Mark Barnard

Mark Barnard (born 27 November 1975) is a former professional footballer, who is now retired. Barnard was a forward who converted to left wing back or left-back. An attacking minded left sided player with an excellent left foot and his fitness was amongst the best in the wing back position.

Mark Barnard

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-11-27) 27 November 1975
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Rotherham United	0	(0)
1995	Worksop Town	10	(2)
1995–1999	Darlington	171	(5)
1999–2000	Doncaster Rovers	49	(4)
2000–2002	Northwich Victoria	62	(4)
2002–2003	Worksop Town	25	(1)
2003	Tamworth	6	(0)
2003	Northwich Victoria	8	(0)
2004–2005	Harrogate Town	60	(3)
2005–2006	Stalybridge Celtic	38	(2)
2006–2008	Alfreton Town	23	(2)
2008–2011	Belper Town	69	(3)
2000-2002	England C	2	(1)
Total		523	(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:50, 1 March 2014

Barnard aka 'Barney' started his career back in July 1994 with Rotherham United as a trainee. After failing to make it into the first team setup, Barnard moved on to Worksop Town.

After impressing during his time with The Tigers, Barnard earned a move to Darlington, where he then went on to make 171 league and cup appearances and scored 4 goals for the club.

Four-seasons later saw Barnard join Doncaster Rovers, before moving on to Northwich Victoria. During this period Barnard made 2 appearances for England C scoring 1 goal.

Barnard later had spells with Worksop Town (second spell), Tamworth, Northwich Victoria (second spell) Alfreton Town and Belper Town.

Honours

As a player

Darlington

• Football League Third Division play-offs runner-up: 1996

External links

• Mark Barnard at Soccerbase