Born: 30 September 1911

Born in: Leigh, Lancashire

Died: 1969

Other clubs: Sheffield United (1934-39); Bradford City, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday (wartime guest)

Signed from: Whitegate Juniors

Joined Liverpool: November 1928

Debut: 09 Oct 1929

Final appearance: 24 Mar 1934

Debut goal: 07 Feb 1931

Last goal: 14 Apr 1933

Contract until: 15.06.1934

League: Apps / Goals: 103 / 25

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 109 / 29

Player Profile

A forward who made 12 appearances by the end of his debut season when Liverpool finished a disappointing twelfth. Although he was overlooked for the first dozen or so fixtures the following season, Barton was a regular in the side from November 1930 onwards. The 1932/33 season was his most productive as he scored 13 from 36 matches, including a hat-trick when Liverpool crushed League Champions Everton 7-4 at Anfield on 11 February 1933. The eleven goals scored in that game is easily the highest aggregate ever scored in a Merseyside derby. In 1934 Barton left for Sheffield United who had just been relegated to the Second Division and played at Bramall Lane until World War II. Barton scored 47 goals in 203 matches for the Blades. Barton was in the United side that lost 1-0 to Arsenal in the 1936 FA Cup final.