Gareth Farrelly - Midfielder Date of Birth: August 28, 1975 Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Nationality: Irish Height: 1.83m / 6' Previous Clubs: Home Farm, Ireland Joined Villa: January 21, 1992 Acquisition Price: Trainee Debut: September 20, 1995 vs Peterborough (h) Left Villa (for): July 1, 1997 (Everton) Selling Price: £700.000 (Tribunal)

Farrely arrived at the first team in the summer of 1995. He was given his debut the same year on September 20th in Villa's 6-0 trashing of Peterborough in the Coca Cola Cup, when he was brought on for Andy Townsend. His first full debut was on March 3rd, 1996, when Villa lost 0-3 to Liverpool at Anfield. Since then, he wasn't seen much. The fight for appearances on the Villa midfield was fierce, given all the other talents with more experience on the 1st team. Farrelly and his immense talent left for Everton on a tribunal transfer fee in July 1997.

Apperances has substitutions in brackets, i.e. the games when he came on as a sub and didn't start on the pitch. All the stats include cup games.