Earl Barrett
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| Earl Barrett | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Earl Barett | |
| Date of birth | 28 April 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Rochdale, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1985–1987 1986 1987–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1998 1998–2000 |
Manchester City → Chester City (loan) Oldham Athletic Aston Villa Everton → Sheffield United (loan) Sheffield Wednesday |
3 (0) 12 (0) 183 (7) 116 (1) 74 (0) 5 (0) 15 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1990 1991–1993 1991–1992 |
England U21 England England B |
4 (0) 3 (0) 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Earl Delisser Barrett (born 28 April 1967 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a former English footballer, most famous for his stints with Everton, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester City. He played mainly at right back though could also adapt to a central defensive role. He also gained three England caps whilst playing at Oldham and Aston Villa. The £1.7m Aston Villa paid for him in February 1992 remains Oldham Athletic's record transfer receipt.
[edit] Career
As a teenager, Barrett helped Chester City to promotion from Division Four in 1985-86 while on loan. At Oldham he helped the Lancashire side to the Division 2 title in 1991 and promotion to Division 1 (which became the Premiership a year later). He was also a member of the side that lost the League Cup Final in 1990 to Nottingham Forest at Wembley.
His greatest success as a player came with Aston Villa where in his first 6 months at the club they finished runners up in the Premiership and in 1993/94 won the League Cup beating Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley with Earl playing the full 90 minutes. He was bought by Everton midway through the next season and although they won the FA Cup in May 1995, Barrett had already been cup tied (at Aston Villa) meaning he could not claim a winners medal. Much of his spell as Everton was dogged with a knee injury and he moved on to Sheffield Wednesday in February 1998 after making 78 appearances for the Merseysiders. Although injury again restricted him at Sheffield Wednesday the club were on a downward spiral and were relegated from the Premiership at the end of Earl's 2nd season with them upon which he retired from playing.
During his footballing career his nicknames were "The Pearl", Perliniho and 'The Earl of Barrett'.
Since retiring from playing he has obtained a degree in sports science and is now working towards his coaching badges. He currently works at Manchester City as an Events Organiser.
In October 2008 he was spotted in the stands whilst attending a Port Vale match. It is understood that he is part of a 5-man consortium interested in taking control of the club.
On 29 July 2009 he was appointed the u16's coach at Stoke City. He was doing a similar role at former club Oldham Athletic.
[edit] Honours
- Division 4 Runner Up (promotion to Division 3): 1985–86
- Premiership Runner Up: 1992–93
- League Cup Winner: 1993–94
- Division 2 Winner (promotion to Division 1): 1990–91
