Barry Conlon

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Barry Conlon
Personal information
Full name Barry John Conlon
Date of birth 1 October 1978 (1978-10-01) (age 29)
Place of birth    Drogheda, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current club Bradford City
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998
1998–1999
1999–2001
2001
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–		 Queens Park Rangers
Manchester City
→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)
Southend United
York City
→ Colchester United (loan)
Darlington
Barnsley
→ Rotherham United (loan)
Darlington
Mansfield Town
Bradford City		 000 0(0)
007 0(0)
013 0(2)
034 0(7)
048 (11)
026 0(8)
115 (39)
035 0(7)
003 0(1)
019 0(6)
017 0(6)
042 0(7)   
National team2
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U-21 007 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 15:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Barry John Conlon (born 1 October 1978 in Drogheda, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker. He plays for Bradford City, signing for them after his release by Mansfield Town.

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[edit] Career

He started his career with Queens Park Rangers, signing his first contract on 1 August 1996. After his first year at QPR he was released and quickly joined Manchester City. He made his first appearance for the club on 27 September 1997, replacing Georgi Kinkladze as a late substitute against Swindon Town, but appearances were limited to just one league start and seven substitute appearances. Subsequently, he was loaned out 18 months later to Plymouth Argyle, spending the next six months at the club, scoring two goals in 13 games. He was released by City at the end of his contract.

Ten months after signing for Southend United, he joined York City for a fee of £100,000. In November 2000, he joined Colchester United on loan, but the club decided to not give him a permanent deal.[1] He was later signed by Darlington for reported five-figure fee.[2]

Conlon's first season at the club was not that impressive.[citation needed] He was loved by some fans but hated by others.[3] In his last season at Darlington, he improved greatly by scoring 17 goals, leading to a move to Barnsley.

Conlon struggled to find the net at Barnsley, and eventually lost his place in the side. He was loaned to Rotherham United towards the end of the 2005–06 season, and returned to Darlington at the start of 2006–07. On his return to Darlington, he scored a hat-trick on his debut, but later lost his place in the team following Dave Penney's appointment as manager. In January 2007, he moved to Mansfield Town on a free transfer.[4] He played seventeen games for the club, scoring six times,[5] but was released by the club four months later.

[edit] Bradford City

Conlon joined newly-relegated League Two side Bradford City on a one-year contract,[6] becoming new manager Stuart McCall's first signing, along with fellow striker Peter Thorne.[7] His debut came on the first day of the 2007–08 season against Macclesfield Town when he saw a penalty saved and the rebound scored by Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu to secure a 1–1 draw.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in his tenth game, converting a last minute penalty at MK Dons on 6 October 2007 in a 2–1 defeat.[9] After missing a number of chances in a game against Brentford later in October, he came in for criticism from the fans and was dropped from the Bradford starting side for more than a month. But he turned down two loan moves away from Bradford[10] and scored his first goal from open play to seal a late 2–1 victory over Lincoln City on Boxing Day 2007.[11] Conlon scored two more penalties before being relieved of penalty duties after missing a vital kick in a 2–0 defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge on 1 March 2008.[12] Later that month he scored in successive games for the first time for City including one against former side Mansfield Town.[13] He ended the month with another goal against a former side, this time Darlington, in a 3–1 win at the Darlington Arena.[14] Conlon earned a new six-month contract, which he signed at the end of the season keeping him at Bradford City until January 2009.[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Colchester reject Conlon", BBC Sport, 22 May 2001. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. 
  2. ^ "Darlington sign Conlon", BBC Sport, 5 July 2001. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. 
  3. ^ Hall, Lee. "Conlon inspires Bantams to Darlington victory", The Northern Echo, 2008-03-31. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  4. ^ "Mansfield sign Conlon and Gritton", BBC Sport, 12 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. 
  5. ^ Mansfield 2006/2007 player appearances. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
  6. ^ "Bradford sign veteran strike pair", BBC Sport, 2007-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. 
  7. ^ Parker, Simon. "Strike duo walking tall for McCall", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  8. ^ "Bradford 1-1 Macclesfield", BBC Sport, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  9. ^ Parker, Simon. "MK Dons 2 City 1", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-10-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  10. ^ Parker, Simon. "Conlon determined to get it right", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-10-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  11. ^ Parker, Simon. "Conlon hoping goals start flying in", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-12-27. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  12. ^ Parker, Simon. "Conlon miss may put Thorne on spot", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-03-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  13. ^ Parker, Simon. "City 1 Mansfield 1", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  14. ^ "Darlington 1-3 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2008-03-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 
  15. ^ Parker, Simon. "Conlon signs six-month deal", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-05-05. Retrieved on 2008-05-05. 

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Bradford City A.F.C. – current squad

3 Heckingbottom • 6 Bower • 7 Daley • 9 Conlon • 10 Thorne • 12 Clarke • 15 Colbeck • 16 Ainge • 19 O'Brien • 22 Nix • 23 Topp • 28 Taylforth • 29 Morgan • 32 Bullock • 29 Sharry • –– Brandon • –– McLaughlin • –– Osborne • Manager: McCall


Persondata
NAME Conlon, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1 October 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Drogheda, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH