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.

  1. ^ "Barry Horne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  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.