Barry Desmond Butlin (born 9 November 1949) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played for

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1 ...

and

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standin ...

and Sheffield United, among others, between the late 1960s and the early 1980s.

Playing career

Butlin started out with his local side,

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

, in 1967. He remained with the club until 1972, spending two successful loan spells at

; he then signed for

. After two years with Luton he signed for

, then after three years and two spells out on loan he signed for

. He spent two years with Peterborough before signing for Sheffield United. After two seasons with the Blades, he retired.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butlin, Barry 1949 births Living people English Football League players English footballers Derby County F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Reading F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players People from South Derbyshire District Footballers from Derbyshire Association football forwards