Barry Ashby

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Barry Ashby
Personal information
Full name Barry John Ashby
Date of birth (1970-11-21) 21 November 1970 (age 52)
Place of birth Park Royal, London, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
1985–1988 Watford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1994 Watford 114 (3)
1994–1997 Brentford 121 (4)
1997–2005 Gillingham [1] 273 (7)
2005–2006 Welling United 15 (0)
Total523(14)
Managerial career
2008 Margate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry John Ashby (born 21 November 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-half. He played for Watford, Brentford and Gillingham during a 17-year professional career.

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Ashby started his career at Watford, having played for Middlesex and London schools teams. [2] As a schoolboy he first became attached to the club in October 1985, [2] before becoming a trainee in July 1987. He won the 1988–89 FA Youth Cup with Watford, forming a defensive partnership with Jason Soloman. [2] He signed a professional contract in December 1988. [2]

Played as both a centre half and full-back by Watford, Ashby's first goal was one of seven scored against Bradford City in December 1989. [2] In March 1994 Watford signed Brentford centre-half Keith Millen for £65,000 and Ashby, who was valued at £35,000 in the exchange. [2] Ashby went on to play 120 league games for Brentford in three years at the club, and was named player of the season in 1996–97. [3]

Ashby then signed for Gillingham. While with the club Ashby played in both the 1999 and 2000 Football League Second Division play-off finals at Wembley, losing to Manchester City in 1999 on penalties, but achieving promotion to the second-tier for the first time in the Kent side's history in 2000 after defeating Wigan Athletic 3–2 (after extra time). [4] [5] During his time at Gillingham, Ashby made over 320 appearances. He was released on 31 May 2005 after he turned down a contract extension on reduced terms. [6]

He made a return to football with Welling United, where he linked up with his former teammates Matt Bodkin and Adrian Pennock, the latter being the Welling manager at the time. Ashby left Welling in May 2006.

On 22 May 2008 Ashby was appointed first-team manager of Margate, but was dismissed from his post just five months later. [7]

In November 2009 he returned to Welling United as assistant-manager to Jamie Day, helping take the club to the 2012 Conference South play off final, where they lost 1–0 to Dartford.

Personal life

After retiring from football Ashby worked in sales in the City of London. [8]

Ashby's son Harrison is also a footballer, [9] and made his Premier League debut for West Ham United on 15 December 2021. [10]

Honours

Gillingham

Watford

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Barry Ashby at Soccerbase
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. Surrey: T.G Jones. pp. 26, 164. ISBN   0-9527458-0-1.
  3. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 445. ISBN   9781906796723.
  4. ↑ "BBC News | Football | Shoot-out success for City". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "BBC News | FOOTBALL | Second time lucky for Gills". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ashby contract talks break down". 14 July 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yorath and Southall: When Leeds and Everton legends teamed up at Margate". Kent Online. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Where Are They Now? Gillingham's Division Two play-off winners 1999-00". The League Paper. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Ashby proud of his son". Kent Sports News. 16 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Arsenal overtake West Ham to go fourth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2022.


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