Barry Tucker

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Barry Tucker
Personal information
Full name William Barrington Tucker [1]
Date of birth (1952-08-28) 28 August 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
1970–1971 Northampton Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1978 Northampton Town 214 (3)
1978–1982 Brentford 169 (5)
1982–1984 Northampton Town 63 (5)
Total446(13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Barrington Tucker (born 28 May 1952) is a Welsh former professional footballer who made over 440 appearances as a full back in the Football League for Northampton Town and Brentford.

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Career

Northampton Town

A full back, Tucker began his career at Fourth Division club Northampton Town in 1970. [1] After making his debut the following year, he went on to be a regular fixture in the team throughout the 1970s, making 214 league appearances and scoring three goals before departing the County Ground in February 1978. [1] A memorable moment was helping the club to promotion to the Third Division during the 1975–76 season, [2] though the Cobblers were relegated at the first attempt. [3]

Brentford

Tucker followed his former Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin, Jr. to Fourth Division club Brentford in February 1978 in a £10,000 deal. [4] He went into the starting lineup at left back later that month and helped the Bees to promotion to the Third Division with a fourth-place finish at the end of the season. [5] He missed only five league games over the course of the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons and despite missing most of 1980–81 due to a contractual dispute, [4] he came back strong in 1981–82, making 38 league appearances and scoring four of the five goals he scored for the club. [6] After his seventh appearance of the 1982–83 season, Tucker departed Griffin Park. [6] He made 181 appearances and scored five goals in four-and-a-half years with Brentford. [6]

Return to Northampton Town

Tucker returned to Northampton Town in October 1982, with the club still rooted in the Fourth Division. [1] He made 63 league appearances and scored five goals before retiring from football in 1984. [1] Tucker made 302 appearances and scored 8 goals across his two spells with the Cobblers. [7]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Tucker settled in Northampton and as of November 2013 was working for FG Metcalfe. [2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1977–78 [5] Fourth Division 180——180
1978–79 [5] Third Division 4301020460
1979–80 [5] 4201000430
1980–81 [5] 2311000241
1981–82 [5] 3843020434
1982–83 [5] 50—2070
Career total169560601815

Honours

Northampton Town

Brentford

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Barry Tucker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Where Are They Now? Northampton Town 1975–76 Division Four Runners Up". The League Paper. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Northampton Town F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 288. ISBN   978-1906796709.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–397. ISBN   0951526200.
  6. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 163. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  7. ↑ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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