Barry Horne (footballer)

Barry Horne

Personal information
Full name	Barry Horne [1]
Date of birth	(1962-05-18) 18 May 1962 (age 61) [2]
Place of birth	St Asaph, [2] Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Flint Town United
	Hawarden Rangers
	Liverpool
	Courtaulds [3]
-1984	Rhyl [3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	Wrexham	136	(16)
1987–1989	Portsmouth	70	(7)
1989–1992	Southampton	112	(6)
1992–1996	Everton	123	(3)
1996–1997	Birmingham City	33	(0)
1997–2000	Huddersfield Town	64	(1)
2000	Sheffield Wednesday	7	(0)
2000–2001	Kidderminster Harriers	27	(1)
2001	Walsall	3	(0)
2001–2002	Belper Town
International career
1988–1996	Wales	59	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Horne (born 18 May 1962) is a Welsh former professional footballer, former chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and sports television pundit.

As a player, he was a midfielder from 1984 until 2002, notably playing in the Premier League for Everton. He also played in the Football League for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Walsall and Kidderminster Harriers before playing in Non League for Belper Town. He was capped 59 times by Wales, scoring twice.

Since retirement Horne has worked as the chairman of the PFA, as well as mixing sports punditry with a role as Director of Football at Wrexham.

Playing career

In his career Horne played for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Everton, Birmingham, Huddersfield (where he scored once against Bristol City), ^[4] Sheffield Wednesday, Kidderminster Harriers (where he scored on his debut against Torquay United), ^[5] Walsall and Belper Town.

While at Wrexham, he was responsible for one of the most memorable moments in the club's history, a vital away goal in a 4–3 defeat against Porto in the first round of the European Cup-Winners' Cup in October 1984. Wrexham had won the first leg 1–0, and Horne's 89th-minute strike ensured that they progressed to the second round of the competition, where they lost to Roma.^{[ citation needed ]}

He captained the Welsh national team and won the FA Cup in 1995 whilst playing for Everton.^{[ citation needed ]}

His Welsh senior debut came on 9 September 1987, aged 25, in a 1–0 win over Denmark in a Euro 88 qualifier at Cardiff Arms Park. ^[6] The last of his 59 caps for Wales came a decade later on 29 March 1997 in a 2–1 home win over Belgium in a World Cup qualifier, also at Cardiff Arms Park. ^[6]

Everton

His most successful spell as a player was at Everton between 1992 and 1996. On 15 August 1992, he had the distinction of scoring Everton's first Premier League goal, a 44th-minute equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Sheffield Wednesday. ^{[7] [8]} Horne's most famous goal in an Everton shirt came on the final day of the 1993–94 season in a home game against Wimbledon, where Everton had to win to survive relegation. Horne scored a 30-yard screamer in the 67th minute to level the score at 2–2, and Graham Stuart went on to score the winning goal to complete a spectacular comeback and secure Everton's Premiership status. It was the only goal Horne had scored in the FA Carling Premiership that season. ^[9] Soon after he won Everton's Footballer of the Year 1995 award. The other goal Horne scored for Everton came against his former club Southampton in February 1996 (a 2–2 draw). ^[10]

As a player, Horne was known for being a "midfield ball-winner" with a ferocious tackle.^{[ citation needed ]}

Director of football

In November 2011, Horne returned to professional football when on a volunteer basis he became a director at Wrexham Football Club – the club that gave him in his first opportunity in professional football – when Wrexham Supporters Trust became the first ever Supporters Trust to take over a professional football club as a going concern. He was Director of Football at the Racecourse for almost five years, until he stepped down in October 2016. ^[11]

Media career

He is on a football related chat show on Merseyside radio station Radio City 96.7. He has also done punditry work on Match of the Day, and sometimes does commentary and punditry work for Sky Sports. Horne also writes a football column in the Liverpool Echo newspaper.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Welsh supporters' brass band are named The Barry Horns in homage to the footballer. ^[12]

