Dave Morley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Morley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | St Helens, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Manchester City | 2 | (1) |
| 1998 | → Ayr United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Southend United | 76 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Carlisle United | 35 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Oxford United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2002 | Oxford United | 15 | (2) |
| 2002–2005 | Doncaster Rovers | 59 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Macclesfield Town | 103 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Hyde United | 47 | (4) |
| 2009–2013 | Bangor City | 113 | (21) |
| Caernarfon | 0 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Bala Town | 28 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Thomas Morley (born 25 September 1977 in St Helens) is an English former footballer.
Morley started his career at Manchester City. He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in 1996–97,[2] and broke into the senior team for the first time the following season. He made a goalscoring debut against Bury on 12 September 1997, but did not make any further starts for the club, two substitute appearances providing his only other first team action.[3]
He subsequently played for Southend, Carlisle (where he scored once against Mansfield Town)[4] and Doncaster Rovers. He joined Macclesfield Town in January 2005,[5] where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007 FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.[6] He signed a new contract in June 2007,[7] but left Macclesfield four months later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent following a particularly poor performance in a 3–2 defeat at Accrington.[5]
Morley joined Bangor City in 2009, where he made 113 league appearances over four years, scoring twenty-one goals; he departed in July 2013 for Bala Town, where he spent the 2013-2014 season.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
- ^ Baskcomb, Julian, ed. (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98. Leicester: Polar. p57
- ^ James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0. p463
- ^ "Carlisle 2–1 Mansfield". BBC. 27 January 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Ex-captain Morley leaves Silkmen". BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "FA Cup Countdown: Morley looks to transform giant-killing scripts into hard news". London: Independent. 5 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Macc defenders sign on". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "England - D. Morley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- Hyde United F.C. players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Cymru Premier players
- Bala Town F.C. players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from St Helens, Merseyside