Barrie Jones

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Barrie Jones
Personal information
Full name	Barrie Spencer Jones
Date of birth	October 10, 1941 (1941-10-10) (age 66)
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Playing position	Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959-1964 1964-1967 1967-1970	Swansea City Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City	166 (23) 099 0(9) 107 (18)
National team
1962-?	Wales	015 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Barrie Spencer Jones (born 10 October 1941 in Swansea) is a former profesional footballer and Wales international.

[edit] Career

Jones began his career at his hometown team, Swansea Town. A skillful winger he soon established himslef in the squad and was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1964 for £45,000, a club record fee at the time. He spent three years at the club before returning to South Wales to join Cardiff City for £25,000. After joining Cardiff he switched to a more central midfield role and he was ever present during the 1967-68 and 1968-69 seasons.

On 4 October 1969 he suffered a broken leg during a 3-2 defeat at Blackpool. He attempted several comebacks but never fully managed to regain full fitness and moved into non-league football before going into buisness in the Swansea area.

During his career Jones gained fifteen caps for Wales, making his debut in October 1962 against Scotland.