Horace Barnes
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Horace Barnes | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Date of death | 1961 (aged 70–71) | ||
| Playing position | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1908–1914 | Derby County | 153 | (74) |
| 1914–1924 | Manchester City | 218 | (120) |
| 1924–1925 | Preston North End | ? | (?) |
| 1925–1926 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | (16) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Horace Barnes (1890–1961) was an English footballer, who played for Derby County, Manchester City, Preston North End and Oldham Athletic.
Horace Barnes was born in Sheffield in 1890. He began his football career playing as an inside left for Wadsley Bridge.
In 1908 Jimmy Methven signed Horace for Derby County. Barnes made 153 appearances for Derby and scored 74 goals.
In 1914 Manchester City purchased Barnes for £2,500.00. In his first season with the Manchester team he made 25 league appearances and scored 12 goals, helping the team to fifth in the first division, three points behind champions Everton. Barnes' first goal for City came in a 4–1 victory against Bradford City on the opening day of the season. Barnes' career was interrupted by the first world war which he spent working in a munition factory. He was able to resume his footballing career in the 1919–1920 football season in which he was City's top scorer with 22 goals. City finished seventh in the league that season. In the 1920–1921 football season he was City's second top scorer having scored 17 goals in 41 league appearances. Tommy Browell was the teams highest scorer with 31 goals. Manchester City came second in the league that season, 5 points behind champions Burnley. This was City's highest position in the league since the 1903–1904 football season when City had a team which included Billie Gillespie, Frank Booth and Billy Meredith. In the following season, the 1921–1922 football season, Billy Meredith returned to Manchester City to play in a forward line which included Barnes, Tommy Browell and Tommy Johnson. Barnes scored 20 league goals that season, one goal less than City's top scorer Tommy Browell. The team finished tenth in the league.
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