Dave Morley

David Thomas Morley (born 25 September 1977 in St Helens) is an English former footballer.

Dave Morley
Personal information
Full name David Thomas Morley[1]
Date of birth (1977-09-25) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
  1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Baskcomb, Julian (ed.) (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98. Leicester: Polar.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) p57
  3. James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0. p463
  4. "Carlisle 2–1 Mansfield". BBC. 27 January 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. "Ex-captain Morley leaves Silkmen". BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  6. "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.
  7. "Macc defenders sign on". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  8. https://int.soccerway.com/players/dave-morley/34569/
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