english football musician and coach
For other people named John Barnes, see John Barnes ( disambiguation )
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE ( bear 7 November 1963 ) is a former professional football actor and coach. He presently works as a commentator and initiate for ESPN and SuperSport. [ 4 ] Initially a flying, adept left winger, he moved to central midfield later in his career. Barnes won two league titles with Liverpool, with whom he besides won two cup finals at Wembley. He was besides an FA Cup runner-up with Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle United. Barnes earned 79 external caps for England.

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Barnes was born and initially raised in Jamaica as the son of a military officer from Trinidad and Tobago and a jamaican mother. He moved to London, England with his family when he was 12 years previous. Barnes joined Watford aged 17 in 1981 before playing 296 competitive games for them scoring 85 goals. He was a Watford 1984 FA Cup Final runner-up. He debuted for England in 1983 and in 1987 joined Liverpool for £900,000. In his 10 seasons there Liverpool won the then top-flight First Division twice and the FA Cup doubly. He scored 106 goals in 403 matches. By the meter of his last cap in 1995, he had more caps than any early black England player. After two years at Newcastle United, he ended his play career at Charlton Athletic in 1999. Barnes was the PFA Players ‘ Player of the year once ( in 1987–88 ) and the Football Writers ‘ Association Footballer of the Year twice ( in 1987–88 and 1989–90 ). In the runup to England ‘s 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign he recorded a rap for the official team song, New Order ‘s “ World in Motion “. In 2005, he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. In 2006, in a poll of Liverpool fans ‘ darling players, Barnes came fifth ; a year subsequently, FourFourTwo magazine named him Liverpool ‘s best all time player. In 2016, The Times readers voted him England ‘s greatest ever left-footed player. Barnes had 8 months as celtic promontory coach when his erstwhile Liverpool coach Kenny Dalglish was director of football. Barnes has since managed the Jamaica national team in 2008–09 and English club Tranmere Rovers for four months in 2009 .

early life [edit ]

Barnes was born in Jamaica, to Roderick Kenrick “ Ken ” Barnes ( a trinidadian ) and Frances Jeanne Hill ( a Jamaican ). Ken Barnes hailed from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago emigrating to Jamaica in 1956 as a penis of the West India Regiment. He joined the Jamaica Defence Force when formed after the nation ‘s 1962 independence when he was initially command policeman of the 1st Battalion Jamaica Regiment. In 1973 he was promoted to colonel remaining in the united states army until retiring in 1989. While in the army, he was a semi-professional football player for a Jamaica National Premier League club and besides captained the Jamaica national football team. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Barnes spent his early childhood life in Jamaica ‘s biggest military base, [ 8 ] play football and living a discipline life. His church father was president of the Jamaica Amateur Swimming Association and former formed Jamaica ‘s first bobsled team. [ 7 ] Barnes ‘ church father was a huge squash and football fan who encouraged his son to pursue sports, having named him after Welsh football player John Charles. [ 9 ] Ken Barnes, who was promoted to Colonel in 1973, [ 7 ] was appointed Defence adviser to the High Commission of Jamaica, London ( 1976–1981 ) [ 7 ] and Barnes moved to London with his family in January 1976 [ 10 ] when he was 12 years erstwhile. He attended the rugby -playing St Marylebone Grammar School [ 11 ] then a short-change stretch at Haverstock School, Camden Town. [ 12 ] While at school he played four years of youth football at the Stowe Boys Club in Paddington. [ 13 ]

Club career [edit ]

Watford [edit ]

