Barry Lyons (born 14 March 1945) is an English former professional

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and

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Playing career

Born in

Shirebrook Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England. Close to the boundaries with the districts of Mansfield and Bassetlaw of Nottinghamshire,OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): it had a population of 13,300 in ...

, Derbyshire, Lyons started his career with Rotherham United in 1963, making his debut in September 1963. He moved to

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for £45,000 in November 1966. During his time at Forest, he came close to earning a cap for the England U23 team. He was a part of the team which was runner-up in the First Division in the 1966–67 season. Lyons joined York City for £12,000 in September 1973, where showed some class performances as York won promotion. He scored York's first goal in the higher division, which came against

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. He moved to

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on a free transfer in April 1976 and finished his playing career with the club.

Managerial career

Lyons returned to York City as youth coach in 1979. He became

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in March 1980 as they were battling to avoid re-election, which he succeeded in doing, and was given the job permanently. He was however removed from the job in December 1981 due to poor results (York having had to seek re-election at the end of the 1980–81 season). He continued in the role of youth team manager until July 1982.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Barry 1945 births Living people People from Shirebrook Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Rotherham United F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players York City F.C. players Darlington F.C. players English Football League players English football managers York City F.C. managers English Football League managers York City F.C. non-playing staff