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Ray Barlow

West Bromwich Albion FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2: A 0
100% successful
1953-58

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90

Profile
Full name Raymond John Barlow
Born 17 August 1926 in Swindon, Wiltshire [registered in Swindon, September 1926].
Attended Sandford Street School, Swindon
Died 14 March 2012 in Bridgend, south Wales, aged 85 years 210 days
Height/Weight 6' 0", 13st. 6lbs [1957].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career
Club(s) Began his football career as a schoolboy in Swindon. He played for Garrard's FC of Swindon before joining West Bromwich Albion FC as an amateur in June 1944, turning professional in November 1944.  After 403 league appearances, in which he scored 31 times, Barlow joined Birmingham City FC, initially on a month's trial, in August 1960, retiring the following March after just five league appearances. He was however, permitted to play for Stourbridge FC for a further season, finally hanging up his boots in the summer of 1962.
Club honours FA Cup winners 1953-54;
Individual honours Football League (four appearances)
Distinctions None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of eight who became the 734th player (737) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-half
Only match No. 291, 2 October 1954, Northern Ireland 0 England 2, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 28 years 46 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional squad); British Championship 1954-55;
Team honours British Championship winners 1954-55;
Individual honours England B (two appearances)
Distinctions None

Beyond England
A devoted family man, he went on to run a tobacconist's and sweetshop in West Bromwich, then a post office in Stourbridge, always retaining his connection with the club he had served with such distinction and which accorded him a signal honour during its 125th anniversary celebrations in 2004, when he was included in Albion's all-time 16-man squad. - The Independent Obituary, 14 March 2012.

 

Ray Barlow - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
2 1 0 1 0 0 90 0 0 min 0 none none
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Ray Barlow - Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away - White - British Championship 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1

 

Ray Barlow - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championships
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1954-55 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC Total 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1

 

Ray Barlow - Match History
 Club: West Bromwich Albion F.C. - 1 full cap

Coach: Walter Winterbottom - 1 full capx

Age 25
- b 22 May 1952 - France Espoirs 7 England B 1, Le Havre Fr AL Start 6
Age 26
- b 11 March 1953 - Scotland B 2 England B 2, Easter Road, Edinburgh Fr AD Start 6
Age 27
- 281 10 October 1953 - Wales 1 England 4, Ninian Park, Cardiff BC/
WCP		 AW reserve
Age 28
1 291 2 October 1954 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW Start 6
Age 31
England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final 22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included Ray Barlow.

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