Barnes was noticed by Watford as a adolescent while playing for Middlesex League club Sudbury Court. [ 14 ] After a successful trial game in Watford ‘s reserves, Barnes signed on 14 July 1981 for the fee of a set of kits. [ 15 ] Barnes debuted age 17 as a stand-in on 5 September 1981 in a Football League Second Division 1–1 home draw with Oldham Athletic. With director Graham Taylor Watford were eight months away from completing a five-year ascend from the Fourth Division to the First. Barnes quickly established himself as a regular actor and scored 12 Second Division goals as Watford were promoted, as runner-up to fierce rivals Luton Town to the clear flight of English football at the conclusion of season 1981–82. Watford finished runner-up for the League title [ 16 ] to Liverpool the season after. Watford lost the 1984 FA Cup Final as under-dogs 2–0 to Everton. [ 17 ] Watford lost a 1986–87 FA Cup semi-final to Tottenham Hotspur. At the end of the 1986–87 season, Taylor called time on his 10-year spell as Watford coach to take charge at Aston Villa. Bassett, resigned to losing Barnes to a bigger club, gave Alex Ferguson the chance to sign Barnes for Manchester United. Ferguson rejected the extend hush having faith in United ‘s leave winger Jesper Olsen. Ferguson late admitted that he regretted not signing Barnes, particularly as Barnes helped extend Liverpool ‘s dominance in England by three seasons, while Olsen fell out of favor at Old Trafford and had left by the end of 1988, with his successors Ralph Milne and Danny Wallace failing to live up to expectations. Ferguson ‘s United waited until 1990 to win a major trophy and 1993 to win the league style. [ 18 ] Barnes left Watford on 9 June 1987 to sign for Liverpool after 233 league appearances scoring 65 goals .

liverpool [edit ]

