David Thomas Morley (born 25 September 1977 in
St Helens) is an English former footballer.
Morley started his career at
Manchester City. He made 20 starts for the club's reserve team in
1996–97, and broke into the senior team for the first time the following season. He made a goalscoring debut against
Bury on 12 September 1997, but did not make any further starts for the club, two substitute appearances providing his only other first team action.
He subsequently played for
Southend
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,
Carlisle (where he scored once against
Mansfield Town
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) and
Doncaster Rovers
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. He joined
Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020.
Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 ...
in January 2005,
where he later became captain, leading out the side for their 2007
FA Cup
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tie against
Chelsea
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at
Stamford Bridge. He signed a new contract in June 2007, 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.
Morley joined
Bangor City in 2009, where he made 113 league appearances over four years, scoring twenty-one goals; he departed in July 2013 for
Bala Town, where he spent the 2013-2014 season.
References
External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055355/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/clubs
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1977 births
Living people
English footballers
Manchester City F.C. players
Ayr United F.C. players
Southend United F.C. players
Carlisle United F.C. players
Oxford United F.C. players
Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Hyde United F.C. players
Bangor City F.C. players
English Football League players
Cymru Premier players
Bala Town F.C. players
Association football defenders