Fred Farrington

Fred Farrington
Personal information
Full name Fred Farrington[1]
Date of birth 1867
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Date of death

1924 (aged 56–57)

Playing position Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1894 Burslem Port Vale 30 (4)
Total 30 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Fred Farrington (1867 – 1924) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Burslem Port Vale between 1888 and 1894. He served as club captain in the 1892–93 season.

Playing career

Farrington probably joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1888.[1] He took four years to establish himself in the first team, but was a regular in the first team from March 1892, and played in the 1892 Staffordshire Charity Cup victory.[1] He was appointed as club captain for the 1892–93 season, as the club became founder members of the Football League Second Division.[1] He scored two goals in a 4–1 win over Crewe Alexandra at the Athletic Ground on 24 September.[1] He also claimed goals against Burton Swifts and Darwen to finish the campaign with four goals in 18 league games.[1] He featured just five times in the 1893–94 season, and retired due to ill health in April 1894.[1]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale1888–89Combination10000010
1889–90–00002121
1890–91–00000000
1891–92–700081151
1892–93Second Division1841010204
1893–94Second Division40100050
Total 30420112436

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 99. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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