Barnes arrived at Kenny Dalglish ‘s Liverpool in the same conclusion season as England teammate Peter Beardsley and linked up with modern signings John Aldridge and Ray Houghton. Barnes debuted for the Reds along with Beardsley on 15 August 1987 in the 2–1 league acquire at Arsenal. After 9 minutes Barnes and Beardsley combined to set up Aldridge to score. Barnes ‘ foremost Liverpool goal was on 12 September pulsate Oxford United 2–0 at Anfield .
The Barnes ’ pedestal outside Anfield marking his ten-spot years with Liverpool, including his performance in the 5–0 win over Nottingham Forest in April 1988. In his first base Liverpool season they won the League title, remaining undefeated for the first 29 games of the season. Barnes ‘ 15 Liverpool league goals in his first season there was second alone to John Aldridge. The 2 April 2–1 get the better of at Nottingham Forest was the final of only two league defeats that season. 11 days former Barnes, Beardsley, Houghton and Aldridge were instrumental in Liverpool ‘s 5–0 dwelling gain over Forest described by Tom Finney as “ One of the finest exhibition I ‘ve seen the whole time I ‘ve played and watched the game. You could n’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil. ” [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The double however was thwarted by Lawrie Sanchez ‘ Wimbledon goal beating Liverpool 1–0 in the 1988 FA Cup Final. Barnes was a key performer on the Anfield Rap; the club ‘s cup final birdcall that UK charted at number 3. Barnes was voted PFA Player of the year. In the summer of 1988 Ian Rush re-signed for Liverpool. Following the death of 96 Liverpool fans in April 1989 as a consequence of the Hillsborough disaster, Barnes attended respective funerals and visited the injured in hospital. He pulled out of an England international friendly in orderliness to fulfil these public duties. [ 21 ] Liverpool won the 1989 FA Cup Final with a 3–2 victory over Merseyside rivals Everton, with Barnes creating goals from the impart wing for Rush. In the 1988–89 style decider at Anfield, Arsenal ‘s Michael Thomas ‘ 92nd minute, league winning goal occurred in their counter-attack 17 seconds after Barnes lost ball possession attempting to dribble past Kevin Richardson. Barnes played in the 1990 claim winning english at Liverpool and scored 22 league goals from the left fender – the highest goal tally of his career. Ian Rush scored four fewer league goals than Barnes. Barnes was voted Football Writers ‘ Association Footballer of the Year, and expectations from England coach Bobby Robson were besides high, seeing Barnes as a identify component in the buildup to Italia 90. Teammate Peter Beardsley has since said Barnes at the end of the 1980s was “ The best player I always played with, bar none. For three or four years at the end of the ’80s, John was possibly the best player in the universe. ” [ 22 ] Barnes continued to play regularly for Liverpool and England into the 1990s. In 1990–91 he scored 16 league goals. Arsenal were league champions in the season of Kenny Dalglish ‘s resignation and his surrogate by Graeme Souness as coach. Liverpool had qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, being readmitted to european competitions a year after the banish on all other english clubs in european competitions since the Heysel catastrophe in 1985 had been lifted. This was the first prison term Barnes had played in european competitions since Watford ‘s 1983–84 UEFA Cup campaign. however, Barnes missed most of the 1991–92 temper ascribable to a succession of injuries and played barely 12 league games, scoring once, as Liverpool finished sixth in the league – their lowest finish in two decades and the foremost time since 1981 that they had failed to finish champions or runner-up. Liverpool won the 1992 FA Cup Final but Barnes missed the game through injury. The adjacent month in June he was hurt play for England in Helsinki in a warm up game before Euro 92. Barnes was out hurt for five months. He never recovered his explosive explosion of rush that had been a key component of his play. He was now past his play extremum. [ 23 ] Barnes and several other aged players had crisp relationships with Souness during this period as the coach tried to impose raw methods promptly. many senior pros resented his heavily discipline border on deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as the increase pressure in train. [ 24 ] Barnes besides once had to make a public apology to Souness after he gave an interview criticising the tactics employed by the director before an crucial meet. [ 25 ] Young teammate Robbie Fowler besides said in his autobiography that Souness felt at the clock Barnes was past his best, but in Fowler ‘s ( and others ‘ ) impression he calm had a batch to offer and was still one of the most talented players at the club. [ 26 ] Souness later stated in his autobiography that Barnes ascribable to his injuries was now taking a “ less demanding ” central midfield playmaker ‘s role as opposed to a goalscoring winger. Despite the effects of the injuries, Barnes was hush regarded as one of baseball club and nation ‘s best players and Souness noted that Barnes “ Retained his quality on the ball, using it well and rarely losing self-control ”. [ 24 ] Mark Walters who had played for Souness at Glasgow Rangers had been purchased as cover/competition for Barnes but failed to displace him. After Liverpool ‘s league title in 1990 Liverpool were usurped by Arsenal, Leeds United, Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers each winning the league at least once. Under Evans, Barnes and younger players like Steve McManaman, Jamie Redknapp and Robbie Fowler ( who had been given their debuts by either Dalglish or Souness ) won the 1994–95 Football League Cup and were 1996 FA Cup Final runner-up due to Eric Cantona ‘s Manchester United finish that gave United a second base league and FA Cup double in three seasons. Liverpool ‘s Spice Boys team drew stinging criticism for wearing matching cream Armani suits to the final. [ 27 ] By the mid 1990s, Barnes had been moved from the entrust annex to the military position of a holding midfielder. He often captained the side in 1995–96 when regular captain Ian Rush lost his place to new signing Stan Collymore. When Rush departed to Leeds United at the season ‘s end Barnes became full-time captain. Barnes created the final examination finish after a trickle and passing movement for Stan Collymore during Liverpool ‘s 4–3 succeed against Newcastle at Anfield, which is frequently considered the greatest game in Premier League history. [ 28 ] Jamie Carragher debuted for the Liverpool beginning team in January 1997 and said that despite 33 year old Barnes nowadays being past his extremum, he was still the best player at the club. “ technically, he ‘s the best player I ‘ve always trained or played with, he was bang-up with both feet, they were both precisely the lapp. I ‘d say he ‘s the best closer I ‘ve ever played with ( including Torres, Fowler, Owen ). Barnes never used to blast his shots – they ‘d fair get placed right in the corner. You speak with the players from those great Liverpool sides and ask them who the best actor they played with was and they all say John Barnes, ” Carragher commented. [ 29 ] On 13 August 1997 three months before his 34th birthday, after 10 years at Liverpool with 407 appearances, 108 goals and five major trophies, Barnes left on a rid transfer. He had missed precisely three Premier League games in his final temper at Anfield, scoring four goals ( including a memorable late winner against Southampton just after Christmas ) as they had led the table for much of the first half of the season before being overhauled by eventual champions Manchester United at the conclusion of January and having to settle for a fourth-place finish. Paul Ince, with a wholly contrasting contentious dash, was signed from Inter Milan to replace Barnes in central midfield. [ 30 ]

newcastle United [edit ]

