John Barnes

John Barnes
Personal information
Full name	John Charles Bryan Barnes
Date of birth	7 November 1963 (1963-11-07)
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1981-1987 1987-1997 1997-1999 1999 "Total"	Watford Liverpool Newcastle Charlton Athletic	233 0(65) 314 0(84) 027 00(6) 012 00(0) 586 (165)
National team
1982-1983 1983-1995	England U-21 England	003 00(0) 079 0(11)
Teams managed
1999-2000 2008-2009 2009	Celtic Jamaica Tranmere Rovers

John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a Jamaican-born English former professional footballer and manager, who currently works as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. A fast, skilful left winger, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, and played for the England national team on 79 occasions. In 2006, in a poll of Liverpool fans' favourite players, Barnes came fifth; a year later FourFourTwo magazine named him Liverpool's best player of all time.

Player Honours 

Liverpool

• Football League First Division, 1987–88, 1989–90 
• Football League First Division Runner-Up, 1988–89, 1990–91 
• FA Cup, 1989, 1992 
• Football League Cup, 1995 
• FA Charity Shield, 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared with Manchester United)

Managerial Honours 

Jamaica 

• Caribbean Cup, 2008 

Individual Honours 

• PFA Players' Player of the Year, 1988 
• FWA Footballer of the Year, 1988, 1990 
• PFA Team of the Year, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91 
• Member of the Order of the British Empire, 1998
• Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, 2005 

External links

• Player profile at LFChistory.net
• John Barnes England appearances at Englandfanzine.co.uk

England – 1986 FIFA World Cup

1. Shilton 2. G Stevens 3. Sansom 4. Hoddle 5. Martin 6. Butcher 7. Robson 8. Wilkins 9. Hateley 10. Lineker 11. Waddle 12. Anderson 13. Woods 14. Fenwick 15. G. A. Stevens 16. Reid 17. T. Steven 18. Hodge 19. Barnes 20. Beardsley 21. Dixon 22. Bailey Manager:   Robson

England – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1. Shilton 2. Stevens 3. Pearce 4. Webb 5. Walker 6. Butcher 7. Robson 8. Waddle 9. Beardsley 10. Lineker 11. Barnes 12. Parker 13. Woods 14. Wright 15. Dorigo 16. McMahon 17. Platt 18. Hodge 19. Gascoigne 20. Steven 21. Bull 22. Beasant Manager:   Robson