Farrell: Arthur
WW2 Guest: 1943-1944
(Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)
Left Half
Born: Huddersfield: 01-11-1920
Debut: v Rotherham United (a): 10-04-1944
Height & Weight: Unknown
Farrell signed for Second Division Bradford Park Avenue in May 1940 but was unable to
play for them in the Football League until after the Second World War. He was a solid defender
in a strong Bradford team which had Chic Farr in goal, the brilliant future England
International and "Clown Prince of Football" Len Shackleton at inside forward, future England
Outside-Left Billy Elliott, future England Manager and Chelsea centre-half, Ron Greenwood and
the dependable Bob Danskin. During the Second World War, Farrell worked at a Castleford pit as
a "Bevin Boy" and returned to Park Avenue to complete his eleven year stay as first choice
left-back in the side. During the war he scored sixteen goals in one hundred and fifty-seven
appearances for Park Avenue but also played four games for Huddersfield Town and also guested
for Leeds United, although he only played one game in the 1943-44 Football League Northern
Section (Second Championship), in a 3-5 defeat at Millmoor by Rotherham United. He played at
Left Half in that game, but he usually played at Left Back. It was as a Left back that he
signed for Bradford Park Avenue and it was in that position that he made his one hundred and
fifty-six League appearances for them in which he scored four goals. He added two more goals
to that tally, one of which was from the penalty spot, in a further fourteen F.A. Cup games
before he moved to Second Division Barnsley in May 1951. He made eighteen appearances at
Oakwell before joining Non-League Scarborough where he finished his career. After his football
career was over he worked as an engineer and, in later life, moved from his home in
Huddersfield to the Isle of Wight. In his last years, he fought a long battle against
Parkinson's disease. He died on 20th September 2000, aged eighty-nine.