- Barry Stobart
Infobox Football biography
playername = Barry Stobart
fullname = Barry Henry Stobart
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1938|6|6
cityofbirth =Doncaster
countryofbirth =England
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Wath Wanderers
years = 1955–1964
1964
1964–1967
1967–1969
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City
Aston Villa
Shrewsbury Town
caps(goals) = 49 0(20)
14 00(1)
45 0(18)
36 00(9)Barry Henry Stobart (born
6 June 1938 inDoncaster ) is an English former professional footballer who played in theFootball League for several clubs during the 1960s.Career
Stobart began his football career at Wath Wanderers, the
Yorkshire -based nursery club of Wolverhampton Wanderers, before heading south in 1953 to join them, turning professional in 1955.With the likes of Peter Broadbent,
Dennis Wilshaw and Jimmy Murray already established in the forward line, Stobart was consigned to the reserves in his early years. He finally made his first team debut on5 March 1960 , when he scored in a 2-0 win at Manchester United.Although he made just four league appearances prior to the
1960 FA Cup Final , his performance in the final league game at fc|Chelsea saw him earn a surprise place in the Cup Final team, at the expense ofBobby Mason . This allowed Stobart to collect the only medal of his career, as Wolves defeated Blackburn 3-0 in the Wembley showpiece.The following two seasons saw him only appear occasionally for the first team, and it wasn't until the 1962/63 campaign that he enjoyed a lengthy run in the side (during which he scored 14 goals). The next year saw him again largely relegated to the reserves though, and he left Molineux to join Manchester City in Summer 1964.
He failed to settle at
Maine Road though, and returned to the Midlands within months when he joined Aston Villa in November 1964 for £22,000. He remained at Villa for three years, his high-point for the club coming in 1966/67 when he netted 11 times from 20 appearances.He dropped down the divisions in October 1967 to join Shrewsbury Town of the Third Division in a £10,000 deal. After a spell with them, he moved to South Africa to play out his career with
Durban Sports .His son Loy was later also on the books at Wolves during the early 1990s, but never played a first team game.
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