William Barrington Tucker (born 28 May 1952) is a Welsh former professional footballer who made over 440 appearances as a full back in the Football League for Northampton Town and Brentford.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Barrington Tucker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1971 | Northampton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1978 | Northampton Town | 214 | (3) |
| 1978–1982 | Brentford | 169 | (5) |
| 1982–1984 | Northampton Town | 63 | (5) |
| Total | 446 | (13) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editNorthampton Town
editA full back, Tucker began his career at Fourth Division club Northampton Town in 1970.[1] After making his debut the following year, he went on to be a regular fixture in the team throughout the 1970s, making 214 league appearances and scoring three goals before departing the County Ground in February 1978.[1] A memorable moment was helping the club to promotion to the Third Division during the 1975–76 season,[2] though the Cobblers were relegated at the first attempt.[3]
Brentford
editTucker followed his former Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin, Jr. to Fourth Division club Brentford in February 1978 in a £10,000 deal.[4] He went into the starting lineup at left back later that month and helped the Bees to promotion to the Third Division with a fourth-place finish at the end of the season.[5] He missed only five league games over the course of the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons and despite missing most of 1980–81 due to a contractual dispute,[4] he came back strong in 1981–82, making 38 league appearances and scoring four of the five goals he scored for the club.[6] After his seventh appearance of the 1982–83 season, Tucker departed Griffin Park.[6] He made 181 appearances and scored five goals in four-and-a-half years with Brentford.[6]
Return to Northampton Town
editTucker returned to Northampton Town in October 1982, with the club still rooted in the Fourth Division.[1] He made 63 league appearances and scored five goals before retiring from football in 1984.[1] Tucker made 302 appearances and scored 8 goals across his two spells with the Cobblers.[7]
Personal life
editAfter his retirement from football, Tucker settled in Northampton and as of November 2013 was working for FG Metcalfe.[2]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1977–78[5] | Fourth Division | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79[5] | Third Division | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 1979–80[5] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81[5] | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 1981–82[5] | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83[5] | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 169 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 181 | 5 | ||
Honours
editNorthampton Town
- Football League Fourth Division second-place promotion: 1975–76[2]
Brentford
References
editGeneral
- Barry Tucker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 22 October 2013.
Specific
- ^ a b c d e "Barry Tucker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Where Are They Now? Northampton Town 1975–76 Division Four Runners Up". The League Paper. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Northampton Town F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 288. ISBN 978-1906796709.
- ^ a b c d e f g h White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–397. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 163. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2015.