Graham Barrow

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Graham Barrow
Personal information
Full name	Graham Barrow
Date of birth	13 June 1954 (1954-06-13) (age 54)
Place of birth	Chorley, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-1979 1979-1981 1981-1986 1986-1994	Chorley Southport Altrincham Wigan Athletic Chester City	62 0 {11} 179 0(35) 248 0(17)
Teams managed
1992-1994 1994-1995 1996-1999 2000-2001 2003-2005	Chester City Wigan Athletic Rochdale Chester City Bury
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Graham Barrow (born Chorley, Lancashire, 13 June 1954) is an English former footballer who has since become a lower division manager. He is currently Assistant Manager at Altrincham.

Contents 1 Barrow the Player 2 Barrow the Manager 3 Honours 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Barrow the Player

Barrow first entered the Football League at the relatively late age of 27 in 1981 when he signed for Wigan Athletic from Altrincham, having earlier played for Chorley and Southport. He became a vital part of manager Larry Lloyd's promotion winning side, playing as a hard man in midfield, and further endeared himself to Wigan fans by putting in a man of the match performance in the Freight Rover Trophy final at Wembley Stadium in 1985 despite playing in the unfamiliar position of forward. He left the club for Chester City for £6,000 ^[1] in 1986 after 212 appearances in all competitions (179 games, 36 goals in the League).

Barrow had a difficult start at Chester, suffering five bookings in his first seven games, and in November 1986 he considered a move to Blackpool ^[2]. But he opted to stay with the Blues and went on to make 298 first team appearances over the next eight years, mainly as captain. He combined his playing role with an assistant manager position to Harry McNally from 1988–89 onwards ^[3]. On the final day of the 1991–92 season, Barrow scored a late winner in Chester's final home game at Moss Rose against Leyton Orient to seal Division Three survival for the club ^[4].

[edit] Barrow the Manager

Barrow began his managerial career with Chester City in 1992 (as player-manager), after collecting seven points from four games in caretaker charge ^[5]. Although the team was relegated to the Football League Third Division in 1993, Barrow inspired the Blues to bounce back the next season and gain promotion, but he resigned in the summer of 1994 amid frustration at key players leaving and a lack of financial backing from the board ^[6]. He retired from playing following his dismissal, with his final appearance being in Chester's win 3–2 win over Preston North End on 2 April 1994, just two months before his 40th birthday ^[7].

He returned to Wigan in 1994 and rescued the Latics from relegation to the Football Conference. He was in charge of Rochdale from 1996 to 1999, although the club failed to gain any success and he again failed to inspire Chester to promotion from the Conference when he returned to that club for the 2000-1 season. However, he retained the affection of supporters after working in difficult circumstances under Terry Smith and ended the season by winning the Nationwide Variety Club Trophy (Conference League Cup). Despite this success he was sacked in the summer of 2001, a move largely unpopular with supporters. ^[8].

He was manager of Bury, from January 2004 after a spell as assistant-manager to Andy Preece. However the club did not progress satisfactorily and as a result Barrow was dismissed in September 2005 ^[9]. He returned to Chester at the end of the season, becoming assistant to manager Mark Wright. They were sacked together on April 29, 2007 ^[10]. He returned to working in football the following January, when he was appointed to the same role at Altrincham ^[11].

Barrow is scheduled to have a testimonial at Chester in the near-future, as a reward for his long service to the club ^[12]. This came after he rejected an approach to become assistant manager at Swansea City ^[13].

[edit] Honours

Player

• Football League Division Four (League Two) promotion as third-placed team, 1981-82 (Wigan Athletic).
• Freight Rover Trophy (Johnstone's Paint Trophy) winners, 1984-85 (Wigan Athletic).
• Alliance Premier League (Blue Square Premier) champions, 1979-80 & 1980-81 (Altrincham).

Manager

• Football League Division Three (League Two) runners-up, 1993-94 (Chester City - player/manager).
• Nationwide Variety Club Trophy winners, 2000-01 (Chester City).

