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]