- Barrie Hole
Football player infobox
playername = Barrie Hole
fullname = Barrington Gerard Hole
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|09|16
cityofbirth =Swansea
countryofbirth =Wales
height =
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1959-1966
1966-1968
1968-1970
1970-1972
clubs = Cardiff City
Blackburn Rovers
Aston Villa
Swansea City
caps(goals) = 208 (16)
079 (13)
047 0(6)
078 0(3)
nationalyears = 1963-1971
nationalteam = Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 030 0(0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Barrington Gerard "Barrie" Hole (born
16 September ,1942 inSwansea ) is a former Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.Career
Hole's father Billy had been a professional footballer and played for Swansea Town before
World War II and his older brothers Colin and Alan had also both played for their hometown club Swansea, but Barrie did not follow the family tradition and instead joined their rivals Cardiff City. He made his league debut as a seveteen year old during a 4-3 victory over Luton Town in February 1960 during a season when Cardiff gained promotion to the first division.Soon establishing himself in the Bluebirds side, even playing as an emergency stiker on occasions, he was a vital member of the side, including being ever present during the 1964-65 season. It was during the latter stages of his time at
Ninian Park that he won the first of his Welsh caps and was a regular in the side when he was signed by Blackburn Rovers in July 1966 for £40,000. After just two years at Blackburn he moved again, this time to Aston Villa for £60,000 in September 1968. He was signed in May 1970 by then Swansea managerRoy Bentley for £20,000 and played for the club for two years before fully retiring in May 1972.After retiring from football he ran a newsagents in Swansea before selling it in 2004. [ [http://www.swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Legends/0,,10354~1171087,00.html "Past players"] Swanseacityafc.co.uk Retrieved on
16 April ,2008 ]References
*Cite book
title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City
first = Dean
last = Hayes
publisher = Breedon Books
year = 2006
isbn= 1-8598-3462-0
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