Barry Lines

Barry Lines
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-05-16)16 May 1942
Place of birth Bletchley, England
Date of death 8 January 2023(2023-01-08) (aged 80)
Position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1960 Bletchley Town
1960–1970 Northampton Town 266 (48)
1970–1971 Bletchley Town
1971–19?? Buckingham Athletic
Managerial career
1971–19?? Buckingham Athletic (player-manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Lines (16 May 1942 – 8 January 2023) was an English professional footballer who played 266 league matches for Northampton Town. He played either at outside left or inside left.

He signed professional terms with Northampton Town in October 1960, and made his debut for the club a month later.[1] He scored 50 goals across 296 appearances for the club over a 10 year period, and was the first player to play across all four divisions of the Football League for one club.[2]

He returned to Bletchley Town in July 1970 after leaving Northampton.[3] He became player-manager at Buckingham Athletic a year later.[1][4]

Following the end of his playing career, he settled in Bletchley where he worked as an accountant and managed a sports shop, before retiring in 2002.[3] Lines died on 8 January 2023, at the age of 80.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Player-manager". Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press. 25 June 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Cobblers pay tribute after former player Barry Lines passes away". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Cobblers 3, Hull City 0: Where are they now?". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 29 September 2003. p. 40. Retrieved 20 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "A man who has played against Bobby Charlton". Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press. 6 August 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 20 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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