Years ago, I have no idea why The Sun posted his phone number when he was at Birmingham, I think one of his players went missing or something. Me and some workmates decided to call it for a laugh a few days later and I got straight through to him and said " Hi Barry this is Dave Tucker from the Telegraph"...all bull shit of course, I was some raggy arsed telesales guy. However Barry fell for it, and we had a 2 minutes conversation about what I can't remember. However, at the end I decided to come clean, who I was and he told me " Fuck me son, you should get into journalism you had me fucking fooled you cunt" whilst laughing :)...Top bloke :)
@@martingould2231 I know Barry pretty well from doing Security at a few of his after dinner talks. He is pretty liked and always gives value for money. I asked him if he knew Martin Gould and he said your a wrong un.
Barry Fry is one in a million. Wheeler, dealer. The Del Boy of football. So glad I got to enjoy one of the best seasons in the modern era when he managed my club Birmingham City. Man, I miss 90's football!!
Barry Fry is football, how it should be and how it should be played, there is no one more passionate about the game in this universe. He is a proper bloke, he deserved so much more.
Well just watched this & the Warnock one also back to back & my head is full of sweary words. Is this about 20 years ago? Its the last of the flat cap managers, now its Spanish Italian et all. Now the players just cry into their wallets, also it was nice to see muddy pitches in the winter, its just all too perfect now. Big Ron next!
I'm an Irish person who supports his local team, I recall a match I attended which also happened to be attended by the President of Ireland and the team that Barry Fry owned (I think it was Peterborough). There were quite a few players from the team there as well as various other personalities from the game (both here and England). Anyways the President takes his seat just as the match is starting. He passes through a load of people, at the end of it the only person to greet him was Barry Fry, who went out of his way to show his respects, class act. The rest of them had their head down and barely acknowledged the guy was passing through.
love the clip at 40:17 "GO ON MIGUEL, GO ON MIGUEL, OHHHHHH F***ING HELL!" as he does that he almost elbows a little girl alongside him in the dugout (his daughter?) in the face - makes me laugh every time i watch it!
I remember Birmingham playing at the New Den, 1996 I think it was. At the first game at St Andrews, Millwall were top, Blues were 2nd. It was like WWIII between both sets of fans, before, during, and after the game. A fan jumped on the touchline and assaulted one of the Millwall subs (Dave Savage I think?) during the first half. As a result, at The New Den, a Police corden was placed around Fry and the away dugout to protect them from fans looking for revenge. There were some crazy times at football in the 90's!!
"The noisy, hard-swearing Fry is a man made for television documentary. We met him previously when he was the manager of Birmingham City. That ended in his sacking, and he moved to Peterborough. This film charts his first year in charge. Putting his money into the club, as well as his non-stop mouth, Fry starts with high ambitions. Three wins in the first 17 matches scupper both - and as the team slides farther towards relegation, the dressing-room dressing downs get fiercer and Fry's language descends from bad to appalling. But his stoic wife ("my best signing") and six children provide a domestic respite. Broadcast ITV (UK) Saturday 24 May 1997"
Noticed that Barry had a special bollocking for Simon Clark in that Cup defeat. Clark joined my club Leyton Orient where he didn't improve much. But Barry's comment "You cost us on Saturday you fucking fairy" was a classic.
Barry Fry is the typical underdog: you know he's up against it but you can't help rooting for him. He looks like a stand up comedian but with hilariously bad language. Very best of luck to him.
Was a top prospect as a young footballer, I always thought he was niave as a manager but his teams we're hard to beat, most the time!!!!! One of them managers who worked better with nothing than spending a lot of cash. Proper man from back in the day, with character and a very humble man too, great career but it's a if only for his playing days and well done as a manager/owner put his money where his mouth is for Peterboro. Full respect for Mr Fry from me.
Barry seems to have no set way of playing and jumps from one idea to the next. The players seem confused and frightened to move seats for fear of reprisal. No one seems to know where they are with him.
Shaves like a faker! Come on...you don't really think there's a blade in there do you?...he'd have cut himself to ribbons. He'd shaved previously..taken the blade out..soaped up again and " shaved " at hi speed for the cameras. You try shaving like that with a blade...make sure you've got plenty of tissue handy!
Bless Barry getting De Souza and his agent asked for a bonus for reaching 30 goals a season? WTF De Souza never scored 30 goals ever period. Maybe Barry knew this was a no hoper so agreed to it. Should have gone for Gareth Seddon type or someone like that. A kid whom scored goals in lower leagues. De Souza lol
