Barry Raymond Kitchener (11 December 1947 – 30 March 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as a

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for Millwall between 1966 and 1982. Born in

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, Essex, Kitchener signed for Millwall in August 1965 and made his Millwall debut in February 1967 at left back, against Birmingham City replacing the injured Harry Cripps. In his next game Kitchener scored against Sheffield United, hitting a 30-yard screamer past former England goalkeeper

Alan Hodgkinson Alan Hodgkinson MBE (16 August 1936 – 8 December 2015) was an English professional football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. Playing career Hodgkinson signed for Sheffield United from Worksop Town on 1 August 1953, and made 675 first-team ap ...

. On the return of Cripps to the side, he played in every game that season at centre half, retaining the number five shirt until his retirement in 1982. His total of 602 appearances remains a club record. He released an autobiographical DVD titled ''60 Minutes with Barry Kitchener'', and in May 2007 was voted by fans to represent Millwall in the P.F.A. Centenary Hall of Fame. He played one summer in America on loan to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League, wearing the number 22 shirt and making 20 appearances along the way. Tampa Bay went all the way through to league final, before losing to Vancouver, 2–1 in Soccer Bowl '79. Kitchener died on 30 March 2012. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Before Millwall's home game on 7 April 2012 against Hull City, a minute's applause and a

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were held. The home side wore a special white kit in memory of Kitchener. The west stand at The Den is named after him

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Barry Kitchener Millwall Hall Of Fame
English men's footballers Millwall F.C. players 1947 births 2012 deaths Footballers from Dagenham Deaths from cancer in England English Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Men's association football central defenders English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate men's footballers {{england-footy-defender-1940s-stub

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