Barrie Thomas

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Barrie Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-05-19) 19 May 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Measham, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
1952–1954 Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1957 Leicester City 7 (3)
1957–1959 Mansfield Town 72 (48)
1959–1962 Scunthorpe United 91 (67)
1962–1964 Newcastle United 73 (48)
1964–1966 Scunthorpe United 52 (26)
1966–1968 Barnsley 43 (19)
Total338(211)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barrie Thomas (born 19 May 1937) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Over the course of his career, Thomas made a total of 338 appearances in the Football League for five clubs over a period of fourteen years, scoring 211 goals. [1]

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Early life

Barrie Thomas was born on 19 May 1937 in Measham, Leicestershire. [1]

Career

Thomas began his career as a youth player with Leicester City. [1] His senior career began with Leicester City as a seventeen-year-old in 1954, but over the next three seasons, Thomas only managed to play in seven league games, scoring three league goals in the process. [2] Thomas moved to Mansfield Town in 1957, and spent two seasons with the club, scoring 48 league goals in 72 league games. [3] Thomas' next club was Scunthorpe United, moving there in 1959. Thomas' form in the 1961–62 season saw him score 30 league goals in 22 league games by Christmas 1961, [4] and a total of 31 goals in 24 games in all competitions. [5] Thomas' goalscoring record attracted attention from First Division clubs including Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers and Fulham. [4] Leeds United had a bid of £30,000 rejected by the Scunthorpe United board of directors. [4] However, Thomas was eventually sold to Newcastle United in January 1962 in a part-exchange deal, which saw John McGuigan moving in the opposite direction. [4] Newcastle also paid Scunthorpe either £35,000, [4] or £45,000. [6] In his three seasons at Scunthorpe, Thomas scored 67 league goals in 91 league games. [7] Thomas' exit had a detrimental effect on Scunthorpe United's season; attendances at their home matches fell by 20% after Thomas left, [4] and the club dropped from 1st to 4th in the League. [5] Thomas spent two years at Newcastle United, scoring 48 goals in 73 games, [8] before returning to Scunthorpe in 1964. Thomas spent a further two years at Scunthorpe, scoring 26 goals in 52 games in his second spell with the club. [7] Thomas' final club was Barnsley, where he scored 19 goals in 43 games over two years, [9] before retiring in 1968 because of injury. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Player profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "LEICESTER CITY : 1946/47 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "MANSFIELD TOWN : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 George Young (21 January 2005). "Scunthorpe United 1961–62". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Highs & Lows". Scunthorpe United F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Paul Newman (5 January 2005). "Princes of prudence face kings of cash". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 October 2009.[ dead link ]
  7. 1 2 "SCUNTHORPE UNITED : 1950/51 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "NEWCASTLE UNITED : 1946/47 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "BARNSLEY : 1946/47 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
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