Barry Whitbread

Last updated

Barry Whitbread
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1949 (age 74–75)
Place of birth England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1973 Lancaster City 120 (51)
1973–1979 Runcorn
1979–1982 Altrincham [1] 94 (34)
International career
1979–1981 England semi-pro 6 (2)
Managerial career
1988–1990 Runcorn
1996–1998 Singapore
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Whitbread (born c. 1949) [2] is an English former football player and coach who led the Singapore national football team to the country's first ever international trophy in football, the 1998 AFF Championship.

Contents

Club career

Whitbread played football as a forward for Lancaster City in the Northern Premier League while a student at Lancaster University. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club, and scored their early goal in what became a 2–1 defeat to Football League opponents Notts County in the first round proper of the 1972–73 FA Cup. [3] Transferred nearer home for a fee of £250, Whitbread's 29 goals helped Runcorn to the Northern Premier League title in the 1975–76 season. [4] After scoring 181 career goals for Runcorn, he joined Altrincham in 1979 for a club record fee of £6,400. He helped the club reach the 1982 FA Trophy final, in which he made his final appearance as a player, on the losing side. [1] [2]

International career

Whitbread was a member of the first ever England team at semi-professional level. He won six caps, scoring twice, between 1979 and 1981. [5] [6]

Coaching career

Whitbread trained as a teacher before moving into football management, having gained his coaching qualifications while still a player. [2] He was assistant manager of Northwich Victoria, [3] then manager of Runcorn from 1988 to 1990, [4] and also coached in the United States. [7] He took the job as Singapore national football team coach in 1996. Two years later, his team written off before it started, [8] Whitbread led Singapore to victory in the 1998 Tiger Cup (now known as the AFF Suzuki Cup), their first ever success in an international football competition. [9]

On his return to England he worked at Liverpool's Youth Academy, becoming head of recruitment, a post he held until 2007. [7] [10] He went on to act as chief scout for clubs including Blackburn Rovers [11] and Bolton Wanderers. [12]

Personal life

His son Zak, born in Houston, Texas, while Whitbread was working in the US, became a professional footballer after developing in the Liverpool academy. [7] [13] Zak played for Shrewsbury Town.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zak Whitbread</span> American soccer player (born 1984)

Zak Benjamin Whitbread is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a defender.

Gary Brabin is an English former professional footballer, coach and manager who is the assistant manager at National League club Oldham Athletic and the sporting director at Cymru Premier club The New Saints.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Runcorn Linnets F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Runcorn Linnets F.C. are an English football club based in Runcorn, Cheshire. The club currently plays in the Northern Premier League Division One West, and is a full member of the Cheshire County Football Association. The club is run by a trust which is a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, and is registered with the Financial Services Authority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craig Lindfield</span> English footballer (born 1988)

Craig Anthony Lindfield is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a winger for Airbus UK Broughton who compete in the Cymru North.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Ellison (footballer)</span> English footballer

Kevin Ellison is an English former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Division One West club Vauxhall Motors.

Jeffrey Andrew Wealands is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League, and over 200 more in the Conference. He played in the Altrincham team which knocked his former club, Birmingham City of the First Division, out of the FA Cup in 1986, only the second time a non-league club has eliminated a top-flight club on their own ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Safee Sali</span> Malaysian footballer

Mohd Safee bin Mohd Sali is a former Malaysian footballer who formerly played for Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City as a forward.

Adam Farley is an English footballer who most recently played for AFC Liverpool. He is a defender.

Malcolm Roy Bailey was an English footballer who played as a centre-half.

Joshua Daniel Brizell is a former English footballer who played as a defender or midfielder for Litherland REMYCA.

James Barry Knowles is an English former footballer who played as a full-back. He most notably played for Wigan Athletic between 1984 and 1988, and was part of the team that won the Football League Trophy in 1985 and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1986. Causing him to become a Wigan Legend.

Nialle Seyi E. Rodney is an English footballer who plays as a forward. He retired in 2014 to pursue a career in business, but resumed playing at amateur level shortly thereafter. He is currently playing at Runcorn Linnets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Morgan (English footballer)</span> English footballer

Adam Joseph Morgan is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Division One West club Runcorn Linnets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Bunney</span> English footballer

Joseph Elliott Bunney is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or forward for Stalybridge Celtic.

Thomas Richard McCready was an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.

James Hooper is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for Witton Albion. He appeared in the Football League for Rochdale and Carlisle United.

The 2016–17 North West Counties Football League season was the 35th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Premier Division and First Division.

John McMahon is an English football coach and former player, currently assistant manager at Morecambe.

Luke Sky Wall is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Division One West club Runcorn Linnets.

John Francis Kenyon is an English former footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers in the early 1970s as a forward.

References

  1. 1 2 Pikesley, Barry. "When We Were Kings". Altrincham F.C. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Altrincham FA Trophy 1982". Altrincham F.C. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Legends". Lancaster City F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Linnets Legends - Barry Whitbread". Runcorn Linnets F.C. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Williams, Tony, ed. (1988). Non League Club Directory 1989. Tony Williams Publications. p. 43. ISBN   978-1-869833-09-1.
  6. ↑ Williams, Tony (8 June 2008). "Howard's Way Is A Semi-Pros Success". The Non-League Paper. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 Tongue, Steve (5 December 2004). "Liverpool rebuild from within". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "History". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  9. ↑ Kumar, Raj (26 December 2004). "Class of '98: Lions good for glory". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Platt, Mark (9 July 2007). "Reds Welcome Johnson To The Academy". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Barry joins backroom team". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  12. ↑ Douglas, Mark (28 August 2009). "Danny Simpson wants to remain at Newcastle". The Journal. Newcastle. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Senior Squad: Zak Whitbread". Millwall F.C. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.