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Roy McFarland
Personal information
Full name	Roy Leslie McFarland
Date of birth	April 5, 1948 (age 59)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Manager
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966-1967 1967-1981 1981-1982 1983-1984	Tranmere Rovers Derby County Bradford City Derby County	035 (0) 434 (44) 040 (1) 008 (0)
National team
1971-1977	England	028 (0)
Teams managed
1981-1982 1984 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-2001 2001-2002 2003-2007	Bradford City Derby County (caretaker) Derby County Bolton Wanderers Cambridge United Torquay United Chesterfield
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roy McFarland (born 5 April 1948) was a football manager and previously a player for Tranmere Rovers, Derby County and Bradford City.

He was famous during the late 1960s and 1970s as a central defender in the Derby County side which won promotion to the First Division and followed this success with two league titles. In addition, he also won 28 caps for England. He was later assistant manager at the club during Arthur Cox's reign as manager, and was promoted to the manager's seat when Cox quit in October 1993.

McFarland lasted two seasons as Derby manager. In his first season, they reached the Division One play-off final but lost 2-1 to neighbours Leicester City. They missed out on the playoffs a year later and McFarland moved to Bolton Wanderers, taking his assistant Colin Todd with him.

Bolton had just been promoted to the Premiership under previous manager Bruce Rioch, and McFarland was unable to establish them at this level despite making several new signings. He was dismissed in January 1996 after just six months in charge, with Bolton bottom of the Premiership and heading for relegation.

McFarland's next management job came at Cambridge United, where he arrived just before Christmas in 1996. In his third season, 1998-99, they won promotion as Division Three runners-up. He remained in charge for two years before being replaced by John Beck.

From June 2003 to March 2007, McFarland was manager of Chesterfield and did well to keep the famous club in the third tier of the league, with Chesterfield's severe lack of resources, when most pundits have tipped them for relegation. He left the club after the poor set of results on Tuesday 12th March 2007, leaving caretaker boss Lee Richardson to try and save the struggling Chesterfield.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Bradford City		May 1, 1981	November 22, 1982	64	35	13	16	54.68
Derby County		April 4, 1984	May 28, 1984	9	4	4	1	44.44
Derby County		October 2, 1993	April 29, 1995	93	40	32	21	43.01
Bolton Wanderers		June 20, 1995	January 2, 1996	28	5	16	7	17.85
Cambridge United		November 13, 1996	February 27, 2001	232	77	87	68	33.18
Torquay United		July 20, 2001	April 23, 2002	50	13	22	15	26.00
Chesterfield		May 12, 2003	March 12, 2007	194	54	82	58	27.83

• Roy McFarland management career stats at Soccerbase
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