Watford finished runners-up for the League title to Liverpool the season after.
With manager Graham Taylor Watford were eight months away from completing a five-year rise from the Fourth Division to the First.īarnes quickly established himself as a regular player and scored 12 Second Division goals as Watford were promoted, as runners-up to fierce rivals Luton Town to the top flight of English football at the end of season 1981–82. īarnes debuted aged 17 as a substitute on 5 September 1981 in a Football League Second Division 1–1 home draw with Oldham Athletic.
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After a successful trial game in Watford's reserves, Barnes signed on 14 July 1981 for the fee of a set of kits. Club career Watford īarnes was noticed by Watford as a teenager while playing for Middlesex League club Sudbury Court. While at school he played four years of youth football at the Stowe Boys Club in Paddington. He attended the rugby-playing St Marylebone Grammar School then a short stint at Haverstock School, Camden Town. Ken Barnes, who was promoted to Colonel in 1973, was appointed Defence adviser to the High Commission of Jamaica, London (1976–1981) and Barnes moved to London with his family in January 1976 when he was 12 years old. īarnes' father was a huge squash and football fan who encouraged his son to pursue sports, having named him after Welsh footballer John Charles. His father was president of the Jamaica Amateur Swimming Association and later formed Jamaica's first bobsleigh team. Barnes spent his early childhood living in Jamaica's biggest military base, playing football and living a disciplined life. While in the army, he was a semi-professional footballer for a Jamaica National Premier League club and also captained the Jamaica national football team. In 1973 he was promoted to colonel remaining in the army until retiring in 1989. He joined the Jamaica Defence Force when formed after the nation's 1962 independence when he was initially commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Jamaica Regiment. Ken Barnes hailed from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago emigrating to Jamaica in 1956 as a member of the West India Regiment. īarnes was born in Jamaica, to Roderick Kenrick "Ken" Barnes (a Trinidadian) and Frances Jeanne Hill (a Jamaican). Barnes has since managed the Jamaica national team in 2008–09 and English club Tranmere Rovers for four months in 2009.īarnes has published two books, including John Barnes: The Autobiography (1999), which was followed by The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism (2021) the latter was met with a largely positive reception. īarnes had 8 months as Celtic head coach when his former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was director of football. In 2016, The Times readers voted him England's greatest ever left-footed player. In 2006, in a poll of Liverpool fans' favourite players, Barnes came fifth a year later, FourFourTwo magazine named him Liverpool's best all time player. In 2005, he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. In the run-up to England's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign he recorded a rap for the official team song, New Order's " World in Motion". After two years at Newcastle United, he ended his playing career at Charlton Athletic in 1999.īarnes was the PFA Players' Player of the Year once (in 1987–88) and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year twice (in 1987––90). By the time of his last cap in 1995, he had more caps than any other black England player. In his 10 seasons there Liverpool won the then top-flight First Division twice and the FA Cup twice. He debuted for England in 1983 and in 1987 joined Liverpool for £900,000. He was a Watford 1984 FA Cup Final runner-up. Barnes joined Watford aged 17 in 1981 before playing 296 competitive games for them scoring 85 goals. He moved to London, England with his family when he was 12 years old. Barnes earned 79 international caps for England.īarnes was born and initially raised in Jamaica as the son of a military officer from Trinidad and Tobago and a Jamaican mother. He was also an FA Cup runner-up with Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle United. Barnes won two league titles with Liverpool, with whom he also won two cup finals at Wembley. Initially a quick, skilful left winger, he moved to central midfield later in his career. He currently works as an author, commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport.
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John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. *Club domestic league appearances and goals
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