Warren Barton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Warren Dean Barton | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke Newington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Maidstone United | 42 | (0) |
| 1990–1995 | Wimbledon | 180 | (10) |
| 1995–2002 | Newcastle United | 164 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Derby County | 54 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 450 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1994 | England B | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | England | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2012 | San Diego Flash | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Warren Dean Barton (born 19 March 1969 in Stoke Newington, London) is a former English football player. He is now a television pundit for Fox Soccer Channel as well as general manager and technical director for Los Angeles Blues in the American USL Pro league.
Barton began his league career with Maidstone United, after joining from Dagenham who negotiated for three players and a manager, John Still to move the other way.
Despite some defensive weaknesses, he gained attention from clubs playing in higher tiers of English football due to his ability to move forward at speed up the flank with the ball and place the ball in the box accurately.
During this period, Barton had a 'day job' working in the mailroom at the London offices of accounting firm, Arthur Andersen.
Barton was transferred to First Division side Wimbledon on 7 June 1990, his £300,000 transfer fee being the largest sum paid for a Fourth Division player at the time. However, Maidstone were sliding into a serious financial crisis at this time and his sale did little to improve matters, although it would be another two years before financial problems finally forced them out of business and cost them their place in the Football League.
Barton walked straight into the Wimbledon first team, missing just one league game in the 1990–91 season as they finished seventh. His first game was in the 3–0 defeat at home to Arsenal on the opening day of the season.
He would remain a regular fixture at right-back for the rest of his time there, despite playing under three different managers; Ray Harford (July 1990 – October 1991), Peter Withe (October 1991 – January 1992) and finally Joe Kinnear.
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