)
2006-2007	Blackpool	1	(0)
2007–2008	Cork City	21	(2)
2010	Warrington Town	5	(0)
International career
1992	Republic of Ireland U17	1	(0)
1997	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(1)
1996–2000	Republic of Ireland	6	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Bohemians (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Gareth Farrelly (born 28 August 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who played for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, and Everton in the Premier League, he also played six times for Ireland. He last played for Warrington Town.

Career

Farrelly played schoolboy football for Home Farm. Aston Villa signed him as a 16-year-old in 1992, and he made his Villa début on the 20th of September 1995 against Peterborough United. He moved to Everton in July 1997 for approximately £700,000, and after a season where Everton, and Farrelly personally, struggled, he scored the goal (ironically with his weaker right foot after numerous wayward efforts with left foot throughout the season)that preserved their Premier League status on the final day of the 1997–98 season against Coventry City. He also scored once in the League Cup against Scunthorpe United. However, he was soon on the move to Bolton Wanderers, initially on loan. He won promotion back to the Premier League with Bolton in 2001, scoring the opening goal for them in the play-off final, but then fell out of favour. He was subsequently loaned out to Rotherham United, Burnley, Bradford City, and latterly Wigan Athletic.

Farrelly joined Bohemian in late August 2004 as player-manager, making his début as a late substitute in the 1–0 home win against Cork City on 17 September 2004.

He was sacked on 30 August 2006 following Bohemian's elimination from the FAI Cup at the hands of Shamrock Rovers, in which he missed a penalty late in the game.

Farrelly then underwent a trial with Leicester City. He left the Foxes after they ended their interest in him. On 24 November 2006, he joined Blackpool on a short-term contract, which expired in February 2007.

On 15 February 2007, he agreed to sign for Eircom League of Ireland Premier Division side Cork City on a two-year contract (explanation on this case here: FIFA 2).

On 12 May 2008 Farrelly underwent a serious operation to remove a tumour from his pancreas. His manager Alan Matthews reported: "Gareth has had major surgery and remains in intensive care in Warwick hospital." The operation was an apparent success.

Farrelly settled his case against Cork City for unfair dismissal in October 2009.

Since retiring as a professional footballer, Gareth has moved into a career in law and now plays on an ad-hoc basis for Paul Hastings 5-a-side team.

International career

Farrelly made his full international début for Ireland as a 21-year-old, and has six caps.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Bohemians		2004	2006	66	27	14	25	40.91

External links

• Gareth Farrelly career statistics at Soccerbase