Anthony Barness
Barness playing for Lewes in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Barness | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | (1) |
| 1992–1996 | Chelsea | 14 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Southend United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Charlton Athletic | 97 | (3) |
| 2000–2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 96 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Plymouth Argyle | 37 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Lewes | 110 | (0) |
| Total | 392 | (4) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:41, 23 October 2010 (UTC). |
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Anthony Barness (born 25 February 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1991 until 2011.
He notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea, Charlton Athletic and Bolton Wanderers and in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Southend United and Plymouth Argyle. He also played non-League football for Grays Athletic and Lewes.
Born in Lewisham, England, Barness started out as a trainee for Charlton Athletic. It is to be noted that in his first spell at Charlton he scored Charlton's opening riposte after going 3–0 down at Newcastle, this strike was the goal of the match. Charlton went on to win the match 3–4 and this has been voted in the top 20 Charlton matches of all time.
His potential was spotted by a youth-scouting Chelsea side in 1992 and signed for £350,000— though some have said Chelsea only signed Barness after failing to sign his team mate, Scott Minto. During the four years which he spent at the club however, his chances of league starts were taken away from him at every possible opportunity. Thus, after just nineteen appearances in four years, he was loaned out to Middlesbrough (in August 1993) and Southend United (in February 1996).
Barness left Chelsea in August 1996, and returned to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £165,000. He was an important and regular part of the Charlton team, managed by Alan Curbishley. In his first season back at The Valley, he was a virtual ever present and a top performer in a Charlton side struggling after the sale of Lee Bowyer. Barness suddenly left the first team in 1997 being replaced by Mark Bowen at left back and occasionally Paul Konchesky, and only made a handful of appearances from then on many at right back. Although Mark Bowen was an excellent performer for Charlton in the 97/98 season, many Charlton fans were perplexed by Anthony's replacement as he'd been a very reliable player. Alan Curbishley was quoted at the time of dropping him, that he'd been virtually ever present the previous season and appeared close to burn out. Though the fans saw a minimal drop off in form, it retains a mystery why he fell out of favour with Alan Curbishley.
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