Peter Barnes

He is the son of Ken Barnes, who won the FA Cup with Manchester City in 1956.

Peter Simon Barnes (born 10 June 1957) is an English former international football player, manager and pundit.

An attacking left-sided winger, his playing career spanned 19 years and took him to 25 clubs across eight countries.

Barnes began his career as an apprentice at Manchester City in July 1972 and turned professional two years later.

He began his playing career at Manchester City after becoming an apprentice at the club in July 1972.

He had seven trials with Leeds United, whose manager, Don Revie, was a friend and former teammate to his father.

Johnny Hart, a backroom staff member at Manchester City, had been told that Barnes was about to sign with Leeds on schoolboy forms and so intervened to get Barnes a place as a schoolboy with City.

He made his Football League debut in October 1974, aged 17.

He turned professional at the age of 17 and made his first-team debut in the Manchester derby on 9 October 1974, coming on for Glyn Pardoe in a 1–0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in the League Cup.

Manager Tony Book surmised that: "the handful of things which Peter did were carried out properly and effectively".

Barnes made his First Division debut four days later, following an injury to Rodney Marsh, starting in a 2–1 defeat at Burnley.

He made his Maine Road debut the following week, standing in for the injured Dennis Tueart in a 1–0 win over Luton Town, and missed an easy chance to score a goal after "spooning a ball from Bell over the top from less than 6 yd with the entire goal gaping".

An England Youth and under-21 international, Barnes was a member of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship winning team in 1975.

He won 22 senior caps for England, scoring four goals.

Though he was never selected in a squad for a major tournament, he played in two victorious British Home Championship campaigns.

He scored his first career goal on 19 March 1975, converting a knee-high volley in a 2–1 loss to Carlisle United; this was his only goal from five appearances in the 1974–75 season.

Barnes had to wait until 8 October to make his first appearance of the 1975–76 campaign, filling in for the injured Tueart in a 2–1 home victory over Nottingham Forest in the League Cup.

Book then dropped captain Marsh from the first team and transfer-listed him, which left a space for Barnes in the starting eleven as Asa Hartford was given Marsh's number ten shirt.

Barnes scored his first goal of the campaign from what Book described as "virtually very little" in a 2–2 draw at Sheffield United; the draw had been hard-earned after the team coach crashed on the journey to the ground, causing whiplash injuries to a number of City players.

Nottingham Football Post columnist Ron Fenton wrote that: "Peter Barnes and Dennis Tueart have consistently destroyed defences this season with thrilling wing play... [and] have done the game a big service ... to accelerate the re-birth of wingers".

Barnes' run of twelve consecutive league starts was ended after he suffered a cracked collarbone following a collision with Frank Gray during a 1–0 home defeat to Leeds United on Boxing Day.

Barnes ended the season with five goals in 36 appearances, including 27 league starts.

Of more significance in the 1975–76 season was the club's League Cup campaign which saw them reach the final by eliminating Norwich City (after two replays), Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, Mansfield Town and Middlesbrough (against whom Barnes scored a goal and provided an assist) to reach the final, where they faced Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium.

Barnes scored the opening goal of the match on 11 minutes with a half-volley after captain Mike Doyle headed a free kick into his path; it was part of a routine that had been practised on the training ground.

Manchester City went on to win the match 2–1, with Tueart scoring the winning goal shortly after half-time.

Hugh McIlvanney wrote that Barnes was an "ebullient, highly-skilled newcomer to Wembley" and that for his goal the ball "bounced awkwardly, but he used his left foot to come down on it with killing economy, and it went swiftly inside the goalkeeper's left-hand post".

The day after the cup final, Barnes was voted Young Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers' Association.

He fluffed his acceptance speech due to his shyness and fear of public speaking as he froze and was unable to speak.

He scored in City's 1976 League Cup final victory and was named as PFA Young Player of the Year.

He played in the UEFA Cup and unsuccessful First Division title campaigns, scoring 22 goals in 151 appearances in all competitions.

He became West Bromwich Albion's record buy at £748,000 in July 1979 and spent two seasons at the club, scoring 25 goals in 92 matches.

Leeds United broke their club record transfer when signing him for £750,000 plus £180,000 "tariffs" in 1981.

The move proved to be a poor one and, after Leeds were relegated into the Second Division, he was bought by Spanish club Real Betis for £300,000.

He made 16 La Liga appearances, scoring one goal, before returning to Leeds United for the 1983–84 season.

Barnes was signed by Coventry City for £65,000 in October 1984, but was dropped by the end of the 1984–85 campaign.

Former West Bromwich Albion manager Ron Atkinson then signed him to Manchester United for a fee of £30,000 and a run of good form prompted speculation of a return to the international fold, before he suffered a calf injury in November 1985.

He was sold to former club Manchester City for £20,000 in January 1987, but he failed to establish himself in the starting eleven.

He spent the next five years moving from club to club, never featuring more than eleven times for the same team.

After his retirement, he briefly managed Conference club Runcorn and worked in numerous jobs, including time spent working as a pundit on television and radio.

Born in Manchester, Barnes graduated from Chorlton High School and represented Manchester Boys.