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Barry Whitbread

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Barry Whitbread
Personal information
Date of birth October 1948
Place of birth Manchester, England
Date of death 9 September 2026(2026-09-09) (aged 77)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973 Lancaster City 120 (51)
1973–1979 Runcorn
1979–1982 Altrincham[1] 94 (34)
International career
1979–1981 England semi-pro 6 (2)
Managerial career
1988–1990 Runcorn
1996–1998 Singapore
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Whitbread (October 1948 – 9 September 2026) was an English football player and coach who led the Singapore national team to the country's first ever international trophy in football, the 1998 AFF Championship.

Club career

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Whitbread was born in Manchester in October 1948.[2][3] He played football as a forward for Lancaster City in the Northern Premier League while a student at Lancaster University. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club, and scored their early goal in what became a 2–1 defeat to Football League opponents Notts County in the first round proper of the 1972–73 FA Cup.[4] Transferred nearer home for a fee of £250, Whitbread's 29 goals helped Runcorn to the Northern Premier League title in the 1975–76 season.[5] After scoring 181 career goals for Runcorn, he joined Altrincham in 1979 for a club record fee of £6,400. He helped the club reach the 1982 FA Trophy final, in which he made his final appearance as a player, on the losing side.[1][6]

International career

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Whitbread was a member of the first ever England team at semi-professional level. He won six caps, scoring twice, between 1979 and 1981.[7][8]

Coaching career

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Whitbread trained as a teacher before moving into football management, having gained his coaching qualifications while still a player.[6] He was assistant manager of Northwich Victoria,[4] then manager of Runcorn from 1988 to 1990,[5] and also coached in the United States.[9] He took the job as Singapore national team coach in 1996. Two years later, his team written off before it started,[10] Whitbread led Singapore to victory in the 1998 Tiger Cup (now known as the AFF Suzuki Cup), their first ever success in an international football competition.[11]

On his return to England he worked at Liverpool's Youth Academy, becoming head of recruitment, a post he held until 2007.[9][12] He went on to act as chief scout for clubs including Blackburn Rovers[13] and Bolton Wanderers.[14]

Personal life and death

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His son Zak, born in Houston, Texas, while Whitbread was working in the US, became a professional footballer after developing in the Liverpool academy.[9][15]

Whitbread died on 9 September 2026, aged 77.[16]

References

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  1. 1 2 Pikesley, Barry. "When We Were Kings". Altrincham F.C. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Rowley, Terry. "Barry Whitbread". The Alty Files. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Barry Whitbread b. 1948". FreeBMD. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Legends". Lancaster City F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Linnets Legends - Barry Whitbread". Runcorn Linnets F.C. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Altrincham FA Trophy 1982". Altrincham F.C. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Williams, Tony, ed. (1988). Non League Club Directory 1989. Tony Williams Publications. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-869833-09-1.
  8. ↑ Williams, Tony (8 June 2008). "Howard's Way Is A Semi-Pros Success". The Non-League Paper. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 Tongue, Steve (5 December 2004). "Liverpool rebuild from within". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "History". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  11. ↑ Kumar, Raj (26 December 2004). "Class of '98: Lions good for glory". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Platt, Mark (9 July 2007). "Reds Welcome Johnson To The Academy". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 17 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ "Barry joins backroom team". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  14. ↑ Douglas, Mark (28 August 2009). "Danny Simpson wants to remain at Newcastle". The Journal. Newcastle. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Senior Squad: Zak Whitbread". Millwall F.C. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  16. ↑ "Former Lions coach Barry Whitbread dies, aged 77". The Straits Times. 11 September 2026. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
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