Barry Raymond Daines (born 30 September 1951) is a former professional

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. He played in the

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for

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

and for

Bulova SA Bulova was a Hong Kong football club which were dissolved after the 1984–85 season. In 1977, Bulova entered Hong Kong Third Division League and proposed a three-year plan to get promotion to First Division. In 1979–80 season, Bulova appeare ...

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. Daines also represented England at youth level in the position of

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Football career

Daines joined

as an apprentice in September 1969. He made a total of 146 appearances between 1971 and 1981. Daines was substitute in both legs of the

1972 UEFA Cup Final The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. This was the first UEFA club com ...

. Throughout much of his time at Tottenham he was understudy to Pat Jennings, he did however play in all 42 league matches in the 1977–78 season. In 1981 Tottenham awarded Daines a

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. The game played in May 1981, resulted in Tottenham beating West Ham United 3–2 at

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. He played in the

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between 1981 and 1983 for

before ending his professional career at Mansfield Town and making a further 21 appearances. Daines also appeared on the books at Chelmsford City, following his departure from Mansfield.

Post–football career

Daines went on to become a supermarket manager in

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."Where are they now ?"
Retrieved 18 September 2009.

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Photo of Barry
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daines, Barry 1951 births Living people Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Bulova SA players Mansfield Town F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players People from Witham English Football League players Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers UEFA Cup winning players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Footballers from Essex