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Sam
Barkas |
Manchester City FC
5 appearances, 0 goals
P 5 W 3 D 0 L 2 F
15:
A
12
60% successful
1936-37
captain: three
minutes played: 450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Samuel Barkas |
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Born |
29 December 1909 at 41 Reservoir Street, Wardley Colliery, Gateshead, County Durham [registered in
Gateshead, March 1910]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
Samuel was the eight of nine children (the sixth of seven boys!!), to
Michael John and Elizabeth Ellen (née Orrell), living at 41 Reservoir Street in Wardley Colliery,
Gateshead. His father was a Hewer in the coal mine. |
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Cannot be found on the 1939 register. |
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Married |
to Mary Irene
Barrett-Flesher, in April 1932
[registered in Bradford, Yorkshire, June 1932]. |
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Died |
10 December
1989 in Shipley, Bradford, aged
79 years 346 days
[registered in Bradford, Yorkshire].
He collapsed in a street near to his home. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
0lbs [1937],
5'
9", 13st.
7lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played junior football with Middle Dock FC in the Tyneside Junior
League. He joined Bradford City FC in early 1928, he played in
202 league matches, scoring eight times, and Manchester City FC
paid £5,000 for Barkas on 20 April 1934. He missed part of the
1937-38 season because of rheumatism. After 176 league
appearances, with one solitary goal, he left in
May 1947, who became the player-manager of Workington AFC. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Three (North) winners 1928-29; Football
League Champions 1936-37; Football League Division Two
winners 1946-47; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (three appearances) |
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Distinctions |
One of four Barkas
brothers to play league football. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Barkas was appointed as player-manager
of Workington FC in May 1947, until his resignation on 22 March 1949. He managed Wigan Athletic FC from April to September
1957. |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three who became the 621st
players (622) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back, but
played as an inside-left on his debut. |
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First match |
No. 204,
9 May 1936,
Belgium
3 England 2,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade
du Centenaire, Bruxelles, aged
26 years
132 days. |
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Last match |
No. 214, 1 December 1937,
England 5
Czechoslovakia
4,
a friendly match at White
Hart Lane, Tottenham, London, aged
27 years 337 days. captain. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1936-37, 1937-38; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1937-38; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Cousin
of William
Felton.
Died two days after Albert Barrett and in the same month as
Jack Ball |
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notes |
Sam Barkas, and his Manchester City teammate, Eric Brook, were on
their way to play for England against Scotland in a Red Cross
International on 2 December 1939, they were involved in a road accident at
Dishforth and were injured. On 27 March 1941, Judge Neville Laski KC
awarded Barkas damages of £300 and Brook £1625 against the
drivers of the two vehicles involved. |
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Beyond England |
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He at first worked as a
miner, then a farmer. He subsequently scouted for Manchester City FC and
Leeds United FC. Having a spell on Bradford City FC's staff from 1965,
running the club's pools scheme. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.24. |
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Sam Barkas - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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9 |
5 |
3 |
450 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
Three |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Sam Barkas
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.667 |
2.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
12 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.20 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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Sam Barkas
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
12 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.20 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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Sam Barkas
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1936-37 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1937-38 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Sam Barkas
- Match History |
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Club: Manchester
City F.C. - 5 full appearances |
F.A. International Select Committee - 5
full capsx
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Age 26 |
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- |
203 |
6 May 1936 -
Austria
2 England 1, Praterstadion, Wien |
tour |
AL |
reserve |
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1 |
204 |
9 May 1936 -
Belgium
3 England 2,
Stade
du Centenaire, Bruxelles |
AL |
Start |
il |
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Age 27 |
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2 |
208 |
17 April 1937 -
Scotland
3
England 1,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
lb |
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- |
209 |
14 May 1937 -
Norway
0 England 6,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
tour |
AW |
withdrawn injured |
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- |
210 |
17 May 1937 -
Sweden
0 England 4,
Råsunda
Fotbollstadion, Solna |
AW |
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- |
211 |
20 May 1937 -
Finland
0
England 8,
Töölön pallokenttä, Helsinki |
AW |
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3 |
212 |
23 October 1937 -
Ireland
1 England
5,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
captain |
3 |
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4 |
213 |
17 November 1937 -
England 2
Wales
1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
HW |
captain |
3 |
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5 |
214 |
1 December 1937 -
England 5
Czechoslovakia
4,
White
Hart Lane, Tottenham |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
3 |
Notes
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