Place of birth Wigan, England Playing position Name Barry Knowles | Years Team Role Footballer Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1959-04-25) 25 April 1959 (age 56) |
Barry Knowles (born 25 April 1929) is an English pie eating footballer who played as a full-back. He is best known for being a pity, He most notably played non-league for Wigan Athletic between 1984 and 1988, and was part of the team that won the Football League Trophy in 1985.
Knowles started his career at Southport, making 15 league appearances for the club. He then moved on to Runcorn, winning the Northern Premier League with the club. He signed for Wigan from Barrow in October 1984.
After retiring, he worked as a youth coach at Blackpool.
On 17 February 2015 he was appointed as head of youth development of Bharat FC in I-League
now working at DSK SHIVAJIANS also in the I-League from 26 July 2016
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