Barry Powell (born 29 January 1954) is an English former

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who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

, Derby County,

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

and

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

, in the

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for the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

, and in

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for Bulova and

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Career

Powell was born in

Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a ...

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, to Bradford City manager,

Ivor Powell Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales. A wing half, he began his professional career with Queens Park Rangers in September 1937. His career was interr ...

. Barry began his career as an apprentice at

, making his first team debut on 10 March 1973 in a 1–1 draw at Crystal Palace. He featured regularly over the next two seasons, and appeared as a substitute in their 1974 League Cup Final win over

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. This year also saw him make four appearances for the England Under 23 side. After a stint during the summer of 1975 with Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League, The midfielder moved to

in September 1975 with

Willie Carr William McInanny Carr (born 6 January 1950) is a Scottish former footballer, who played in the Football League for Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Millwall. During his time with Coventry, Carr played in six full international matches ...

travelling in the other direction. Here, he established himself as an attacking midfielder who possessed a mean shot, complementing

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in the engine room of

Gordon Milne Gordon Milne (born 29 March 1937) is an English former association football, football player and manager. Personal life Gordon Milne was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and is the son of the Scottish former Preston player Jimmy Milne (foot ...

's team and feeding such players as Ian Wallace,

Mick Ferguson Michael John Ferguson (born 3 October 1954) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He spent the best years of his playing career at Coventry City F.C., Coventr ...

and

Tommy Hutchison Thomas Hutchison (born 22 September 1947) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He made over 1,100 appearances, including 314 in the Football League alone for Coventry City, and more than 160 apiece in the competition f ...

. He transferred to Derby County in October 1979 but failed to replicate the form he had shown at Coventry during his three seasons here. He then had stints in Hong Kong as well as with

and

. He eventually returned to

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in November 1986 and made a handful of appearances with the club now mired in the fourth tier, while also a member of their coaching staff. The 1987–88 season saw him play one further game in October 1987 en route to promotion before hanging up his boots. Powell later returned to Coventry to manage their football in the community scheme before he went on to manage Welsh Premier League club

Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional Association football, football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men ...

, and English non-league sides

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and

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

(two spells), winning the

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with the latter in 2004. He was last employed by

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as an assistant to manager

Marcus Bignot Marcus Bignot (born 22 August 1974) is an English football manager and former professional player. He is currently assistant coach of the England U19s and first-team coach at Cheltenhham Town. Bignot's playing career spanned nearly 20 years, ...

before leaving the club in September 2011 after the club's poor start to the season. Barry now works part time in a supermarket

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Barry 1954 births Living people People from Kenilworth English footballers England under-23 international footballers English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Portland Timbers (1975–1982) players Coventry City F.C. players Derby County F.C. players South China AA players Swansea City A.F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English football managers Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff Bulova SA players Association football midfielders English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Stafford Rangers F.C. managers Hednesford Town F.C. managers