Barry Tucker

William Barrington Tucker (born 28 May 1952) is a Welsh former professional football full back who made over 440 appearances in the Football League for Northampton Town and Brentford.

Barry Tucker
Personal information
Full name William Barrington Tucker[1]
Date of birth (1952-08-28) 28 August 1952
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
1970–1971 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1978 Northampton Town 214 (3)
1978–1982 Brentford 169 (5)
1982–1984 Northampton Town 63 (5)
Total 446 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Northampton Town

A full back, Tucker began his career at Fourth Division club Northampton Town in 1970.[1] After making his debut the following year, he went on to be a regular fixture in the team throughout the 1970s, making 214 league appearances and scoring three goals before departing the County Ground in February 1978.[1] A memorable moment was helping the club to promotion to the Third Division during the 1975–76 season,[2] though the Cobblers were relegated at the first attempt.[3]

Brentford

Tucker followed his former Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin, Jr. to Fourth Division club Brentford in February 1978 in a £10,000 deal.[4] He went into the starting lineup at left back later that month and helped the Bees to promotion to the Third Division with a fourth-place finish at the end of the season.[5] He missed only five league games over the course of the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons and despite missing most of 1980–81 due to a contractual dispute,[4] he came back strong in 1981–82, making 38 league appearances and scoring four of the five goals he scored for the club.[6] After his seventh appearance of the 1982–83 season, Tucker departed Griffin Park.[6] He made 181 appearances and scored five goals in four-and-a-half years with Brentford.[6]

Return to Northampton Town

Tucker returned to Northampton Town in October 1982, with the club still rooted in the Fourth Division.[1] He made 63 league appearances and scored five goals before retiring from football in 1984.[1] Tucker made 302 appearances and scored 8 goals across his two spells with the Cobblers.[7]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Tucker settled in Northampton and as of November 2013 was working for FG Metcalfe.[2]

Honours

Northampton Town

Brentford

  • Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1977–78[5]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1977–78[5] Fourth Division 18 0 — — 18 0
1978–79[5] Third Division 43 0 1 0 2 0 46 0
1979–80[5] 42 0 1 0 0 0 43 0
1980–81[5] 23 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
1981–82[5] 38 4 3 0 2 0 43 4
1982–83[5] 5 0 — 2 0 7 0
Career total 169 5 6 0 6 0 181 5

References

General

  • Barry Tucker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 22 October 2013.

Specific

  1. "Barry Tucker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. "Where Are They Now? Northampton Town 1975–76 Division Four Runners Up". The League Paper. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. "Football Club History Database – Northampton Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 288. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–397. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 163. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  7. "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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