Brian Arrowsmith

Brian Arrowsmith
Personal information
Full name	Brian Arrowsmith
Date of birth	(1940-07-02) 2 July 1940
Place of birth	Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Vickers Sports Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–71	Barrow	378^[1]	(3)
1971–74	Netherfield	?	(?)
1974–78	Barrow	134	(?)
Teams managed
1974–75	Barrow
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Brian Arrowsmith (born 2 July 1940) is an English former footballer and manager. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, he spent his entire professional career at his hometown club Barrow.^[2] He made 512 appearances for Barrow, including 378 in the Football League, the most at that level for the club. ^[2]^[1]

Arrowsmith started his career as a right back, but played across the defence when required. ^[2] He captained Barrow during the 1966-67 season in which they won promotion from the Fourth Division, ^[3]^[4] and stayed with the club for a total of eleven seasons.^[2] After leaving Barrow in 1971 Arrowsmith joined Northern Premier League club Netherfield, ^[5]^[6] but returned to Barrow - by then relegated out of the Football League to the Northern Premier League themselves - in 1974 as player-manager.^[2] He resigned as manager in November 1975, but continued playing for the club until 1978.^[5]

After retiring from football, Arrowsmith ran a DIY shop in Barrow, regularly attending Barrow matches as a fan. His son, Mark, made six appearances for Barrow in the 1980s.^[5] In January 2017, the main stand at Barrow's Holker Street stadium was renamed the Brian Arrowsmith Stand in his honour.^[7]

References

1 2 "Brian Arrowsmith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 "Barrow's Greatest Ever Player". The Football Voice. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ Yelland, Phil. "A Brief History of Barrow AFC". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ "Holker Street Newsletter 552 - 2nd February 2000". Barrowfc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
1 2 3 "Holker Street Newsletter 242 - 21st December 1998". Barrowfc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ "Dads and lads who have played for Barrow AFC". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ "Barrow AFC honour Football League great by renaming Holker Street Main Stand". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

Barrow A.F.C. – managers

Fletcher (1901–04)
Freeland (1904–?)
Smith (?–?)
Craig (?–?)
Charnley (1907–?)
Fletcher (?–1909)
Phillips (1909–?)
Parker (1913–20)
Dickinson (1920–22)
Atkinson (1922–23)
Moralee (1923–26)
Greenhalgh (1926)
Dickinson (1926–27)
Maconnachie (1927–28)
Walker (1929–30)
Miller (1930)
Commins (1930–32)
Lowes (1932–37)
Bissett (1937)
Pentland (1938–40)
Commins (1945–47)
Beattie (1947–49)
Hacking (1949–55)
Harvey (1955–57)
Dodgin (1957–58)
W. Brown (1958–59)
Rogers (1959)
Staniforth (1959–64)
McEvoy (1964–67)
Appleton (1967–69)
Else (1969)
Bodell (1969–70)
McEvoy (1970–71)
Rogers (1971)
Crompton (1971–72)
Kane (1972–74)
Arrowsmith (1974–75)
Yeats (1975–77)
Coglan and McAdams (1977)
Hughes (1977)
McManus (1977–79)
Taylor (1979–83)
Halom (1983–84)
McDonnell (1984)
Wojciechowicz (1984)
Kidd (1984–85)
Cooke (1985)
Murphy (1985)
Whittle (1985)
Johnson (1985–86)
McDonald and Skivington (1986)
Wilkie (1986–91)
McDonald (1991)
King (1991–92)
Heathcote (1992)
Dinnis (1992–93)
Cloudsdale (1993–94)
Hesketh (1994–96)
McDonald and Ventre (1996)
Walsh (1996)
O. Brown (1996–99)
Westley (1999)
Challender (1999)
K. Lowe (1999–2003)
Turnbull (2003–05)
Edmondson (2005)
Wilson (2005–07)
Bayliss and Sheridan (2007–12)
Bayliss (2012–13)
Edmondson (2013–15)
Cox (2015–)

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