Peter Farrell

Peter John Farrell (born 10 January 1957) is an English former football player and coach.

He started his career as a midfielder with Bury in 1975 before he made a £40,000 move to Port Vale in 1978. Loaned out to Doncaster Rovers and Shrewsbury Town in 1981, he joined Rochdale in 1982. He transferred to Crewe Alexandra in 1985, before he finished his career at non-League Barrow after a short tour of Europe. During this tour he played for Västra Frölunda (Sweden), Norrby (Sweden), Keflavík (Iceland), Hamilton Academical (Scotland), and APOEL (Cyprus). He later spent ten years as a coach at Bolton Wanderers and two years as a coach at Brentford. He was appointed manager of Warri Wolves (Nigeria) in February 2016 before briefly returning to former club Port Vale as a coach four months later.

Playing career Farrell played for Ormskirk before turning professional at Third Division Bury in 1975. Under Bobby Smith, the "Shakers" posted mid-table finishes in 1975–76 and 1976–77, before continuing to finish an equally uneventful 1977–78 campaign in mid-table under the management of Bob Stokoe. During his three years at the club, Farrell made 54 league appearances and scored nine goals.

Farrell joined Dennis Butler's Port Vale for a then-club record fee of £40,000 in November 1978. He became a regular in the Fourth Division side, but was soon 'castigated' by Vale fans. In ten years he worked his way up from under-18 coach to assistant academy director. Following Rösler's departure to Wigan Athletic on 7 December 2013, Farrell left the club nine days later. He returned to football as manager of Nigeria Premier League side Warri Wolves in February 2016. He was appointed as first-team coach at former club Port Vale in June 2016, working under new manager Bruno Ribeiro. However, he never actually signed a contract with the club or took a day's training leaving chairman Norman Smurthwaite to explain that "...it is just not geographically possible and it has put a lot of pressure on him, so Peter is now not going to be part of the future".

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