[edit] External links

• League Managers Association profile
• Graham Barrow Altrincham career profile (see third player down)

[edit] References

v • d • e Chester City F.C. – Managers Hewitt (1930–36) • Mansley (1936) • Raisbeck (1936–38) • Brown (1938–53) • Page (1953–56) • Harris (1956–59) • Pearson (1959–61) • Lambton (1962–63) • Hauser (1963–68) • Roberts (1968–76) • Oakes (1976–82) • Sear (1982) • Sainty (1982–83) • Storton (1983–84) • Sear (1984) • McGrath (1984) • Speight (1984–85) • McNally (1985–92) • Barrow (1992–94) • Pejic (1994–95) • Mann (1995) • Ratcliffe (1995–99) • Smith (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000) • Barrow (2000–01) • Hill (2001) • Mungall (2001) • Spink (2001–02) • Porter (2001–02) • Wright (2002–04) • Mathias (2004) • Rush (2004–05) • Bell (2005) • Curle (2005–06) • Wright (2006–07) • Davies (2007) • Williamson (2007–2008) • Davies (2008–)

v • d • e Wigan Athletic F.C. – Managers Spencer (1932–37) • Milne (1946–47) • Pryde (1949–52) • Goodier (1952–54) • Crook (1954–55) • Suart (1955–56) • Cooke (1956) • Barkas (1957) • Hitchen (1957–58) • Barrass (1958–59) • Shirley (1959) • Murphy (1959–60) • Chilton (1960) • Ball (1961–63) • Brown (1963–66) • Craig (1966–67) • Leyland (1967–68) • Saunders (1968) • McNeill (1968–70) • Milne (1970–72) • Rigby (1972–74) • Tiler (1974–76) • McNeill (1976–81) • Lloyd (1981–83) • Charlton (1983) • McNally (1983–85) • Hamilton (1985–86) • Mathias (1986–89) • Hamilton (1989–93) • Philpotts (1993) • Swain (1993–94) • Barrow (1994–95) • Cribley (1995) • Deehan (1995–98) • Mathias (1998–99) • Benson (1999–2000) • Rioch (2000–01) • Greenall (2001) • Bruce (2001) • Jewell (2001–07) • Hutchings (2007) • Barlow (2007) • Bruce (2007–)

v • d • e Rochdale A.F.C. – Managers Bradshaw (1920) • Wilson (1922–23) • Peart (1923–30) • Cameron (1930–31) • Hopkinson (1932–34) • Smith (1934–35) • Nixon (1935–37) • Jennings (1937–38) • Goodier (1938–52) • Warner (1952–53) • Catterick (1953–58) • Marshall (1958–60) • Collins (1960–67) • Stokoe (1967–68) • Richley (1968–70) • Conner (1970–73) • Joyce (1973–76) • Green (1976–77) • Ferguson (1977–78) • Collins (1979) • Stokoe (1979–80) • Madden (1980–83) • Greenhoff (1983–84) • Halom (1984–86) • Gray (1986–88) • Bergara (1988–89) • Dolan (1989–91) • Sutton (1991–94) • Docherty (1995–96) • Barrow (1996–99) • Hamilton (1999) • Parkin (1999–2001) • Hoyland (2001) • Hamilton (2001) • Hollins (2001–02) • Simpson (2002–03) • Buckley (2003) • Parkin (2003–06) • Hill (2006–)

v • d • e Bury F.C. – Managers Hargreaves (1887) • Hamer (1887–1907) • Montgomery (1907–15) • Cameron (1919–23) • Hunter (1923–27) • P. Smith (1927–30) • Paine (1930–34) • Bullock (1934–38) • Dean (1938–44) • Porter (1944–45) • Bullock (1945–49) • McNeil (1950–53) • Russell (1953–61) • Stokoe (1961–65) • Head (1965–66) • Shannon (1966–69) • Marshall (1969) • Hart (1970) • McAnearney (1970–72) • Brown (1972–73) • B. Smith (1973–77) • Stokoe (1977–78) • Hatton (1978–79) • Connor (1979–80) • Iley (1980–84) • Dobson (1984–89) • Ellis (1989–90) • Walsh (1990–95) • Ternent (1995–98) • Warnock (1998–99) • Redmond (1999–2000) • Preece (1999–2003) • Barrow (2003–05) • Casper (2005–08) • Brass (2008) • Knill (2008–)