Personal life

Horne has a first-class degree in chemistry from the University of Liverpool. As of 2014, he was director of football and teacher of chemistry and physics at The King's School, Chester. ^{[13] [14]} He was appointed to the board of directors of Wrexham Football Club after the club was taken over by its Supporters Trust in November 2011. ^[15]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wrexham
	1984–85	Fourth Division	44	5	1	0	2	0	9 [lower-alpha 1]	2	56	7
	1985–86	Fourth Division	46	3	3	1	4	1	9 [lower-alpha 2]	4	62	9
	1986–87	Fourth Division	46	8	3	1	4	0	13 [lower-alpha 3]	3	66	12
	Total		136	16	7	2	10	1	31	9	184	28
Portsmouth
	1987–88	First Division	39	3	4	0	2	0	—		45	3
	1988–89	Second Division	31	4	2	0	1	0	—		34	4
	Total		70	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	79	7
Southampton
	1988–89	First Division	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		11	0
	1989–90	First Division	29	4	3	1	5	1	—		37	6
	1990–91	First Division	38	1	5	0	6	1	2 [lower-alpha 4]	1	51	3
	1991–92	First Division	34	1	7	2	6	1	5 [lower-alpha 4]	0	52	4
	Total		112	6	15	3	17	3	7	1	151	13
Everton
	1992–93	Premier League	34	1	1	0	6	0	—		41	1
	1993–94	Premier League	32	1	2	0	5	0	—		39	1
	1994–95	Premier League	31	0	5	0	0	0	—		36	0
	1995–96	Premier League	26	1	4	0	2	0	3 [lower-alpha 5]	0	35	1
	Total		123	3	12	0	13	0	3	0	151	3
Birmingham City	1996–97	First Division	33	0	3	0	4	0	—		40	0
Huddersfield Town
	1997–98	First Division	30	0	2	0	0	0	—		32	0
	1998–99	First Division	20	1	0	0	4	0	—		24	1
	1999–2000	First Division	14	0	0	0	3	0	—		17	0
	Total		64	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	73	1
Sheffield Wednesday	1999–2000	Premier League	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
Kidderminster Harriers	2000–01	Third Division	27	1	3	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	34	1
Walsall	2000–01	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Career total			575	34	48	5	56	4	43	10	722	53

1. Appearances in Welsh Cup (3 appearances, 1 goal), Football League Trophy (2 appearances), and Cup Winners' Cup (4 appearances, 1 goal)
2. Appearances in Welsh Cup (7 appearances, 4 goals) and Football League Trophy (2 appearances)
3. Appearances in Welsh Cup (3 appearances, 1 goal), Football League Trophy (4 appearances, 1 goal) and Cup Winners' Cup (4 appearances, 1 goal)
4. Appearance in Full Members' Cup Final
5. Appearances in Charity Shield (1 appearance) and Cup Winners' Cup (2 appearances)
6. Appearances in Football League Trophy

Honours

Southampton

• Full Members Cup finalist: 1992 ^[22]

Everton

• FA Cup: 1995 ^[23]
• FA Charity Shield: 1995 ^[24]

References

1. "Barry Horne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
2. Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. p. 401. ISBN   978-0-00-218737-4.
3. "Barry Horne looks back at his life in football". The Leader.
4. "Wolves slip up and let the Hatters off the hook". Irish Examiner. 1 September 1998. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
5. "Kidderminster 2–0 Torquay". BBC. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
6. "Barry Horne – International matches for Wales". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
7. Prentice, David (11 December 2012). "Landmark Everton FC strikes in the Premier League after Steven Pienaar nods in 1,000th goal". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
8. "Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, 15 August 1992". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
9. "Judgement Day, 1994: The four-way relegation battle". fourfourtwo.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
10. "Southampton 2–2 Everton 1996". Sky Sports Vault. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
11. "Barry Horne looks back at his life in football". The Leader. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
12. Redd, Matthew (31 March 2011). "Spotlight: Cardiff's Barry Horns". The Guardian. Cardiff. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
13. Abrams, Jonny (15 September 2009). "Top Ten: Educated Footballers". blog.sport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
14. "King's School staff and governors". The King's School, Chester. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
15. "Ex-Wales captain Barry Horne 'honoured' by Wrexham role". BBC Sport. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
16. "Barry Horne career appearances". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
17. "Barry Horne career appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
18. "Barry Horne career appearances". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
19. "Barry Horne career appearances". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
20. "Barry Horne Wrexham appearances". wrexhamfcarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
21. Barry Horne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
22. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 301. ISBN   0-9534474-3-X.
23. Moore, Glenn (21 May 1995). "Limpar's three steps to heaven". The Independent. London. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
24. "FA Community Shield 1995: Final: Blackburn Rovers – Everton FC 0:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

External links

• Profile at Everton fansite www.toffeeweb.com
• 2nd profile at www.toffeeweb.com