Mark Francis Barham (born 12 July 1962) is an English former professional

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who played as a right-winger. Barham was a product of the

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

youth team, having signed him from his local club Folkestone and Shepway, and made his debut in the 1979–80 season against

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. He played 213 times for Norwich and scored 25 times. While with the club he was capped twice by

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on their 1983 trip to Australia. He was a member of the Norwich sides that won the

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in 1985 and the Second Division championship in 1986. Barham also played for

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

and

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, where a serious knee injury threatened to end his full-time career. He later played for

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

, before ending his professional career at

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. As well as working on corporate hospitality for Norwich City, Barham also runs his own tool-hire company in Norwich.

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External links

Ex-Canaries.co.uk
Living people 1962 births Sportspeople from Folkestone English footballers England men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Norwich City F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Hythe Town F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Kitchee SC players Sittingbourne F.C. players Southwick F.C. players Fakenham Town F.C. players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate footballers Footballers from Kent {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub