Chris Barker: The Shrimpers new captain
Events can move quickly in football, though not if your a midfielder looking for a loan from Crystal Palace, and with ex-captain Craig Easton hardly out of the Roots Hall door, Blues boss Paul Sturrock had announced at the first day of pre-season training that experienced defender and player-of-the-year Chris Barker was going to wear the armband for the new season.
Barker in fact skippered the Shrimpers 15 times during the last campaign while Easton was injured, and he has high hopes for a real promotion push from the team this time around.
Barker told www.echo-news.co.uk: “I’m really proud and pleased to have chosen as the team’s captain for this season. It was an honour when I wore the armband last year and it will be again this year too. I thought we made real progress last season, especially when you consider where the club were before we got going. We really believe we could be up there this year."
We hope so new Captain Chris, we hope so. Best of luck mate.
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The Barker Files
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Andrew Barker | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Southend United | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1999 | Alfreton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1999–2002 | Barnsley | 113 | (3) |
2002–2007 | Cardiff City | 159 | (0) |
2004 | → Stoke City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Colchester United (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Plymouth Argyle | 54 | (0) |
2010 | → Southend United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2010– | Southend United | 39 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:56, 8 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full player info go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Barker)