Barry Horne

Education

University of Liverpool.

Career

As a player he was a midfielder from 1984 until 2002, notably playing in the Premier League foreign He also played in the Football League for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Walsall, before playing Non-league football with Kidderminster Harriers and Belper Town. He was capped 59 times by Wales, scoring twice.

In his career Horne played for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton,, Birmingham, Huddersfield (where he scored once against Bristol City), Sheffield Wednesday, Kidderminster Harriers (where he scored on his debut against Torquay United), Walsall and Belper Town.

While at Wrexham, he was responsible for one of the most memorable moments in the club"s history, a vital away goal in a 4–3 defeat against Porto in the first round of the European Cup-Winners" Cup in October 1984. His most successful spell as a player was at between 1992 and 1996.

Horne"s most famous goal in an shirt came on the final day of the 1993-1994 season against Wimbledon. Horne"s goal, a 30-yard screamer, levelled the scores at 2–2.

Graham Stuart would go on to score the winning goal to secure "s Premiership status.

At the start of the previous season, he had the distinction of scoring "s first Premier League goal, a 44th-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday. He is on a football related chat show on Merseyside radio station Radio City 96.7. He has also done punditry work on Match of the Day, and sometimes does commentary and punditry work for Sky Sports.

Horne also writes a football column in the Liverpool Echo newspaper.

The Welsh supporters" brass band are named The Barry Horns in homage to the football player. Horne has a first-class degree in chemistry from the University of Liverpool.

As of 2014, he was director of football and teacher of chemistry and physics at The King"s School, Chester. He was appointed to the board of directors of Wrexham Football Club after the club was taken over by its Supporters Trust in November 2011.

Southampton.

Achievements

• Southampton Full Members Cup finalist: 1992 Everton FA Cup winner – 1995 FA Charity Shield winner – 1995.