# Percy Barnfather

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Percy Barnfather
| image = Percy Barnfather (circa 1908).jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Barnfather while with [New Brompton](/source/New_Brompton_F.C.)
| fullname = Percy Barnfather<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=18}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1879|12|17}}
| birth_place = [Byker](/source/Byker), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1951|12|18|1879|12|17}}<ref name="Croydon" />
| death_place = [Westminster](/source/Westminster), England
| height =
| position = [Outside right](/source/Outside_right)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Throckley
| years1 = 1900–1903
| clubs1 = Wallsend Park Villa
| years2 = 1903–1904
| clubs2 = [Barnsley](/source/Barnsley_F.C.)
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1904–1906
| clubs3 = [New Brompton](/source/New_Brompton_F.C.)
| caps3 = 39
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 1906
| clubs4 = [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.)
| years5 = 1906–1907
| clubs5 = [West Stanley](/source/West_Stanley_F.C.)
| years6 = 1907–1909
| clubs6 = [Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.)
| caps6 = 25
| goals6 = 16
| years7 = 1909–1910
| clubs7 = [Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.)
| caps7 = 32
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 1910–1911
| clubs8 = [Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.)
| caps8 = 15
| goals8 = 10
| years9 = 1911–1912
| clubs9 = [West Stanley](/source/West_Stanley_F.C.)
| years10 = 1912–1916
| clubs10 = [Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.)
| caps10 = 81
| goals10 = 18
| years11 = 1919–1920
| clubs11 = [Merthyr Town](/source/Merthyr_Town_F.C.)
| caps11 = 4
| goals11 = 0
}}
'''Percy Barnfather''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (17 December 1879 – 18 December 1951) was an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football), who made 265 appearances and scored 85 goals in all competitions as an [outside right](/source/outside_right) for [Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.), before and during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War).

==Playing career==
An [outside right](/source/outside_right), Barnfather joined [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) club [Barnsley](/source/Barnsley_F.C.) in 1903 and made 25 appearances during the [1903–04](/source/1903-04_Football_League_Second_Division) season, scoring four goals.<ref name="Croydon">{{Cite web |title=Biographies – Percy Barnfather |url=http://www.croydoncommon.com/BARNFATHER_Percy.pdf |access-date=20 November 2017 |website=Croydon Common Football Club}}</ref> In June 1904, he joined [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) First Division club [New Brompton](/source/New_Brompton_F.C.) and remained at [Priestfield](/source/Priestfield_Stadium) for two seasons.<ref name="Croydon" /> After a non-playing spell with [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Tony |title=The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2003 |isbn=1-899468-20-X |pages=24–25}}</ref> he spent the 1906–07 season back in his native [northeast](/source/North_East_England) with [North Eastern League](/source/North_Eastern_League) club [West Stanley](/source/West_Stanley_F.C.).<ref name="Croydon" />

Barnfather returned to the Southern League to join Second Division club [Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.) in August 1907 and aside from a spell with [Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.) and a second spell with West Stanley, he spent the majority of the remainder of his career with the Robins.<ref name="Croydon" /> Barnfather's professional career with Croydon Common came to an end at the end of the [1914–15](/source/1914%E2%80%9315_Southern_Football_League) season, by which time he had made 140 appearances and scored 48 goals during three spells at The Nest.<ref name="Croydon" /> He finished his career with a short spell at Southern League First Division club [Merthyr Town](/source/Merthyr_Town_F.C.) during the [1919–20](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League) season, under manager and former Croydon Common teammate [Harry Hadley](/source/Harry_Hadley).<ref name="Croydon" />

== Personal life ==
Barnfather was born in [Byker](/source/Byker) and attended Welleck Road School in [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne).<ref name="Croydon" /> He was a plumber and engineer by trade and was married with three children.<ref name="Croydon" /> After retiring from football, Barnfather worked in a clerical role in the [Ministry of Supply](/source/Ministry_of_Supply).<ref name="Croydon" /> He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in [Croydon](/source/Croydon).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Riddoch |first=Andrew |title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War |last2=Kemp, John |publisher=Haynes Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85733-103-8 |page=327}}</ref>

=== First World War ===
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), Barnfather enlisted as a [private](/source/Private_(rank)) in the [Football Battalion](/source/Football_Battalion) of the [Middlesex Regiment](/source/Middlesex_Regiment).<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/footballers-s/ |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref> Through the course of his service, he rose from private to [captain](/source/Captain_(armed_forces)) and won the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) in 1918.<ref name="Croydon" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=36 Supplement To The Edinburgh Gazette, January 2, 1918 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13186/page/36/data.pdf |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{{Expand section|
* Barnsley FA Cup appearances.
* 1906–07 and 1911–12 West Stanley spells|date=November 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |FA Cup
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|[Barnsley](/source/Barnsley_F.C.)
|[1903–04](/source/1903-04_Football_League_Second_Division)<ref name="Joyce" />
|[Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division)
|27
|3
|?
|?
|27+?
|3+?
|-
| rowspan="3" |[New Brompton](/source/New_Brompton_F.C.)
|[1904–05](/source/1904%E2%80%9305_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="gillinghamfcresults">{{Cite web |title=Gillingham FC Career Details – Percy Barnfather |url=http://www.gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Barnfather%2CPercy |access-date=20 November 2017 |website=Gillingham FC Scrapbook}}</ref>
|[Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) First Division
|17
|4
|2
|0
|19
|4
|-
|[1905–06](/source/1905%E2%80%9306_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="gillinghamfcresults" />
|Southern League First Division
|22
|0
|2
|0
|24
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!39
!4
!4
!0
!43
!4
|-
| rowspan="3" |[Croydon Common](/source/Croydon_Common_F.C.)
|[1907–08](/source/1907%E2%80%9308_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League Second Division
|13
|2
|1
|0
|14
|2
|-
|[1908–09](/source/1908%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League Second Division
|12
|14
|9
|1
|21
|15
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!25
!16
!10
!1
!35
!17
|-
|[Norwich City](/source/Norwich_City_F.C.)
|[1909–10](/source/1909%E2%80%9310_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League First Division
|32
|4
|2
|0
|34
|4
|-
|Croydon Common
|[1910–11](/source/1910%E2%80%9311_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League Second Division
|15
|10
|2
|3
|17
|13
|-
| rowspan="4" |Croydon Common
|[1912–13](/source/1912%E2%80%9313_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League Second Division
|15
|4
|4
|0
|19
|4
|-
|[1913–14](/source/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League Second Division
|30
|8
|1
|0
|31
|8
|-
|[1914–15](/source/1914%E2%80%9315_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League First Division
|36
|6
|2
|0
|38
|6
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!121
!44
!19
!4
!140
!48
|-
|[Merthyr Town](/source/Merthyr_Town_F.C.)
|[1919–20](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
|Southern League First Division
|4
|0
|0
|0
|4
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!223
!55
!27
!4
!250
!59
|}

== Honours ==
'''Croydon Common'''
*[Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) Second Division: [1908–09](/source/1908%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League), [1913–14](/source/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />
* Southern Football Alliance: [1912–13](/source/1912%E2%80%9313_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="Croydon" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Lives of WWI|id=208815}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnfather, Percy}}
Category:1879 births
Category:1951 deaths
Category:English Football League players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Croydon Common F.C. players
Category:Middlesex Regiment officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:West Stanley F.C. players
Category:Merthyr Town F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:Men's association football outside forwards
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Deaths from stomach cancer in England
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Military personnel from Newcastle upon Tyne

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