Jack Farrell (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Farrell | ||
| Date of birth | 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Tunstall, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 February 1947 (aged 73–74) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Dresden United | |||
| 1894–1895 | Stoke | 16 | (6) |
| 1895–1898 | Southampton St. Mary's | 52 | (28) |
| 1898–1899 | Stoke | 22 | (4) |
| 1899–1900 | Southampton | 21 | (12) |
| 1900–1901 | New Brighton Tower | 31 | (6) |
| 1901–1902 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1902–1903 | West Ham United | 20 | (3) |
| Total | 162 | (59) | |
| National team | |||
| 1898 | Football League | 1 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
John Farrell (1873 – 22 February 1947) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Farrell played in the Football League for Stoke and New Brighton Tower and played a major part in Southern League club Southampton's major cup runs at the turn of the 20th Century.
Farrell was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire and started his football career at Dresden United before joining Stoke in October 1894 for a fee of £40. In his first season in the Football League, he made 16 league appearances, scoring six goals as Stoke finished the season in 14th place and had to play-off against Newton Heath to retain their First Division status. Stoke easily overcame their Second Division opponents with Farrell scoring one of the three goals (the others came from Joe Schofield).
In the spring of 1895, Charles Robson, the newly appointed secretary/manager of Southampton St. Mary's, and Alfred McMinn, one of the club committee, visited "the Potteries" in search of new players to strengthen the team ready for their second season in the Southern League. McMinn was a native of Staffordshire and was "most persuasive on his home turf". On this trip, Robson and McMinn signed six players: Farrell, Samuel Meston and Willie Naughton from Stoke, Watty Keay from Derby County, Joe Turner from Dresden United and Alf Wood from Burslem Port Vale, as well as recruiting Stoke's long-serving trainer, Bill Dawson. The Saints committee were anxious to secure their services and signed them before the Football League season was over. Port Vale and Stoke lodged a complaint with the Football Association (FA) about "poaching", and an emergency FA meeting was held at Sheffield, resulting in the Saints being severely censured for negligence. St Mary's were ordered to pay their own costs, plus £4 6s 3d to Stoke and £1 13s to Port Vale. McMinn was suspended for a year and Dawson for a month. Wood's registration with St Mary's was cancelled (shortly afterwards he moved to Stoke).
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