Barry Tucker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Barrington Tucker | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1971 | Northampton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1978 | Northampton Town | 214 | (3) |
| 1978–1982 | Brentford | 169 | (5) |
| 1982–1984 | Northampton Town | 63 | (5) |
| Total | 446 | (13) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Barrington "Barry" Tucker (born 28 May 1952) is a Welsh former professional football full back who played in the Football League for Northampton Town and Brentford.
A full back, Tucker began his career at Division Four club Northampton Town in 1970. After making his debut the following year, he went on to be a regular fixture in the team throughout the 1970s, making 214 league appearances and scoring three goals before departing the County Ground in February 1978. A memorable moment was helping the club to promotion to Division Three during the 1975–76 season, though the Cobblers would be relegated at the first attempt.
Tucker followed his former Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin, Jr. to Division Four side Brentford in February 1978 in a £10,000 deal. He went into the starting lineup at left back later that month and helped the Bees to promotion to Division Three with a fourth-place finish at the end of the season. He missed only five league games over the course of the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons and despite missing most of 1980–81 due to a contractual dispute, he came back strong in 1981–82, making 38 league appearances and scoring four of the five goals he scored for the club. After his seventh appearance of the 1982–83 season, Tucker departed Griffin Park. He made 181 appearances and scored five goals in four-and-a-half years with Brentford.
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