Barnes was subsequently snapped up by former teammate and coach Kenny Dalglish, who was managing Newcastle United. Although an approach had already been made by Harry Redknapp of West Ham, Barnes had agreed in principle to join them, until at the final moment Dalglish called him, and Barnes changed his mind. In the 1997–98 season Barnes played up front largely, deputising for Alan Shearer after Shearer was injured for most of the season, and Barnes ended up Newcastle ‘s top league scorekeeper with six goals, highlighting the Magpies ‘ lack of ability to score in the absence of the injure Shearer, while Ferdinand and Beardsley had both been sold. Former Liverpool colleague Ian Rush and England colleague Stuart Pearce were besides drafted in for the 1997–98 season. Pearce has since stated in his autobiography, “ Psycho ”, that he felt Barnes was overweight by the time he joined Newcastle and that both Barnes and Rush had less desire than himself to win at that stage in their careers as they had already won everything, and that they could have had more of an border to them. [ 31 ] Newcastle ( the former season ‘s Premier League runner-up ) endured a disappointing league campaign and finished 13th, although they did reach the 1998 FA Cup Final, and Barnes went onto the plain for the fourth FA Cup final of his career. however, Newcastle lost 2–0 to Arsenal, and following the sack of Dalglish early in the 1998–99 season, he was left disjunct and shunned along with a number of Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan era players including Rob Lee and Stuart Pearce. Barnes with many others was dropped from the first team by fresh coach Ruud Gullit and spent several months in the reserves despite, in his opinion, “ excelling in trail ” and showing he had lost none of his quality if some of his footstep. He felt that himself and others were intentionally being cold shouldered to make it know Gullit wanted his own players in ; Barnes had worked concisely with Gullit during the 1998 World Cup ITV comment team, and they had played numerous international matches played against each other in the 1980s and 1990s, but they were not friends. Barnes knew it was the death straw when even his MBE from the Queen was overlooked by Gullit after a presentation had been given to Stuart Pearce for receiving one – this was in the winter of 1998 and he knew he was undesirable. [ 30 ] Barnes left the club on a free transfer to newly promoted Charlton on 10 February 1999 .

Charlton Athletic [edit ]

Barnes made his debut for Charlton on 13 February 1999, coming on as a utility in a 1–0 home acquire over Liverpool. [ 32 ] He made a far 11 league appearances that season, largely as a alternate, and did not score any goals. [ 32 ] Defeat on the final day of the season relegated the Addicks back to Division One, and Barnes announced his retirement as a player after 20 years .

celtic [edit ]

During his short while as Celtic director, Barnes would late register as a player although he did not make an appearance for the scots side. [ 32 ]

racism [edit ]

During his playing career, Barnes ( like other total darkness players of his earned run average ) was frequently the prey of racial abuse from the terraces. At one of his first appearances at Anfield, Barnes said that the tea lady had, intentionally or unintentionally, served tea to all the players in the lounge except him, and he made a jest about it by asking light-heartedly, “ Is it because I ‘m black ? ” [ 30 ] a well as being abused by opposition players, on occasions Barnes reported overhearing teammates making racist comment towards other Black players in enemy teams. One example of racial abuse by a section of Everton supporters in the Merseyside bowler hat at Anfield led to Everton chair Philip Carter disowning the offending supporters, branding them “ scum ”. The highest profile racial incident of his career was captured in a photograph where Barnes, in full Liverpool kit and mid-match, casually backheeled away a banana which had been hurled at him during a match with Everton at Goodison Park. [ 33 ]

International career [edit ]

