Barry Horne (footballer)

Barry Horne
Personal information
Full name Barry Horne[1]
Date of birth (1962-05-18) 18 May 1962 (age 62)[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[a] 2 56 7
1985–86 Fourth Division 46 3 3 1 4 1 9[b] 4 62 9
1986–87 Fourth Division 46 8 3 1 4 0 13[c] 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[d] 1 51 3
1991–92 First Division 34 1 7 2 6 1 5[d] 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[e] 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[f] 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. ^ a b 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

Everton

References

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  2. ^ a b c Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
  3. ^ a b "Barry Horne looks back at his life in football". The Leader. 18 May 2020.
  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. ^ a b "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.
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  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.
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  21. ^ Barry Horne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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