Mark Francis Barham (born 12 July 1962) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a right-winger.
Barham was a product of the
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...
youth team, having signed him from his local club
Folkestone and Shepway, and made his debut in the 1979–80 season against
Manchester United
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.
He played 213 times for Norwich and scored 25 times. While with the club he was capped twice by
England
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on their 1983 trip to Australia. He was a member of the Norwich sides that won the
League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division championship in 1986.
Barham also played for
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
and
Middlesbrough
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, where a serious knee injury threatened to end his full-time career. He later played for
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gr ...
, before ending his professional career at
Shrewsbury Town
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Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...
.
As well as working on corporate hospitality for Norwich City, Barham also runs his own tool-hire company in Norwich.
References
External links
Ex-Canaries.co.uk
Living people
1962 births
Footballers from Folkestone
English men's footballers
England men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Norwich City F.C. players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Hythe Town F.C. players
West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
Kitchee SC players
Sittingbourne F.C. players
Southwick F.C. players
Fakenham Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
English expatriate men's footballers
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