George Farm
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Neil Farm | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 2004 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Armadale Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1948 | Hibernian | 7 | (0) |
| 1948–1960 | Blackpool | 461 | (1) |
| 1960–1964 | Queen of the South | 119 | (0) |
| Total | 587 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1952–1959 | Scotland | 10 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1961–1964 | Queen of the South (player-manager) | ||
| 1964–1967 | Raith Rovers | ||
| 1967–1970 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1971–1974 | Raith Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George Neil Farm (13 July 1924 – 18 July 2004) was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager.
Born in Slateford, a suburb of Edinburgh, Farm represented his country on ten occasions, the last three of which occurred after a gap of five years.
Well-built, Farm possessed a distinctive way of holding the ball, preferring to catch it with one hand above and one below, as opposed to the more orthodox style of one hand on either side of the ball. He was a perfectionist, and could often be seen practising long after his teammates had left.
After playing junior football with Armadale Thistle, Farm began his professional career in 1947 at Hibernian. After a year and only seven first-team appearances at Easter Road, Farm signed for Blackpool. Farm was kept out of the Hibs team by the good form of Jimmy Kerr.
Farm signed for Blackpool, then in the England first division, on a free transfer. He went on to break several appearance records and played in two FA Cup finals (see 1951 FA Cup Final and 1953 FA Cup Final).
Farm made his league debut for Blackpool on 18 September 1948, replacing an out-of-form Joe Robinson, in a home draw against Bolton Wanderers. Robinson did not play for Blackpool again, as Farm went on to play in 111 consecutive league games. The first game he missed, due to his receiving a first cap for Scotland, on 18 October 1952, Blackpool lost, 4–0 at Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Sharratt deputised for that game.
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