Although born in Jamaica, Barnes had no purpose of representing Jamaica at external level as the “ Reggae Boyz had not however made a meaning grade on worldly concern football and he was eager to get to the game ‘s biggest stagecoach ”. [ 34 ] At the time of Barnes ‘ international career, FIFA ‘s national team eligibility criteria allowed british recommendation holders to represent one of the british football associations if they had no rake ties to the United Kingdom. Barnes had already planned to represent England where he had lived since the age of 12. [ 35 ] Barnes said : “ the only reason I played for England was because they were the first to ask … if Scotland had asked [ first gear ] … You go and play for Scotland. ” [ 34 ] Barnes debuted for Bobby Robson ‘s England on 28 May 1983 as a second-half alternate for Watford teammate Luther Blissett in a 0–0 at Northern Ireland ‘s Windsor Park in the british Championship. [ 36 ] Blissett was the fifth and Barnes the seventh black fully England football internationalists. England failed to qualify for the 1984 european Championships, then alternatively toured South America. On 10 June 1984 Barnes v Brazil dribbled through several brazilian defenders and rounded Roberto Costa to score in a friendly match at Rio de Janeiro ‘s Estádio do Maracanã. [ citation needed ] It was after the World Cup that Barnes became a british recommendation holder. Speaking in 2008, Barnes said “ I do n’t flush know if the English F.A. did n’t know that I was n’t born there and was n’t brought up there … possibly I played ( for England ) illegally, right ? ” [ 34 ] In his early England days, he and fellow black player Mark Chamberlain were subjected to threats from racist groups. Barnes was abused by supporters of the National Front on the airplane back from South America in June 1984 ; with the group claiming that England had only won 1–0 against Brazil because Barnes ‘ finish “ did n’t count ”. [ citation needed ] Bobby Robson did not use Barnes at the 1986 World Cup until the quarter final with 15 minutes left when trailing 2–0 against Argentina. [ 36 ] ( BBC observer Barry Davies shouted : “Go on! Run at them!” when Barnes was given the testis ), setting up a finish for Gary Lineker and laying on another prospect denied by the mind of Lineker ‘s Argentine marker. England were eliminated with Barnes praised for his contribution and many asked why he had not played more nor in previous games. He then became a unconstipated crank for England at both the 1988 european Championships and 1990 World Cup. [ 36 ] As part of a front four with Gary Lineker, Peter Beardsley, and Chris Waddle, England lost all three of their group games at the 1988 european Championships. however, Robson stayed in his job. Barnes pulled out of England ‘s beginning international game after the Hillsborough catastrophe due to grief he felt at the time. [ citation needed ] In his absence, England won the World Cup qualifier against Albania 5–0 at Wembley on 26 April 1989. [ 37 ] In the Football World Cup 1990 leave up, Barnes played several times as a forward alongside Gary Lineker, and in a quick up crippled against Uruguay played well and scored a half volley from a Stuart Pearce crisscross. Barnes again rapped this time in New Order ‘s UK Number 1, “ World in Motion “, link birdcall. At the 1990 World Cup he injured his groin against Belgium soon after his volley goal was incorrectly disallowed for offside. England went out to West Germany on penalties in the semi-final. In June 1992 five Finland in Helsinki in England ‘s last warm up game before the 1992 european Championships, he tore his achilles tendon. He was injured for five months. In his absence England were eliminated at the group phase. On his return he had lost his explosive burst of accelerate and was now past his extremum. [ 23 ] In a Wembley 1994 World Cup qualifier against San Marino, Barnes was booed by an entire section of England fans after the wholly team played ill. Barnes late believed an article attributed to Jimmy Greaves in the Daily Mirror, which cited his conjectural patronize for the West Indies cricket team and questioned his commitment to the England team, had influenced the crowd to boo. [ 30 ] He earned a surprise England recall in 1994 under Terry Venables and was in the police squad in the race up to Euro ’96 after improved form for Liverpool, although he was not selected for the final examination tournament police squad despite England not having an established left-sided option. Barnes ‘ 79 caps ( 11 goals ) made him England ‘s record capped black musician for a prison term. Compared to his club form, he was never seen as a player who peaked wearing an England shirt. Bobby Robson described him as the “ Greatest riddle ” of his career ; whilst including him for his all meter dream team England police squad of all the players he had picked as director in his 1990 reserve “ Against All Odds ” ( placing him on the workbench ), he was baffled at Barnes ‘s inconsistency. He described Barnes as being a player of “ the highest quality ” but sometimes being unable to reach for that snatch extra when he or Captain Bryan Robson shouted at him to take more players on. [ 30 ] Barnes has since said he felt the systems England played were “ rigid ” focusing on speed, aggression, and attacking through the center quite than patient, passing play. He besides said he could receive the ball adenine few as six or seven times in a crippled whereas at Liverpool he may receive it more than twenty times, and he had more freedom under Kenny Dalglish who did not ask him to stay on the leave wing all the fourth dimension. England besides had a very unlike system to Liverpool at the time, who were much more free-flowing, and late said that to have got the best out of him, they would have needed a similar system to the one used by Dalglish, which was never likely to happen. He besides cited Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle as players he felt England were unable to get the best out of. [ 30 ]

Newspapers at the prison term of his England career even queried whether his martinet breeding in Jamaica to a military syndicate and rumor beatings as a child from his parents had contributed to his underperformance as an England football player. [ 30 ] After 12 years Barnes won his 79th and final cap on 6 September 1995 in a 0–0 friendly pull with Colombia at Wembley that contained extrovert colombian goalkeeper René Higuita ‘s ‘Scorpion Kick. ‘ [ 38 ] Barnes was in the top ten-spot most capped players list for eleven years until David Beckham and then Gary Neville edged him from one-ninth to 11th. In 1999, Tony Adams picked Barnes to be in his England dream team in his book Addicted, citing that Barnes “ could pass, move, trickle, had brazilian manner movement … what more could you want ? ” He besides backed Barnes ‘s view that England at times exploited rigid systems. [ 39 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

celtic [edit ]

