# Adam Ferris

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**Adam Ferris** was a Scottish [football](/source/Association_football) player who played as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for [Standard AC](/source/Standard_Athletic_Club) and [Rouen](/source/FC_Rouen) at the turn of the 20th century.

## Career

Together with [William Attrill](/source/William_Attrill), [Alfred Short](/source/Alfred_Short), and [Edward Theobald](/source/Edward_Theobald), Ferris was a member of the Standard team that won the [1901 USFSA Football Championship](/source/1901_USFSA_Football_Championship), starting as a full-back in the final against [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre_AC) on 14 April, in which he "frequently saved the situation" and "ruthlessly stopped all the opposing charges" in a 1–1 draw,[1] thus forcing a replay two weeks later at [Stade Langstaff](/source/Stade_Langstaff), which he was unable to play because the [USFSA](/source/Union_des_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_Fran%C3%A7aises_de_Sports_Athl%C3%A9tiques) Commission ruled him ineligible after Le Havre filed a request for his disqualification on the basis that Ferris lived in [Seine-Inférieure](/source/Seine-Inf%C3%A9rieure) and could not prove he resided in [Paris](/source/Paris). Either way, Standard claimed the title with a 6–1 victory.[2]

The following year, on 16 March 1902, Ferris started in the final of the [1902 Coupe Dewar](/source/1902_Coupe_Dewar), helping his side keep a clean-sheet in a 1–0 win over [United SC](/source/United_SC_(1894)); the following day, the journalists of the French newspaper *L'Auto* (forerunner to *[L'Équipe](/source/L'%C3%89quipe)*) stated that he was the team's best player, along with Jordan and goalscorer Wooley.[3] In 1902, Ferris left Standard AC to join Rouen,[4] bringing both his skills and valuable experience, which he put at the service of the club for several years, being later imitated by the Englishmen [Billy Barnes](/source/Billy_Barnes_(footballer)) and [Charlie Witty](/source/Charlie_Witty).[citation needed] Despite being licensed to Rouen, Ferris started in the final of the [1904 Coupe Dewar](/source/1904_Coupe_Dewar) on 17 April, strangely as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)), helping his side to a 2–1 victory.[5]

On 27 April 1913, Ferris, now in his late 30s, started in the final of the USFSA national final, which ended in a 1–0 loss to [SH de Marseille](/source/Stade_Helv%C3%A9tique_de_Marseille), a club of English and Swiss immigrants.[6] The following day, the journalists of *L'Auto* stated that "the old full-back always positions himself well, but his clearances did not have their customary power",[6] while those of *[La Vie au grand air](/source/La_Vie_au_grand_air)* stated that "despite the advice of the veteran Ferris, the youngesters of Rouen exerted themselves excessively due to overestimating their strength".[7]

## Honours

**Standard AC**

- [USFSA Football Championship](/source/USFSA_Football_Championship): - **Champion (1)**: [1901](/source/1901_USFSA_Football_Championship)

- [Coupe Dewar](/source/Coupe_Dewar): - **Champion (2)**: [1902](/source/1902_Coupe_Dewar) and [1904](/source/1904_Coupe_Dewar)

## Bibliography

- Pessiot, Guy (2004). [*Histoire de Rouen : 1900-1939 en 800 photographies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=edqgGWqg2oIC) [History of Rouen: 1900-1939 in 800 photographs] (in French). Paris: Des Falaises. p. 320. ISBN 978-2-906-25886-0.

## References

1. ["Le Havre contre Paris"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624462h/f3.item.r=ferris.zoom) [Le Havre against Paris] (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [L'Auto](/source/L'%C3%89quipe). 15 April 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 30 January 2025.

1. ["Le cas de Ferris et d'Allemane"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46244754/f3.item.r=ferris.zoom) [The case of Ferris and Allemane] (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [L'Auto](/source/L'%C3%89quipe). 28 April 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

1. ["Football association - La Coupe Sheriff-Dewar"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46254014/f7.item.r=ferris%20forris.zoom) (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [L'Auto](/source/L'%C3%89quipe). 17 March 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

1. ["La Finale de la Coupe Dewar - Victoire du Standard AC"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625012j/f7.item.r=ferris.zoom) [Dewar Cup Final - Victory for Standard AC] (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [L'Auto](/source/L'%C3%89quipe). 18 April 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

1. ["Le Stade Helvétique de Marseille est champion de France"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4627518c/f1.image.r=ferris.zoom) [The Stade Helvétique de Marseille is champion of France] (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [L'Auto](/source/L'%C3%89quipe). 28 April 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

1. ["Le Championnat - Des étrangers battent des" étrangers"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9606079h/f6.r=ferris.zoom) [The Championship - Foreigners beat foreigners] (in French). *gallica.bnf.fr*. [La Vie au grand air](/source/La_Vie_au_grand_air). 3 May 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

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