Bobby Barclay

Football player infobox
playername= Bobby Barclay


fullname = Robert Barclay
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dateofbirth = 27 October 1906
cityofbirth = Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1969|7|13|1906|10|27|df=y
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position = Inside Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Scotswood United Church
Bell's Close Amateurs
Allendale
Scotswood
years = 1928-1930
1932-1936
1937-1939
clubs = Derby County
Sheffield United
Huddersfield Town
Total
caps(goals) = 061 0(23)
231 0(67)
074 0(19)
366 (109)
nationalyears = 1932-1936
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 00(2)

Robert (Bobby) Barclay (born. October 27 1906 in Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - died 13 July 1969) was an English Footballer who played in the position of Inside Forward.

He started his footballing career with amateur clubs; Scotswood United Church F.C., Bell's Close Amateurs F.C., Allendale F.C. and Scotswood F.C. before signing for Derby County in 1928. Barclay was a protégé of George Jobey at Derby. He spent 2 seasons with The Rams scoring 23 league goals from 61 games.

In 1931 he signed for Sheffield United for £3,500. He was cool and methodical in his play, very clever, and was bought to lend inspiration to Jimmy Dunne in attack, although he also provided plenty of openings for the other attacking team-mates (like inside-forward Jack Pickering), and it was no surprise when he was handed his first of 3 England international caps in 1932 against Scotland on April 9, 1932 aged 25 years. He scored on his debut.

Barclay scored 67 league goals for The Blades in 231 starts, although it has been said on numerous occasions that he given his apparent unselfishness in front of goal, he should have scored many more.

He was part of Sheffield United’s FA Cup Final side which lost to Arsenal 0-1 on April 25 1936. He joined Huddersfield Town in the same year and scoring 19 goals from 74 league appearances.