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Join the roomGeorge Farmer was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Everton. On signing from Oswestry F.C. he became Everton's first professional player alongside George Dobson. Farmer later became the first professional player to score in a recognised competitive match for the club, a 2–2 draw in an FA Cup first-round replay against Bolton Wanderers on 29 October 1887, after teammate Robert Watson, an amateur player, had opened the scoring.
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