Peter Farmer (footballer)

Peter Farmer (26 October 1886 – 4 September 1964) was a Scottish professional football manager active throughout Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.

Peter Farmer

Farmer in 1928
Personal information
Date of birth	26 October 1886
Place of birth	Renton, Scotland
Date of death	4 September 1964(1964-09-04) (aged 77)
Place of death	Hammersmith, England
Managerial career
Years	Team
1923–1924	Marseille
1924–1926	Torino
1928	France Olympic
1933–1934	Racing Club de France
1934–1935	Romania

Career

Farmer coached French teams Marseille (1923–1924) and Racing Club de France (1933–1934).^[1] He had a second spell at Marseille (1930–1931) and also coached Stella Cherbourg.^[2]

Farmer was also in charge of Italian side Torino between 1924 and 1926, coached the France national team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[3] He was later a trainer at Celtic (1929–1930) and manager of Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1934).^[2]

in November 1934 he was appointed as Romania's national team coach but never led the team in any official match, leaving in May 1935.^[4][5]

Honours

Marseille

• Coupe de France: 1923–24^[6]

Racing Club de France

• Coupe de France: 1927–28^[7]

References

1. "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
2. "Scots in opposition: Peter Farmer and Victor Gibson". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
3. "Top Ten English Exports to France". Les Rosbifs. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
4. "Cea mai mare gafă din istoria FRF: A stat degeaba, a luat banii, a fugit" [The biggest mistake in FRF history: He came to do nothing, he took the money, he ran] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
5. "În 1934, românii au angajat un selecţioner, Peter Farmer, care a încasat banii pe şase luni, n-a stat pe bancă la nici un meci, după care a fugit în Scoţia" [In 1934, the Romanians hired a coach, Peter Farmer, who collected the money for six months, did not sit on the bench at any match, after which he fled to Scotland.] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
6. "France in the 1980s: The British Abroad". The 1888 Letter. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
7. "1928 FRENCH CUP FINAL: RED STAR / CA PARIS" (in French). Red Star website. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.