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David Kwame "Dave" Barnett (born 16 April 1967) is an English former football player and coach who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United, Walsall, Barnet, Birmingham City, Port Vale and Lincoln City. He also represented Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Premier League and Edmonton Brickmen in the Canadian Soccer League. He made more than 200 appearances for nearly 20 clubs during his career. He later coached non-League Romulus. ==Playing career== Born in Birmingham, Barnett began his youth career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, but was released without making an appearance. He then joined non-league sides Boldmere St. Michaels and then Alvechurch〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/alvechurch/a/club-history-20386.html?page=2 )〕 before being picked up by Windsor & Eton. From here, he was signed by Colchester United manager Roger Brown in the summer of 1988. His professional career started with a bang as he was sent off on his debut in the opening day fixture of the 1988–89 season, becoming only the second U's player after Nigel Crouch to be dismissed on their maiden appearance for the club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=2317 )〕 After serving his suspension, Barnett was again sent off in only his seventh league game during a 2–1 home defeat to Scunthorpe United on 8 October 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=2327 )〕 His lack of discipline earned him the nickname ''Psycho'' with the Colchester fans for his ability to get into trouble at every opportunity as his time at the club came to an abrupt end when the latest manager Jock Wallace watched him commit an off-the-ball indiscretion during a reserve game.〔 After his Colchester exit, Barnett moved to Canada to play for Canadian Soccer League club Edmonton Brickmen where he played alongside Justin Fashanu. Barnett returned to England in October 1989 to sign for West Bromwich Albion on a non-contract basis, though he failed to make a first-team appearance for the Baggies. He then moved to Walsall for the early part of the 1990–91 season before returning to non-league football with Kidderminster Harriers. Here, he made 39 Conference appearances and helped the club to Wembley for the 1991 FA Trophy final, in which they finished runners-up to Wycombe Wanderers.〔 Barnett was signed by Barry Fry at Barnet for a £17,000 fee in February 1992 and aided the club to promotion from the Third Division in 1992–93. As the Bee's struggled in the higher tier, Barnett was loaned to his hometown club Birmingham City in December 1993 where he played twice, before returning to Barnet who were subsequently relegated.〔 While at Underhill, Barnett made 59 league appearances and scored three goals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/davebarnett.html )〕 Birmingham City eventually signed Barnett on a permanent basis in February 1994, once again teaming up with Barry Fry who had been appointed manager at St Andrew's. Signing for £150,000, the club were relegated to the Second Division in 1994 but Barnett helped the club gain immediate promotion back to the First Division as a virtual ever-present feature of the first-team.〔 He also made another Wembley appearance, this time in the 1995 Football League Trophy Final, which City won 1–0 over Carlisle United with a golden goal from Paul Tait. However, he did not feature in the 1995–96 season and played just six games in 1996–97 under new manager Trevor Francis, and so left for Dunfermline Athletic in July 1997. Barnett featured 21 times for Dunfermline in the Scottish Premier Division during the 1997–98 season, scoring once to help Bert Paton's side retain their top-flight status. However, before the season was up, Barnett made a deadline day loan move to Port Vale, where he made nine appearances and scored one goal.〔〔 During the close season, the move back to England was made permanent as he made 27 further appearances for Vale. His final professional transfer came following a successful trial spell at Lincoln City in the summer of 1999, where he made 22 league appearances and netted three times.〔 While with Lincoln, Barnett had a three-game loan spell in the Conference with Forest Green Rovers. Notified by Lincoln that he would be given a free transfer at the end of the 1999–2000 season, Barnett ended up with an injury prior to his release and in turn announced his retirement.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Barnett (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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