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Anthony Barness
Personal information
Date of birth	February 25, 1973 (age 34)
Place of birth	Lewisham, England
Height	5' 10" (178cm)
Nickname	Barney
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Grays Athletic
Number	14
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991 - 1993 1993 - 1995 1995 - 1996 1995 - 1996 1996 - 2000 2000 - 2005 2005 - 2007 2007 -	Charlton Athletic Chelsea Southend United(On loan) Chelsea Charlton Athletic Bolton Wanderers Plymouth Argyle Grays Athletic	27 (1) 14 (0) 05 (0) 00 (0) 97 (3) 84 (0) 37 (0) 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 26 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 13 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Barness (born March 25, 1973 in Lewisham, England) is a defender for English Conference National club Grays Athletic.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 External links

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 — 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 pounds. 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.

On the move again in 2000, he went to Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer deal, but was soon relegated to starting only in Cup competitions — which manager Sam Allardyce often left to the second team. In his second year Barness made the right-back position his own, and became a fans favourite due to his effort for the cause. Barness continued to play for the first team over the next couple of years, up to a loan move in 2004, where he travelled to play for West Ham United, but was recalled within only 24 hours, after suffering injury problems. He then played a vital role for Bolton as they set a record for the most consecutive wins by their club.

After being released by Bolton in 2005 he joined Championship side Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer. He impressed fans with solid performances throughout his first season with Argyle. He was released from his contract at Plymouth by Ian Holloway on the 30th January 2007.

In March 2007, Barness signed for Grays Athletic until the end of the season.^[1]

(as of September 13, 2006)

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	1991–92	22 (0)	1	3 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	27 (0)	1
	1992–93	5 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	5 (0)	—
	Total	27 (0)	1	3 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	32 (0)	1
Chelsea	1992–93	2 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	2 (0)	—
	1993–94	10 (2)	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	11 (2)	—
	1994–95	7 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	7 (0)	—
	1995–96	—	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	1 (0)	—
	Total	19 (2)	—	—	—	2 (0)	—	21 (2)	—
Southend United (On Loan)	1995–96	5 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	5 (0)	—
	Total	5 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	5 (0)	—
Charlton Athletic	1996-97	45 (0)	2	2 (0)	—	4 (0)	—	51 (0)	2
	1997–98	22 (8)	1	0 (1)	—	1 (0)	—	23 (9)	1
	1998–99	0 (3)	—	—	—	—	—	0 (3)	—
	1999–00	17 (2)	—	1 (0)	—	—	—	18 (2)	—
	Total	84 (13)	3	3 (1)	—	5 (0)	—	92 (16)	3
Bolton Wanderers	2000–01	20 (3)	—	2 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	24 (3)	—
	2001–02	19 (6)	—	2 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	23 (6)	—
	2002–03	21 (4)	—	1 (0)	—	—	—	22 (4)	—
	2003–04	11 (4)	—	2 (0)	—	4 (2)	—	17 (6)	—
	2004–05	5 (3)	—	0 (2)	—	1 (0)	—	6 (5)	—
	Total	76 (20)	—	7 (2)	—	9 (2)	—	92 (24)	—
Plymouth Argyle	2005–06	33 (3)	—	1 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	36 (3)	—
	2006–07	1 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	1 (0)	—
	Total	34 (3)	—	1 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	37 (3)	—
Career Total		245 (38)	4	14 (3)	—	20 (2)	—	279 (45)	4

• Anthony Barness career stats at Soccerbase

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