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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Neil Farm[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Slateford, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 2004 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Armadale Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1948 | Hibernian | 7 | (0) |
| 1948–1960 | Blackpool | 461 | (1) |
| 1960–1964 | Queen of the South | 119 | (0) |
| Total | 587 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1959 | Scotland | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1964 | Queen of the South (player-manager) | ||
| 1964–1967 | Raith Rovers | ||
| 1967–1970 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1971–1974 | Raith Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Neil Farm (13 July 1924 – 18 July 2004) was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager.
Born in Slateford, a suburb of Edinburgh, Farm represented his country on ten occasions, the last three of which occurred after a gap of five years. He played briefly for Hibernian before making over 500 appearances for Blackpool winning the FA Cup once and collecting one FA Cup runners-up medal. With Blackpool he also finished runners-up once in the league to Manchester United. He made over 100 appearances for Queen of the South who he also managed in a promotion to Scotland's top division. he repeated that promotion managing Raith Rovers. He managed Dunfermline Athletic to a Scottish Cup victory and the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup.[2]
- ^ "George Farm". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ George Farm, Queens Legends, www.qosfc.com