# Dave Morley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Morley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Morley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Morley > Source revision: 1353561504 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dave Morley | image = | fullname = David Thomas Morley{{cite book | editor-last = Hugman | editor-first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09 | publisher = Mainstream | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [St Helens](/source/St_Helens%2C_Merseyside), England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995–1997 | youthclubs1 = [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) | years1 = 1997–1998 | years2 = 1998 | years3 = 1998–2001 | years4 = 2001 | years5 = 2001–2002 | years6 = 2001–2002 | years7 = 2002 | years8 = 2002–2005 | years9 = 2005–2007 | years10 = 2007–2009 | years11 = 2009–2013 | years12 = 2013 | years13 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) | clubs2 = → [Ayr United](/source/Ayr_United_F.C.) (loan) | clubs3 = [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) | clubs4 = → [Carlisle United](/source/Carlisle_United_F.C.) (loan) | clubs5 = [Carlisle United](/source/Carlisle_United_F.C.) | clubs6 = → [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.) (loan) | clubs7 = [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.) | clubs8 = [Doncaster Rovers](/source/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C.) | clubs9 = [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.) | clubs10 = [Hyde United](/source/Hyde_United_F.C.) | clubs11 = [Bangor City](/source/Bangor_City_F.C.) | clubs12 = [Caernarfon](/source/Caernarfon) | clubs13 = [Bala Town](/source/Bala_Town_F.C.) | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 76 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 = 59 | goals8 = 6 | caps9 = 103 | goals9 = 7 | caps10 = 47 | goals10 = 4 | caps11 = 113 | goals11 = 21 | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0 | caps13 = 28 | goals13 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = | ntupdate = | totalcaps = 491 | totalgoals = 44 }} '''David Thomas Morley''' (born 25 September 1977 in [St Helens](/source/St_Helens%2C_Merseyside)) is an English former [football](/source/Association_football)er. Morley started his career at [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.). He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in [1996–97](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football),{{cite book |editor-last=Baskcomb |editor-first=Julian |title=Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98 |publisher=Polar |location=Leicester |year=1997}} p57 and broke into the senior team for the first time the following season. He made a goalscoring debut against [Bury](/source/Bury_F.C.) on 12 September 1997, but did not make any further starts for the club, two substitute appearances providing his only other first team action.{{cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester City – The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |location=Derby |year=2006 |isbn=1-85983-512-0}} p463 He subsequently played for [Southend](/source/Southend_United_F.C.), [Carlisle](/source/Carlisle_United_F.C.) (where he scored once against [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.)){{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1138793.stm|title=Carlisle 2–1 Mansfield |publisher=BBC |date=27 January 2001 |access-date=7 February 2017}} and [Doncaster Rovers](/source/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C.). He joined [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.) in January 2005,{{cite news | title = Ex-captain Morley leaves Silkmen | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/7064447.stm | publisher = BBC | access-date = 2007-10-28 | date=2007-10-26}} where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) tie against [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.) at [Stamford Bridge](/source/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)).{{cite news |title=FA Cup Countdown: Morley looks to transform giant-killing scripts into hard news |url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article2125341.ece |publisher=Independent |accessdate=2007-10-28 |location=London |date=2007-01-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106043914/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article2125341.ece |archivedate=6 January 2007 |df=dmy }} He signed a new contract in June 2007,{{cite news | title = Macc defenders sign on | url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11777_2492527,00.html | publisher = Sky Sports | accessdate = 2007-10-28}} but left Macclesfield four months later after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent following a particularly poor performance in a 3–2 defeat at [Accrington](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C.). Morley joined [Bangor City](/source/Bangor_City_F.C.) in 2009, where he made 113 league appearances over four years, scoring twenty-one goals; he departed for [Caernarfon](/source/Caernarfon_Town_F.C.) where he did not play before he left in July 2013 for [Bala Town](/source/Bala_Town_F.C.), where he spent the 2013–14 season.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/dave-morley/34569/|title = England - D. Morley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055355/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/clubs {{DEFAULTSORT:Morley, Dave}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:English men's footballers Category:Manchester City F.C. players Category:Ayr United F.C. players Category:Southend United F.C. players Category:Carlisle United F.C. players Category:Oxford United F.C. players Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players Category:Hyde United F.C. players Category:Bangor City F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Cymru Premier players Category:Bala Town F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from St Helens, Merseyside --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dave Morley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Morley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Morley?action=history)). 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