Personal information | |||
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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]