Stuart John Barfoot (born 10 December 1975) is an English former footballer.

Career

Barfoot, a full-back, began his career as an apprentice with

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. ...

, turning professional in July 1994. He made just two league appearances (both as a substitute the following season, one coming against Chelsea in the League Cup in September 1994 when he replaced Sean O'Driscoll) before joining

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

. He failed to break into the first team at

Plainmoor Plainmoor is an association football stadium located in the Plainmoor suburb of Torquay, Devon, England. Since 1921, the stadium has been the home of Torquay United F.C., Torquay United Football Club, who currently compete in the National Leagu ...

, leaving league football. In the 1997–98 season he was playing for Bashley, moving to

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in 1999. He left Andover in May 2001, joining

Brockenhurst Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the north-east, while Bournemouth is also nearby, south-west. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaul ...

. In June 2003, Barfoot was part of the Southampton All-stars team that took on Brighton as part of the European Pro Beach Soccer League, playing alongside Simon Arthur,

Nicky Banger Nicholas Lee Banger (born 25 February 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably played in the Premier League for Southampton at the beginning of his career, and later went on to feature in the Scott ...

, Ian Juryeff,

Matt Le Tissier Matthew Paul Le Tissier (; born 14 October 1968) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Le Tissier spent his entire professional club career with Southampton F.C., Southampton, before turning to non- ...

, David Puckett and Angus Steel. Stuart was also a keen fisherman and a member of Marchwood Reelers.

References

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