Alf Farman

Alf Farman

Personal information
Full name	Alfred H. Farman
Date of birth	April 1869
Place of birth	Kings Norton, Birmingham, England
Date of death	unknown
Playing position	Outside right Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
000?–?	Birmingham Excelsior	?	(?)
000?–1888	Aston Villa	?	(?)
1888–1889	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
1889–1895	Newton Heath	51	(18)
Total		51	(18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alfred H. "Alf" Farman (April 1869 – unknown) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, he played for Birmingham Excelsior, Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers before joining Newton Heath in early 1889. He played in three friendlies before the end of the 1888–89 season, scoring a goal in each of them. He was in the Heathens' team that first joined the Football Alliance in the 1889-90 season, and finally made his competitive debut on 9 November 1889 in a 3–0 home win over Long Eaton Rangers, in which he scored a goal. At Newton Heath, which was later renamed Manchester United, he scored 53 goals in 121 appearances, before leaving in June 1895.

He played for them in their two seasons in the First Division and for one season after they were relegated to the Second Division. He also scored the first penalty in football history during the match between Newton Heath and Blackpool in the fourth qualifying round of the 1891–92 FA Cup.

References

• Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
• Profile at MUFCInfo.com