Graham Barrow

Graham Barrow

Infobox Football biography
playername = Graham Barrow


fullname = Graham Barrow
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1954|6|13|df=y
cityofbirth = Chorley
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=6|in=2
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
?-1979
1979-1981
1981-1986
1986-1994
clubs = Chorley
Southport
Altrincham
Wigan Athletic
Chester City
caps(goals) =
62 0 {11}
179 0(35)
248 0(17)
manageryears = 1992-1994
1994-1995
1996-1999
2000-2001
2003-2005
managerclubs = Chester City
Wigan Athletic
Rochdale
Chester City
Bury

Graham Barrow (born Chorley, Lancashire, 13 June 1954) is an English former footballer who has since become a lower division manager. He is currently Assistant Manager at Altrincham.

Barrow the Player

Barrow first entered the Football League at the relatively late age of 27 in 1981 when he signed for Wigan Athletic from Altrincham, having earlier played for Chorley and Southport. He became a vital part of manager Larry Lloyd's promotion winning side, playing as a hard man in midfield, and further endeared himself to Wigan fans by putting in a man of the match performance in the Freight Rover Trophy final at Wembley Stadium in 1985 despite playing in the unfamiliar position of forward. He left the club for Chester City in 1986 for £6,000,Sumner (1997), p.103] after 212 appearances in all competitions for the Latics (179 games, 36 goals in the League).

Barrow had a difficult start at Chester, suffering five bookings in his first seven games, and in November 1986 he considered a move to Blackpool. But he opted to stay with the Blues and went on to make 298 first team appearances over the next eight years, mainly as captain. He combined his playing role with an assistant manager position to Harry McNally from 1988–89 onwards. [Sumner (1997), p.105] On the final day of the 1991–92 season, Barrow scored a late winner in Chester's final home game at Moss Rose against Leyton Orient to seal Division Three survival for the club. [Sumner (1997), p.111]

Barrow the Manager

Barrow began his managerial career with Chester City in 1992 (as player–manager), after collecting seven points from four games in caretaker charge. [Sumner (1997), p.115] Although the team was relegated to the Football League Third Division in 1993, Barrow inspired the Blues to bounce back the next season and gain promotion, but he resigned in the summer of 1994 amid frustration at key players leaving and a lack of financial backing from the board.Sumner (1997), p.118] He retired from playing following his dismissal, with his final appearance being in Chester's win 3–2 win over Preston North End on 2 April 1994, just two months before his 40th birthday.

He returned to Wigan as manager early in 1994–95 and rescued the Latics from relegation to the Football Conference. He was in charge of Rochdale from 1996 to 1999, although the club failed to gain any success and he left after a third successive bottom half placing. A spell as assistant–manager at Notts County followed before returning to Chester as manager on 31 May 2000, shortly after their relegation to the Nationwide Conference. [Cite news
title= Barrow Returns | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/may00news.asp | publisher= chester-city.co.uk (see 31 May)| date= 2000-05-31 | accessdate= 2008-06-29
] Barrow was forced to work in difficult circumstances under American owner Terry Smith, who suspended Barrow's assistant Paul Beesley from playing for failing to stand in the correct position at a set piece and banned Barrow from speaking to the press without his permission. [Cite news
title= Assistant Manager Axed | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/april01news.asp | publisher= chester-city.co.uk (see 22 April)| date= 2001-04-22 | accessdate= 2008-06-29
] Although Chester finished well out of the promotion race in eighth position, Barrow managed to guide Chester to an FA Cup third round tie with Blackburn Rovers after eliminating Football League sides Plymouth Argyle and Oxford United. He also led them to the FA Trophy semi–finals and victory in the final of the Nationwide Variety Club Trophy, with the players saying he had "single-handedly put Chester back on the football map". [Cite news
title= Players Respond to Ban | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/april01news.asp | publisher= chester-city.co.uk (see 26 April)| date= 2001-04-26 | accessdate= 2008-06-29
] Despite his cup successes, Barrow was sacked in June 2001, a move largely unpopular with supporters. [Cite news
title= Graham Barrow sacked | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/june01news.asp | publisher= chester-city.co.uk (see 20-21 June)
date= 2001-06-20 | accessdate= 2008-01-10
]

He was manager of Bury, from January 2004 after a spell as assistant-manager to Andy Preece. However the club did not progress satisfactorily and as a result Barrow was dismissed in September 2005. [Cite news
title= Barrow sacked
url= http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2005/9/22/870752.html
publisher= This is Lancashire |date= 2005-09-22 | accessdate= 2008-01-10
] He returned to Chester at the end of the season, becoming assistant to manager Mark Wright. They were sacked together on 29 April 2007. [Cite news
title= Vaughan: Why duo had to go
url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/chester-city/2007/05/04/vaughan-why-duo-had-to-go-100252-19046798/
publisher= Liverpool Echo | date= 2007-05-04 | accessdate= 2008-01-10
] He returned to working in football the following January, when he continued his trend of going back to former clubs in north-west England by becoming assistant–manager to Graham Heathcote at Altrincham. [Cite news
title= Barrow is Altrincham number two
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/altrincham/7180649.stm
publisher= BBC Sport | date= 2008-01-10 | accessdate= 2008-01-10
]

Barrow is scheduled to have a testimonial at Chester in the near-future, as a reward for his long service to the club. [Cite news
title= A more than worthy accolade
url= http://www.chestercityfc.net/article/908430/A-more-than-worthy-acolade
publisher= Chester City Official Website
date= 2007-02-27
accessdate= 2008-01-10
] This came after he rejected an approach to become assistant manager at Swansea City in February 2007. [Cite news
title= Chester assistant snubs Swans job
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/6397927.stm
publisher= BBC Sport
date= 2007-02-26
accessdate= 2008-01-10
]

Honours

Player
* Football League Division Four (League Two) promotion as third-placed team, 1981-82 (Wigan Athletic).
* Freight Rover Trophy (Johnstone's Paint Trophy) winners, 1984-85 (Wigan Athletic).
* Alliance Premier League (Blue Square Premier) champions, 1979-80 & 1980-81 (Altrincham).

Manager
* Football League Division Three (League Two) runners-up, 1993-94 (Chester City - player/manager).
* Nationwide Variety Club Trophy winners, 2000-01 (Chester City).

External links

* [http://www.leaguemanagers.com/manager/profile-282.html League Managers Association profile]
* [http://www.lusa.u-net.com/legend12.htm Graham Barrow Altrincham career profile] (see third player down)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/altrincham/7213026.stm BBC feature on Barrow (2008)]

Bibliography

*cite book | first=Chas | last=Sumner| coauthors= | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997 | publisher=Yore Publications | location= | year=1997 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6

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