Brian Arrowsmith

Brian Arrowsmith
Personal information
Full name Brian Arrowsmith
Date of birth (1940-07-02) 2 July 1940
Place of birth Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Vickers Sports Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1971 Barrow 378[1] (3)
1971–1974 Netherfield ? (?)
1974–1978 Barrow 134 (?)
Teams managed
1974–1975 Barrow
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Brian Arrowsmith (born 2 July 1940) is an English former footballer and manager. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, he spent his entire professional career at his hometown club Barrow.[2] He made 512 appearances for Barrow, including 378 in the Football League, the most at that level for the club.[2][1]

Arrowsmith started his career as a right back, but played across the defence when required.[2] He captained Barrow during the 1966–67 season in which they won promotion from the Fourth Division,[3][4] and stayed with the club for a total of eleven seasons.[2] After leaving Barrow in 1971 Arrowsmith joined Northern Premier League club Netherfield,[5][6] but returned to Barrow – by then relegated out of the Football League to the Northern Premier League themselves – in 1974 as player-manager.[2] He resigned as manager in November 1975, but continued playing for the club until 1978.[5]

After retiring from football, Arrowsmith ran a DIY shop in Barrow, regularly attending Barrow matches as a fan. His son, Mark, made six appearances for Barrow in the 1980s.[5] In January 2017, the main stand at Barrow's Holker Street stadium was renamed the Brian Arrowsmith Stand in his honour.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brian Arrowsmith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Barrow's Greatest Ever Player". The Football Voice. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Yelland, Phil. "A Brief History of Barrow AFC". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Holker Street Newsletter 552 – 2nd February 2000". Barrowfc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Holker Street Newsletter 242 – 21st December 1998". Barrowfc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dads and lads who have played for Barrow AFC". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Barrow AFC honour Football League great by renaming Holker Street Main Stand". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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