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Full name
  
Paul Lance Barnes

1985–1990
  
Notts County

Name
  
Paul Barnes


Playing position
  
Striker

Role
  
Footballer

Years
  
Team

Position
  
Forward

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Date of birth
  
(1967-11-16) 16 November 1967 (age 48)

Place of birth
  
Leicester, England

Paul Lance Barnes (born 16 November 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Birmingham City, Bury, Burnley, Chesterfield, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Notts County, Stoke City and York City.

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Career

Born in Leicester, Barnes completed an apprenticeship with Notts County before signing a professional contract in November 1985, making his debut in February 1986. He played in five season with the Magpies scoring 19 goals in 67 appearances helping them on their way to promotion in 1989–90. He joined Stoke City on transfer deadline day in 1989–90 being one of a large number of players signed by Alan Ball in an attempt to avoid relegation. Barnes played in five matches as Stoke failed to mount a revival and were relegated to the third tier. He played in seven matches for Stoke in 1990–91 also having a short spell on loan at Chesterfield. Under Lou Macari in 1991–92 he found himself in the reserves due to the form of Wayne Biggins and Mark Stein. He played in 18 matches scoring four goals and was an unused substitute in the 1992 Football League Trophy Final. York City manager John Ward spotted Barnes in Stoke's reserves and signed him in July 1992.

Barnes began scoring goals for York quickly and he netted 21 times as York won promotion in 1993. The following year, he scored 24 times and won the Clubman of the Year trophy. In September 1995, he hit the national headlines when he scored twice in City's 3–0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in a first round League Cup tie, and he almost scored a hat trick, but his third goal was ruled offside. Barnes was eventually sold to Birmingham City for a fee of £350,000 in March 1996. Six months later he was transferred to Burnley for £300,000. He scored 30 goals in 65 matches for the Turf Moor club. A further move saw him play for Huddersfield Town and then in March 1999 signed with Bury for £50,000. In 2003, playing for Doncaster Rovers, he helped the club gain promotion back to the Football League from the Football Conference, winning the Golden Boot in the process. Barnes then signed for non-league Tamworth, and then finished his career at Hinckley United.

Personal life

Barnes' son, Harvey Barnes, currently plays for Leicester City as a midfielder.

Honours

Notts County

  • Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 1989–90
  • York City

  • Football League Third Division play-offs: 1992–93
  • Doncaster Rovers

  • Football Conference play-offs: 2002–03
  • Individual

  • York City F.C. Clubman of the Year: 1993–94
  • Doncaster Rovers Player of the Year: 2002–03
  • Career statistics

  • Sourced from Paul Barnes profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • References

    Paul Barnes (footballer) Wikipedia