Darren Sean Barnard was born on 30 November 1971 and is a former professional footballer.
25 Facts About Darren Barnard
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Darren Barnard played in the Football League for Reading, Bristol City, and Grimsby Town before playing in the Conference National for Aldershot Town and finishing his career with non-league Camberley Town.
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Darren Barnard has since worked as the academy manager of Aldershot Town.
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Darren Barnard had to wait almost 2 years for his first-team debut as he was competing with the established first-team players Gareth Hall and Frank Sinclair for a place in the team.
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Darren Barnard was signed at a time when the Blues were attempting to boost their standing in the First Division with the expensive purchases of Dennis Wise and Andy Townsend, Darren Barnard was forced to wait almost two years for his first-team debut.
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However, manager Joe Jordan started to play him at left wing-back shortly after his move to the club, and before long, Darren Barnard was a fully-fledged left wing-back.
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Darren Barnard left the club soon after, to join Barnsley in the Premier League, so this partnership was never seen in a competitive City side.
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Darren Barnard scored 28 goals in 201 appearances for the club with many assists.
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Darren Barnard was used as a left-sided midfielder in his first season while under manager Paul Groves but was used at left-back, the latter was primarily his main position after the departure of Tony Gallimore in the summer of 2003.
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In 2007 Darren Barnard was made club captain as well as playing and captaining the Welsh semi Professional side.
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Darren Barnard scored 24 goals in 127 appearances for Aldershot Town.
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Darren Barnard moved to sign for Camberley Town prior to his release from Aldershot in 2007.
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Darren Barnard became sole Manager after Paul Miles resigned in October 2011.
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In 2010 Darren Barnard started his 'A' Licence coaching badge in Manchester.
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In May 2012, Darren Barnard decided to move on from Camberley Town 1st team and stepped down as the Manager.
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In July 2011, Darren Barnard become Director and Head Coach for Professional Footballers Soccer Academies.
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Darren Barnard was appointed Academy Manager of Aldershot Town in August 2013 just after the club had come out of administration following relegation from the Football League the previous season.
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Darren Barnard was approached by Aldershot Town Football Club to reinstate the club's Youth Academy after coming out of administration.
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Once the academy was established and running the decision was taken for Darren Barnard to go and explore alternative routes in his football career.
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Chelsea won the trophy with Darren Barnard collecting the Golden Boot award.
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Darren Barnard played for the PFA in the Hong Kong 2007 Sevens, losing in the Finals.
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Darren Barnard collected the Golden Boot award for the second time in 2008 for Chelsea in the London Masters.
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In 2009 Darren Barnard played for Wales in the Sky Masters, losing out in the final to Ireland.
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Darren Barnard got his third Golden Boot award in 2010 for Chelsea in the London Masters.
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Darren Barnard scored his first hat trick for Chelsea old boys against Reading old boys in 2010.