Peter Desmond Farrell (born Dalkey, County Dublin, August 16, 1922; died Dalkey, County Dublin, March 16, 1999) is a former Irish footballer who played as an a right-half for, among others, Shamrock Rovers, Everton and Tranmere Rovers. As an international, Farrell also played for both Ireland teams - the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1949 he was a member of the FAI XI that defeated England 2-0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Wikipedia
Peter Farrell was one of several players of his generation who was capped both by the Republic and Northern Ireland in those days of dual international representation. www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/player.php?id=121
Selected as captain of Eire on his debut, for their first post-War match, Farrell played left-half in a 3-1 defeat by Portugal in Lisbon in June 1946. nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/peter-farrell.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Peter Farrell. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Farrell
The following is an account of a career of a different kind, however sadly Mr Farrell passed away recently - Ed. www.dalkeyhomepage.ie/newsletter/99octnews.html
