Colin Barrett was born on 3 August 1952 and is an English former association football defender.
14 Facts About Colin Barrett
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Colin Barrett played 163 competitive senior games from 1972 to 1980 with Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Swindon Town.
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Colin Barrett had been with City for four months previously as an amateur.
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Colin Barrett featured in the late season derby game in which Manchester United were relegated.
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Colin Barrett played in 10 league games for Forest before the end of that season.
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Colin Barrett played in 13 league games in the promotion campaign scoring twice.
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Aged 25 Colin Barrett now established himself as a first team regular.
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Colin Barrett again played in both legs of the semi-final win, this time against Leeds United.
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Colin Barrett only played 12 further senior competitive games in his career the last of which was less than two years after the Boro game.
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Colin Barrett played in drawn games as Forest eliminated Grasshopper Club Zurich and FC Koln en route to winning the 1979 European Cup Final.
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Colin Barrett played in 93 competitive games and 128 first team games in total for Forest.
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Colin Barrett worked at The Crown pub in Southwell and then made snooker tables.
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Colin Barrett then settled into working as a self-employed painter and decorator.
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Colin Barrett's wife Sue is a school teacher with whom he has three children.