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According to wiki Farrell left for S Africa after leaving Bury. Just out of interest does anyone know his whereabouts. I did find a Greg Farrell on facebook, but unless somone recognises him 50 years on there is no info on him being a former footballer.
Suprised nobody has mentioned Tarki Micallef
Garth blue your obviously a big fan of Tarki but I would say lethal lynex had more skill than him and he couldn't trap a bag of cement !
Alan Curtis Indeed
What a great great player
Treated disgracefully by some of our fans because he used to play for swansea
Andy legg after a few wobbles ? Bluebird legend
I was at the Farrell, but, for some reason, my main memory is of the Middlesbrough centre half scoring a hat trick - I was only ten mind.
Was it true about the "fingers" nickname?
Greg Farrell
Barrie Jones
Ivor Allchirch
It’s a long time ago but I am sure that he was referred to as “fingers” whilst he was a City player. The stories going around at the time involved a burglary and stealing the contents of a gas/electricity meter. Whether the detail Of the story is true or not who knows. I don’t remember any stories about theft from the dressing room.
Someone told me about the thefts from the dressing room years after Farrell had retired and I've never had much of an opinion one way or another about how true it was. This passage from a website I have access to implies that his sale was for another reason and it would appear that he eventually returned to this country from South Africa;-
"A George Swindin signing, he was a alarmingly inconsistent winger who could give the best of players a hard time on his best days, but on his worst, and they seemed to outnumber the best, he was somewhat less than effective. He is mainly remembered for his performance against Middlesbrough in a bottom of the table clash at the tail end of the 1965-66 season which both teams had to win to avoid relegation. He got a goal, turned in a brilliant display, and City won by 5-3 in a game that has come to be known as "Farrell's Match". He had started out in League football with Birmingham City in March 1961 following his apprenticeship there, but only made 4 League appearances for them before joining City. His time with the club ground to a halt when he got a suspension for getting sent off at home to Crystal Palace on Boxing Day 1966 and after that he was never a regular in the side, as Jimmy Scoular transferred him away to Bury just before that season's transfer deadline. He finished the 1966-67 there, before embarking on a very sucessful 1967-68 season, becoming something of a terrace favourite as a result. Unfortunately the 1968-69 season was something of a nightmare, with a cartlilage problem making further progress impossible. He evetually left Bury in the summer of 1970 after 83 League appearances in which he scored 15 goals, emigrating to South Africa, where he played for Cape Town for a number of seasons. He returned to live in the UK during the 1990's, and although resident in the Midlands, he has been reported as in attendance at Gigg Lane on a number of occasions."
In my opinion it is the best individual performance I have seen by a City player. It was a great shame that he infrequently reproduced only a fraction of that level of performance. Some years ago I saw a poll of the Bury FC Legends and he was in the top 3 so he is remembered as a special player there as well.
I'm amazed no one's mentioned Eddie Johnson who scored one of the most memorable goals at Ninian....."USA, USA, USA".
As others have said, Ian Gibson has to be top of the list with Greg Farrell, on his day, close behind