Barry Wellings
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry Wellings[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1958[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1976 | Everton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1978 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 | York City | 47 | (9) |
| 1980–1983 | Rochdale | 116 | (30) |
| 1983 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | (3) |
| 1983 | Northwich Victoria | 17 | (1) |
| 1983–1984 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | (0) |
| 1984 | Oswestry Town | ||
| 1984 | Swansea City | 5 | (3) |
| 1984–1989 |
Académica | 104 | (12) |
| 1990–1991 | Southport | 12 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Runcorn | 16 | (1) |
| Droylsden | |||
| Total | 342 | (59) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Barry Wellings (born 10 June 1958) is an English former professional
Career
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Wellings started his career with Everton as an apprentice in their youth system, before signing a professional contract in June 1976.[1] After spending two seasons playing in the reserve team as cover for Bob Latchford and Duncan McKenzie, he joined Fourth Division team York City in June 1978.[2] Making his debut in a 3–0 away defeat at Barnsley on 2 September 1978, Wellings scored his first goal for York with the winner in a 2–1 victory away to Doncaster Rovers on 18 November.[3] He finished his first season at the club with four goals from 20 appearances,[3] before scoring seven goals in 35 matches in the 1979–80 season.[4]
Wellings failed to score enough goals for York to warrant a regular place in the team, meaning he moved to fellow Fourth Division club Rochdale in July 1980.[2] He made his debut in a 2–2 away draw with Stockport County on 16 August 1980, before scoring his first goal in a 2–2 draw away to Peterborough United on 13 September.[5] He finished his first season with Rochdale as top scorer with 14 goals, and was ever-present in the team, appearing in all 49 of the team's fixtures.[5] Wellings was ever-present with Rochdale for a second successive season, making 51 appearances, in which he scored 12 goals.[6]
Having scored eight goals in 29 appearances for Rochdale during the
He was playing for
Wellings returned to playing in England with
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup
|
Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| York City | 1978–79[3] | Fourth Division | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |
| 1979–80[4] | Fourth Division | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 7 | ||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 55 | 11 | |||
| Rochdale | 1980–81[5] | Fourth Division | 46 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 14 | |
| 1981–82[6] | Fourth Division | 46 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 51 | 12 | ||
| 1982–83[7] | Fourth Division | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 29 | 8 | ||
| Total | 116 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 129 | 34 | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1982–83[8] | Fourth Division | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1983–84[9] | Alliance Premier League
|
17 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1983–84[10] | Fourth Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Swansea City | 1984–85[12] | Third Division | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Académica
|
1984–85[13] | Primeira Divisão | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 1985–86[13] | Primeira Divisão | 26 | 6 | — | — | 26 | 6 | |||||
| 1986–87[13] | Primeira Divisão | 27 | 3 | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||||
| 1987–88[13] | Primeira Divisão | 27 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 1988–89[13] | Segunda Divisão
|
15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 104 | 12 | — | — | 104 | 12 | ||||||
| Southport | 1990–91[14] | NPL Premier Division
|
12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Runcorn | 1991–92[15] | Football Conference
|
15 | 1 | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 1992–93[15] | Football Conference | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |||||||
| Career total | 342 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 363 | 65 | ||
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
- ^ a b Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 352–353.
- ^ ISBN 0-362-02046-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-356-07888-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-356-09727-5.
- ^ a b c Williams (ed.). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983–84. pp. 368–369.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-356-10446-1.
- ^ Brown, Neil. "Barry Wellings". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-356-10872-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Barry Wellings". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Season by season NL player lists" (PDF). Southport Football Club stats. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Harman. Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The First 25 Years. pp. 542, 548.