12 Facts About Barry Fry

Barry Francis Fry was born on 7 April 1945 and is an English former football player and manager.

An inside forward, Fry scored a goal for England Schoolboys in front of nearly 100,000 supporters at Wembley and was seen as the best player in the team.

Barry Fry went on to sign for Manchester United as an apprentice but never played for the first team and then had brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury.

Barry Fry has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone United, Southend United, Barnet, Birmingham City and, most recently, Peterborough United.

Barry Fry hired a young Barry Fry as manager, and gave him money to build up a strong team; indeed in his autobiography, Fry claims that he was often given blank, signed cheques.

Barry Fry returned to Barnet in August 1986 for a further seven seasons.

Barry Fry moved to Southend United in 1993 with the club bottom of Division One.

Barry Fry kept Southend up, but later in the year moved to Birmingham City.

Just after leaving Birmingham, Barry Fry became chairman-manager of Peterborough United.

Barry Fry remained as chairman until September 2006 when Darragh MacAnthony succeeded him.

The programme included some of Barry Fry's dressing room antics, including a row with Mick Bodley and his promise to get the Posh out of Division Two.

Barry Fry accepted the charges, and on 31 January 2019 he was suspended from all footballing activity for four months, with three months of those suspended for a two-year period.