In a “ pipe dream ticket ” style move, Barnes was appointed head coach of Celtic on 8 June 1999 working under Kenny Dalglish as conductor of football. After his appointment he late re-registered himself as a actor but never played a competitive game for Celtic. He was sacked 8 months into his tenure following a home 3–1 1999–2000 scottish Cup kill by lower division Inverness Caledonian Thistle in February. The result led to the newspaper headline, “ Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious ”. Kenny Dalglish took over first-team duties until the end of the season. [ 40 ] Although Dalglish won the League Cup in the process, his sign was not renewed and the display panel decided to replace him with Martin O’Neill .

jamaica [edit ]

Barnes entered discussions with the Jamaica Football Federation in September 2008 regarding the possibility of him managing the Jamaica national team. [ 41 ] On 16 September 2008, Barnes was appointed as director of Jamaica announcing Mike Commane as his assistant. Barnes guided his new Jamaican charges to a first-place finish in the 2008 Caribbean Championships, qualifying as the top Caribbean side for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In February 2009, Barnes told Sky Sports that he wanted to return to club management if the opportunity rebel. [ 42 ] It was reported in May 2009 that Barnes contacted English League Two side Port Vale to see whether he could replace out-going director Dean Glover. [ 43 ] ultimately, though, the electric potential move to Port Vale did not happen. alternatively, on 14 June 2009 he confirmed that he was to be appointed coach of League One side Tranmere Rovers .

Tranmere Rovers [edit ]

Barnes was formally named as director of Tranmere Rovers on 15 June 2009, with Jason McAteer assisting him. [ 44 ] He got off to a black start, with Tranmere entirely winning three of their first fourteen games. On 9 October 2009, Barnes was sacked by the club six days after a 5–0 kill at Millwall and a run of barely two wins from eleven league games. [ 45 ]

Accolades [edit ]

Former England external Tom Finney remarked that “ players like John Barnes come along just once in a life. ” [ 46 ] Twice in his career, Barnes was voted Football Writers ‘ Association Footballer of the class. He besides won the PFA Players ‘ Player of the Year. Although he is wide regarded as among the most underperform players, when compared to his clubhouse form, to wear an England shirt, Barnes was voted England ‘s “ greatest leave foot ” by readers of The Times in 2016, ahead of Chris Waddle and Jimmy Greaves. Barnes was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of his contribution to the english game. The Liverpool fans ’ adoration for “ Digger ” ( he was nicknamed after the character Digger Barnes in the american soap opera Dallas ) [ 47 ] was emphasised when he finished in the top 5 of the poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop which was conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web site in the summer of 2006. More than 110,000 supporters cosmopolitan voted for their 10 front-runner players of all time, Barnes finished 5th behind Robbie Fowler ( 4th ), Ian Rush ( 3rd ), Steven Gerrard ( 2nd ) and the man that signed him three times ( for Liverpool, Newcastle and Celtic ) Kenny Dalglish ( 1st ). [ 48 ] He besides appears frequently as a excerpt in FourFourTwo magazine ‘s Perfect XI, a choice in which current and early professional footballers select the best 11 players they have ever seen, played with or against, including selections by Michael Owen, Steve McManaman, Peter Beardsley, Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher. [ 49 ]

Music career [edit ]

He performed the Keith Allen -penned rap segment of New Order ‘s “ World in Motion “ ampere well as appearing on the track “ Anfield Rap “, a Liverpool FC FA Cup Final sung, rapping the lyrics “ Liverpool FC is hard as hell/ United, Tottenham, Arsenal ”, [ 50 ] and performing lead blame in Liverpool ‘s ’96 cup final song “ Pass & Move ( It ‘s the Liverpool Groove ) “. “ World in Motion ” reached # 1 in the charts and spent 18 weeks in the UK clear 75 ( including re-releases in 2002 and 2010 ) although Barnes was entirely paid a flat rate of £200 and received no royalties. [ 51 ] “ Anfield Rap ” reached # 3 and spent 6 weeks in the top 75, and “ Pass & Move ” reached # 4 and spent 4 weeks in the top 75. The rap parcel of “ World in Motion ” is the most remember character of the master sung, becoming an iconic objet d’art of English football culture in its own right, familiar to subsequent generations of England football fans not even born in 1990. [ 52 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Barnes was first married to and subsequently divorced Suzy with whom he has two sons and two daughters – Jamie, Jordan, Jemma and Jasmine. John ‘s second wife is called Andrea and they have two daughters : isabella and Tia, and a son, Alexander. With mate early footballers Les Ferdinand and Luther Blissett, he founded Team48 Motorsport, a team aiming to promote young racing drivers of African-Caribbean setting. In 2008, the team entered the british Touring Car Championship, running Alfa Romeos for white Jamaican Matthew Gore and 18-year-old black Briton Darelle Wilson. however, the project never got off the starting line and the team failed to show up for any of the races. A few days after being sacked by Tranmere, Barnes was declared bankrupt. He has described the bankruptcy as a technicality, saying “ The bankruptcy consequence is a tax oversight which is being dealt with. ” [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Barnes ‘ claims of the bankruptcy being a “ tax supervision ” proved true and the order was quickly overturned. [ 55 ]

Media, charity work and politics [edit ]

As a sporting icon in England in the early 1990s Barnes appeared in a commercial for the energy beverage Lucozade, launching their Lucozade Sport drink. [ 56 ] Barnes became a initiate on ITV and a donor of the football coverage on Five adenine well as having his own hebdomadally football discussion show on LFC television receiver called The John Barnes Show, every Thursday. He besides worked as an ambassador for Save the Children. Barnes has appeared on several shows and media outlets to promote his charity oeuvre, including a luminary appearance on Soccer AM in February 2009 performing the “ World in Motion ” blame and a parody of the mistimed mention by ITV in the previous workweek ‘s Everton v. Liverpool FA Cup tie, with Barnes ‘ “ Under-11 World Champion Baton-twirling ” everyday missed by mock commercials. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] [ 59 ] In 2001, Barnes appeared on Lily Savage’s Blankety Blank. [ 60 ] In 2000, Barnes presented a one off soccer special with Lisa Rogers entitled The Pepsi World Challenge, devised and produced by Nathan Carey and airing on Channel 5 in the UK. The show was edited with local presenters around the world. [ citation needed ] He was the subject of a This is Your Life program in 2001, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel. [ citation needed ] Barnes competed in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing which started in October 2007. His dance collaborator was Nicole Cutler. They finished in seventh station. He was besides the first male fame to receive a ten from the judges, which he got for his salsa. After an absence of about eight years, Barnes returned to football in deep 2007. He agreed to run several coaching clinics across the Caribbean for young players with the possibility of them joining Premier League side Sunderland on trial. [ 61 ] He made a guest appearance as himself in episode 10 of Series 6 of Waterloo Road that was aired on BBC One on Wednesday, 27 October 2010. [ citation needed ] He has been used as a initiate in ESPN ‘s coverage of the FA Cup 2010, and in SuperSport ‘s coverage of the UEFA Champions League 2010–2011, in South Africa. He appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News best bits show on Thursday, 15 December 2011, as his Mystery Guest. In the picture he was dressed as Santa Claus and along with Russell Howard he performed his celebrated rap from New Order ‘s “ World in Motion ”. [ citation needed ] On 17 October 2012, Barnes featured in series 9, episode 9 of the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?. [ 62 ] Barnes has suggested the American National Football League ‘s controversial Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for coaching positions, should be adopted by the Premier League. [ 63 ] In 2016 in the runup to the 2016 EU referendum, Barnes refuted Michael Gove ‘s claim that he wished the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, clarifying that he supports continued UK membership of the EU. [ 64 ] In January 2018, Barnes participated as a housemate on the twenty-first series of Celebrity Big Brother. [ 65 ] On 21 February 2019, Barnes was a guest on Question Time, commenting on racism and discrimination in company. [ 66 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list England’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barnes goal.[68]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of 6 September 2009

Team
Nation
From
To
Matches
Won
Drawn
Lost
Win %

Celtic
 Scotland

10 June 1999

10 February 2000

29
19
2
8
65.5%

Jamaica
 Jamaica

16 September 2008

30 June 2009

11
7
4
0
63.6%[69]
Tranmere Rovers
 England

15 June 2009

9 October 2009

12
3
1
8
25%

Total

52
29
7
16
0 55.77

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Liverpool

director [edit ]

Jamaica

individual [edit ]

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