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Barney Travers

Barney Travers was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Sunderland. He received a life ban from football in 1922 after the Football Association found him guilty on a charge of offering a bribe of £20 to South Shields to throw the game against Fulham. He was pardoned in 1945.

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Full name Barney Travers
Date of birth 1894
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Date of death 16 February 1955 (age 60)
Place of death Sunderland, England
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1912 Sunderland Co-operative Wednesday
1912–1913 Oak Villa
1913–1914 New Lambton Star
1914–1919 Sunderland West End
1919–1921 Sunderland 58 (25)
1921–1922 Fulham 46 (28)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barney Travers (1894 – February 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Sunderland.1 He received a life ban from football in 1922 after the Football Association found him guilty on a charge of offering a bribe of £20 to South Shields to throw the game against Fulham. He was pardoned in 1945.2

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  1. Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Northall, Jonathan (2022). The Life and Death of Andy Ducat. Chichester: Pitch Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-1785318535.