Peter Farmer (26 October 1886 – 4 September 1964) was a Scottish professional

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manager active throughout Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

Farmer coached French teams

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(1923–1924) and Racing Club de France (1933–1934). He had a second spell at Marseille (1930–1931) and also coached Racing Club de France (1933–1934) and Stella Cherbourg. Farmer was also in charge of Italian side

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between 1924 and 1926, coached the France national team at the

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. He was later a trainer at Celtic (1929–1930) and manager of Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1934). 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.

Honours

Marseille *

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: 1923–24 Racing Club de France *

: 1927–28

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Peter Scottish football managers Expatriate football managers in France Expatriate football managers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Romania Olympique de Marseille managers Torino FC managers Racing Club de France Football managers Celtic F.C. non-playing staff Scottish expatriate football managers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in France Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Romania France national football team managers Romania national football team managers Footballers from West Dunbartonshire 1886 births 1964 deaths People from Renton, West Dunbartonshire