RIP Barney Daniels

[City_Shirts]

Sad news to hear of the passing of former blue Barney Daniels this week who sadly passed away aged 74.


Signed by Tony Book he would make his blues debut in a 1-0 home win over Derby County curtesy of a Colin Bell strike on 6th February 1974, going on to appear 16 times between 1973 & 1975 including hitting two goals in a 4-1 win over Leicester City during November 1974. Barney would leave Maine Road in the summer of 1975 to become Chester City’s then record singing and duly hit a spectacular 25 yarder strike on his debut.


Sending condolences to Charlene and all his family and friends at this difficult time.

RIP Barney

 

[Blueboy73]

RIP Barney

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Sad news.Clearly remember his 2 goals vs Leicester thinking we have a young star coming through.RIP.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Sad news, takes me back to being a kid sat in the North Stand with my brother and my dad, not just first team games but Central League (reserves) as well, R.I.P.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

RIP Blue x

 

[denislawsbackheel]

RIP Barney.
Was privileged to have him take coaching sessions due to his work for City in the community. Very nice bloke.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Came from a team from my old town, saw him many times in the reserves for us and he came into the first team with a bang.

RIP Barney.

 

[oakiecokie]

He`d got one hell of a shot on him.
RIP Barney

 

[whicko]

Great lad,remember getting on the number 5 bus from Salford on Liverpool Street with Barney on his way to Maine Road on a match day, RIP Barney the Bolt.

 

[Golden Silva]

RIP Blue.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

That's sad news. He coached at my kids' school, where my ex also worked, so she knew him. We bumped into him in Asda one day and she introduced me. Then he turned up regularly as our relief postman, plus I used to bump into him regularly in the now defunct Roach Bank pub in Pilsworth.

His real name was actually Bernard.

 

[Sebi]

RIP Blue

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Always loved Barney. Worth going to the reserve matches at Maine Road to see him shooting from the half way line. I last remember him as a postman in Prestwich. Only good memories of him. RIP Barney the Bolt.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

That's sad news. He coached at my kids' school, where my ex also worked, so she knew him. We bumped into him in Asda one day and she introduced me. Then he turned up regularly as our relief postman, plus I used to bump into him regularly in the now defunct Roach Bank pub in Pilsworth.

His real name was actually Bernard.

And started his career just outside the city. Didn’t he cost us £2k from Ashton United?

 

[Alfie Budd]

And started his career just outside the city. Didn’t he cost us £2k from Ashton United?

We did indeed sign him from Ashton Utd. He’d actually been on the books at the rags as a youngster but was released from there without a sniff of getting close to the first team.
I was at that Leicester game when it looked like he’d ‘arrived’. RIP Barney.

 

[Salford in the City]

RIP Barney
Sad news, such a nice guy.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Yep remember Central League games and the Leicester brace, ex postie like me
RIP Barney

 

[blue44]

RIP Barney.
I vaguely remember him playing for us and Ashton United in the 70's

 

[Barney Daniels]

RIP Barney.

One of my first cult heroes (hence the user name) from being taken to watch the reserves then seeing his first team debut.

 

[Mancini's scarf]

I never saw him play but used to have chats with him about City when he was our postman. There were 3 season ticket holders in our house at the time & when he was delivering ours he’d always say I know what these are! He was a good guy.
RIP Barney