Stephen Farrell (footballer)

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Stephen Farrell
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Edward Farrell^[1]
Date of birth	(1973-03-08) 8 March 1973 (age 51)^[1]
Place of birth	Kilwinning, Scotland^[1]
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dumbarton (manager)
Youth career
–1990	Kilmarnock
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Stoke City	2	(0)
1992–1994	St Mirren	27	(2)
1994–1995	Stranraer	4	(1)
1995–1997	Glenafton Athletic
1997–1998	Stenhousemuir	31	(1)
1998–2005	Kilwinning Rangers
2005–2008	Cumnock Juniors
2008	Irvine Meadow
2008–2011	Cumnock Juniors
Managerial career
2009–2012	Cumnock Juniors
2017–2021	Stranraer
2021–	Dumbarton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Edward Farrell (born 8 March 1973) is a Scottish former professional footballer^[1] who manages Scottish League One club Dumbarton.

Playing career

Farrell began his professional career with Kilmarnock before joining Stoke City in January 1990.^[1] He made just two appearances for Stoke both coming as a substitute towards the end of the 1989–90 season.^[1] After Stoke suffered relegation Farrell returned to Scotland and had spells at St Mirren and Stranraer then dropped to Junior level with Glenafton Athletic.^[1] Farrell stepped back up to the Scottish Football League for one season with Stenhousemuir before heading back to Junior football in 1998.

Coaching career

He was appointed manager of Cumnock Juniors in March 2009, as successor to Campbell Money.^[2] In December 2012, Farrell was appointed assistant manager of Stranraer. He moved with Aitken to Dumbarton in May 2015.^[3]

Farrell returned to Stranraer in January 2017, taking up the position of manager after Brian Reid left the club by mutual consent.^[4]

In May 2021, Farrell returned to Dumbarton as manager on a two-year deal^[5] and was named League One manager of the month for September 2021.^[6] At the end of Farrell's first season in charge, the Sons were relegated via the playoffs to Scottish League Two.^[7] The following season the Sons won their first seven league games, with Farrell named League Two manager of the month for August 2022.^[8] He also won the award for November and December 2022, before signing a new contract with the Sons in January 2023.^[9] In Farrell's third season in charge they won promotion back to Scottish League One - defeating The Spartans 4-3 across two legs.^[10]

Personal life

Outside football, Farrell is joint deputy General Secretary of the Prison Service Union.^[11]

Career statistics

Player

Source:^[12]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1989–90	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career Total			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Managerial record

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Stranraer	20 January 2017	29 May 2021	166	53	41	72	031.9
Dumbarton	29 May 2021	Present	158	56	38	64	035.4
Total			324	109	79	136	033.64

Dumbarton statistics include League Cup forfeit defeat against St Mirren on 9 July 2021 (Co-vid Pandemic).

Honours

Dumbarton

Scottish League One play-offs: 2023-24

References

https://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=5007

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
^ McGoldrick, Kevin (27 March 2009). "Juniors preview: West". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ Findlay, Alan. "STEPHEN AITKEN ANNOUNCED AS NEW SONS MANAGER". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^ Findlay, Alan (20 January 2017). "Stephen Farrell". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "Stevie Farrell is Dumbarton's new manager". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Dumbarton Football Club - IT'S AN AWARDS DOUBLE AS STEVIE IS MANAGER OF THE MONTH!". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ "Dumbarton Football Club - Dumbarton v Edinburgh City (07/05/2022)". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Dumbarton Football Club - STEVIE FARRELL IS MANAGER OF THE MONTH". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ Galloway, Andy (19 January 2023). "MANAGEMENT TEAM EXTEND CONTRACTS". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ "Dumbarton promoted | SPFL". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ "Who We Are". Prison Service Union. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ Stephen Farrell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

Stephen Farrell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Stevie Farrell at Soccerbase

Stephen Farrell – Managerial positions

Stranraer F.C. – managers

McLindon (1970–71)
Caldow (1973–75)
Hughes (1975–76)
Hood (1980–81)
Hamilton (1981–82)
Sneddon (1982–85)
J. Clark (1986)
N. Clark (1986–87)
McAnespie (1987–96)
Money (1996–99)
McLaren (1999–2003)
Watt (2003–06)
Britton (2006–08)
Ferguson (2008–09)
Knox (2009–12)
S. Aitken (2012–15)
Reid (2015–17)
Farrell (2017–21)
Hamill (2021–23)
Agnew (2023–24)
C. Aitken (2024–)

Dumbarton F.C. – managers

Collins (1914–19)
Livingstone (1919–20)
Collins (1920–21)
Travers (1921–22)
Colman (1922–31)
Donovan (1931–39)
Smith (1939–40)
Donovan (1940–44)
Guthrie (1944–45)
Milne (1945–46)
Guthrie (1946–50)
Irvine (1950–54)
McGown (1954–59)
Combe (1959–60)
Campbell (1961–62)
Fearn (1962–64)
Toner (1964–67)
Spence (1967–68)
Stewart (1968–73)
Wright (1973–77)
Wilson (1977–80)
S. Fallon (1980–81)
Lamont (1981–84)
Wilson (1984–86)
Whiteford/Wright (1986)
Totten (1986–87)
Clougherty (1987–88)
Auld (1988)
George (1988–90)
Lamont (1990–93)
MacLeod (1993–95)
J. Fallon (1995–96)
Wallace (1996–99)
Brown (1999–2000)
Carson (2000–02)
Winnie (2002–03)
Fairley (2003–04)
Martin (2004–06)
McCabe (2006–07)
Chapman (2007–10)
Adamson (2010–12)
Murray (2012–15)
Aitken (2015–18)
Duffy (2018–21)
Farrell (2021–)

v t e Current Scottish Professional Football League managers
2024–25 Premiership	Thelin (Aberdeen) Rodgers (Celtic) Docherty (Dundee) Goodwin (Dundee United) Critchley (Heart of Midlothian) Gray (Hibernian) McInnes (Kilmarnock) Kettlewell (Motherwell) Clement (Rangers) Cowie (Ross County) Valakari (St Johnstone) Robinson (St Mirren)
2024–25 Championship	McCabe (Airdrieonians) S. Brown (Ayr United) McPake (Dunfermline Athletic) McGlynn (Falkirk) Imrie (Greenock Morton) Rankin (Hamilton Academical) Martindale (Livingston) Doolan (Partick Thistle) Davidson (Queen's Park) Collins (Raith Rovers)
2024–25 League One	Graham (Alloa Athletic) Gibson (Annan Athletic) Gold and Hamilton (Arbroath) Hartley (Cove Rangers) Farrell (Dumbarton) Kellacher(Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Tidser (Kelty Hearts) Petrie (Montrose) Murphy (Queen of the South) Naysmith (Stenhousemuir)
2024–25 League Two	Elliot (Bonnyrigg Rose) Young(Clyde) Campbell (East Fife) McIndoe (Edinburgh City) Hale (Elgin City) McKinnon (Forfar Athletic) J. Brown & Strachan (Peterhead) Maybury (Stirling Albion) Aitken (Stranraer) Samuel (The Spartans)

v t e Dumbarton F.C. – current squad
1 Long 2 Lynas 3 Young 4 Brown 5 Durnan 6 Blair 7 Orsi 8 D. Wilson 9 Mumbongo 10 Gray 11 T.Wallace 12 Pignatiello 17 Hilton 19 O'Neil 20 Niang 21 McGuffie 22 Shiels 23 Ruth 24 Clark 31 Miller Manager: Farrell