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CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

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1937 🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #384 |

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CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Personal Profile

Full Name
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
Jeffrey Barker
16 October 1915
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal
Transfer In

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Transfer In

Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1936-37
November 1936
21
£400
Scunthorpe United
Jimmy Hogan
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Season
Date
Age
Fee
From
From
Returned Under
Career

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Villa Career

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1937 | £400 |
Football League Second Division |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #384 |

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Played Under

Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Career Summary

Seasons
Appearances 🕒
Starts 🕒
Substitute 🔁
Unused Sub 🇺
Points per Game (PPG)
1
3
3
0
0
🟩 Won
🟩 Win %
🟨 Drew
🟨 Drawn %
🟥 Lost
🟥 Loss %
Goals ⚽
Assists 🔥
Yellow Cards 🟨
Red Cards 🟥
0
-
-
-
Goal Involvements (GI)
Games per Goal (GPG)
Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0
Seasons

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Season by Season Record

Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
1937-38
21
D2
3
3
0
0
-
0
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🇺
🔥
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG
Season
Age
Lg
#
🕒
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
🇺
🟩
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
PPG
GPG
GiPG

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #
Goals Conceded 🥅
Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)
Clean Sheets ⛔
% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
1937-38
21
D2
3
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔
Season
Age
Lg
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔
⛔

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

-1935 Goole Town
Yorkshire League

1935-36 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Midland League

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Debut

Squad From Season
First Squad Match
First Squad Under
1937-38
13 November 1937
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Promoted to First Team Under
Promoted to First Team Date
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
13 November 1937
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Debut Season
Debut Date
Debut Age
Debut Under
1937-38
13 November 1937
22
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Debut

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

First Goal Date

Game #
Match
Scorer(s)

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Loans Out

None

Final

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Final Appearance

Final Season
Final Game
Final Age
Final Game Under
1937-38
4 December 1937
22
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Squad To Season
Final Squad
Final Squad Under
1937-38
4 December 1937
Jimmy Hogan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Transfer Out

Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1945-46
November 1945
30
Free
Huddersfield Town
Alex Massie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Out Season
Transfer Out Date
Age
Fee
To
To
Left Under
Transfer Out

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Subsequent Clubs

1945-48 Huddersfield Town, Free
Football League First Division
🕒 67 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1948-52 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Midland League, Football League Third Division
🕒 73 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1952 Retired aged 36

Quotes

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Quotes

Biography

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Biography

Player #384 for Aston Villa, Jeffrey Barker, known as Jeff Barker, and nicknamed Ginger, played as a full back for the club.

Jeff played for Villa in 1937-38 making 3 appearances.

Jeff was born in Scunthorpe on 16 October 1915 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 13 November 1937 aged 22.

Jeff would play his final game less than a month later on 4 December 1937.

Villa had signed Jeff from Scunthorpe United for a fee of £400 in November 1936 and he moved on to Huddersfield Town in November 1945.

Jeff had played under manager Jimmy Hogan.

Jeff passed away in Scunthorpe on 1st March 1985 aged 70.

Died

1 March 1985, Aged 69

Appearances

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Appearances

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #1858
🟨 13 Nov 1937, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | FB Jeff Barker | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Freddie Haycock | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1860
🟩 27 Nov 1937, Villa 1-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | FB Jeff Barker | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1861
🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | FB Jeff Barker | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Starts

3

Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #1858
🟨 13 Nov 1937, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park
GK Fred Biddlestone | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | FB Jeff Barker | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Freddie Haycock | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1860
🟩 27 Nov 1937, Villa 1-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park
GK Fred Biddlestone | FB George Cummings | RB Ernie Callaghan | FB Jeff Barker | CB Jimmy Allen | M Alex Massie | W Eric Houghton | F Ronnie Starling | F Bob Iverson | CF Frank Broome | CF Tommy Clayton |
Game #1861
🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane
GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | FB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Starts
Subs

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
Unused

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Goals Scored

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Goals
Assists

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Assists Made

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

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International Record

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England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

Matches

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

🟨 13 Nov 1937, Villa 0-0 Burnley, Villa Park

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Game #1858

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 0-0 |
FT Result | Drew |
Last 5 Games | WWDDD |

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 13 November 1937

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
FB Jeff Barker |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Freddie Haycock |
CF Frank Broome |
CF Tommy Clayton |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa are held for the third successive game but extend their unbeaten run to five to make it eight wins, four draws and three defeats in fifteen division two games under Jimmy Hogan. Meanwhile, full back Jeff Barker made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Scunthorpe United in November 1936 for a fee of £400.

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

🟩 27 Nov 1937, Villa 1-0 Sheffield United, Villa Park

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Game #1860

Manager | Jimmy Hogan |
FT Score | 1-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DDDLW |

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Saturday, 27 November 1937

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tommy Clayton |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Fred Biddlestone |
FB George Cummings |
RB Ernie Callaghan |
FB Jeff Barker |
CB Jimmy Allen |
M Alex Massie |
W Eric Houghton |
F Ronnie Starling |
F Bob Iverson |
CF Frank Broome |
CF Tommy Clayton |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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On This Day

Villa bounce back from a first defeat in six to win for the first time in five and make it nine wins, four draws and four defeats in seventeen division two games under Jimmy Hogan.

CB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #384 |

🟥 4 Dec 1937, Villa 1-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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Game #1861

Manager: Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nelson, 1936-39
Referee: R. V. Pegg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Histon
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1937-38 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 4 December 1937

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Eric Houghton | 85' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Fred Biddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Jeff Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ronnie Starling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Hooper
Ward
Whatley
Howe
Page
Grice
Sargent
G. W. J. Hall | ⚽ |
A. H. Morrison | ⚽ |
Gibbons
Lymon

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jeff Barker
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Morrison
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Hall
⚽ | 85' Goal, 1-2, Billy Walker
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa lose for the second time in three games to make it nine wins, four draws and five defeats in eighteen division two games under Jimmy Hogan. Meanwhile, full back Jeff Barker made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Huddersfield Town in November 1945.

Eric Houghton hits his sixth of the season but Villa lose for the second time in three games. 

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