Frederick Barber was born on 26 August 1963 and is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and made nearly 400 Football League appearances.
18 Facts About Fred Barber
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Fred Barber spent over 15 years as goalkeeping coach at Bolton Wanderers, and has been the goalkeeping coach at Crewe Alexandra since 2015.
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Fred Barber was notable for donning a mask on entering the field for most matches during his career.
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Fred Barber totalled 153 games for Walsall between 1986 and 1991.
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Fred Barber helped the club to promotion to the Second Division with a 1992 play-off final victory over Stockport County, but the club struggled in the second tier.
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Fred Barber found himself out on loan at Chesterfield in February 1993, but didn't make an appearance for the club.
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Fred Barber made 10 appearances for Colchester before returning to Peterborough.
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Just four months had passed before Fred Barber found himself back at London Road with Peterborough.
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Fred Barber finished his Football League career by joining Birmingham City in 1996, again making just a single appearance.
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Fred Barber joined the coaching staff at Bolton Wanderers in 1996, serving as part-time goalkeeping coach under Colin Todd before becoming a full-time employee under Todd's successor Sam Allardyce.
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Fred Barber had been working at West Bromwich Albion as a coach until this point alongside Bryan Robson, but fully committed himself to Wanderers in 2004.
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Fred Barber was instrumental in the development of Finland goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, who joined the club in 1997, making his international debut in 1998.
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Fred Barber turned Jaaskelainen into one of the Premier League's most consistent goalkeepers, then helping progress Hungary goalkeeper Adam Bogdan who would later replace Jaaskelainen upon his exit from Bolton.
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In 2007, Fred Barber joined Nigel Worthington as a coach for the Northern Ireland national football team alongside his role at Bolton, where he would spend five years.
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Fred Barber subsequently joined Bury under Kevin Blackwell on 4 October 2012, before being reunited with Worthington after being appointed assistant manager at League Two club York City on 4 March 2013.
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Fred Barber left the club on 5 May 2013, going on to concentrate on his freelance goalkeeper coaching business.
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In January 2015, Fred Barber moved to Crewe Alexandra as the goalkeeping coach, after holding a similar role at Burton Albion.
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Fred Barber worked with Will Jaaskelainen, Jussi's son, meaning he worked with two generations of Jaaskelainen goalkeepers.