Bobby Barr

Robert Barr (born 23 June 1988) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ashfield.

For the English rugby union player, see Bobby Barr (rugby union).

Bobby Barr
Personal information
Full name Robert Barr
Date of birth (1988-06-23) 23 June 1988
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ashfield
Youth career
St Johnstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 St Johnstone 0 (0)
2008 → Albion Rovers (loan) 10 (3)
2008–2010 Albion Rovers 43 (12)
2009–2010 → Brechin City (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2013 Livingston 96 (10)
2012–2013 → East Fife (loan) 30 (6)
2013–2015 Brechin City 68 (10)
2015–2016 Greenock Morton 34 (1)
2016–2018 Raith Rovers 62 (6)
2018–2019 Dumbarton 36 (6)
2019–2020 East Stirlingshire 19 (5)
2020–2021 Forfar Athletic 16 (1)
2021 Brechin City ? (?)
2021-2022 Cowdenbeath 8 (0)
2022- Ashfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Glasgow, Barr first played for St Johnstone,[1] but failed to make it into the first team. After being released by St Johnstone he was given a chance by Paul Martin at Albion Rovers, before signing for Livingston manager Gary Bollan in January 2010.[2] Livingston won the Scottish Third Division.[3]

Before he was released by Livingston, Barr was sent to East Fife on loan for a period of three months and scored on his debut at home to Ayr United. In June 2013, he signed for Brechin City,[4] and after two years at the club moved to Greenock Morton on a one-year deal.[5] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4-2 win at Livingston on 5 September 2015.[6]

Barr signed a pre-contract agreement on a two-year deal with league rivals Raith Rovers,[7] with his signing being confirmed at the end of May 2016.[8] Following the end of his contract, Barr was released by Raith at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9] He signed for Dumbarton on 4 June 2018[10] and scored his first goal for the club in a 4-2 Scottish League Cup defeat to Kilmarnock a month later.[11] After being an ever-present as the Sons finished sixth in Scottish League One Barr turned down a new deal to join Lowland League side East Stirlingshire.[12]

Barr signed with Forfar Athletic in January 2020.[13] He then moved to Cowdenbeath in July 2021.[14]

Following the Blue Brazil's relegation from Scottish League Two, Barr left the club. He joined West of Scotland Football League side Ashfield following a short trial.[15]

Career statistics
As of 08:28, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Albion Rovers (loan) 2007–08[16] Third Division 103000000103
Albion Rovers 2008–09[17] Third Division 321121101[lower-alpha 1]13613
2009–10[18] 11100212[lower-alpha 1]1153
Total 43122131325116
Brechin City (loan) 2009–10[18] Second Division 4000000040
Livingston 2009–10[18] Third Division 200000000200
2010–11[19] Second Division 356000000356
2011–12[20] First Division 36410202[lower-alpha 1]2416
2012–13[21] 5000210071
Total 961010412210313
East Fife (loan) 2012–13[21] Second Division 30600—4[lower-alpha 2]0346
Brechin City 2013–14[22] League One 34510111[lower-alpha 1]0376
2014–15[23] 34541104[lower-alpha 3]0436
Total 68105121508012
Greenock Morton 2015–16[24] Championship 34130401[lower-alpha 1]0421
Raith Rovers 2016–17[25] Championship 29121402[lower-alpha 4]0372
2017–18[26] League One 33500203[lower-alpha 1]2397
Total 626216072769
Dumbarton 2018–19 League One 36 6 1 0 4 1 2 0 43 7
Forfar Athletic 2019–20 League One 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 3675414323424644967
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  3. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  4. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the Championship play-offs

Honours
Livingston

Individual

References
  1. Parks, Gordon (4 November 2009). "Third division player of the year Bobby Barr vows to fight back after being dumped by Albion Rovers". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. "Livingston sign forward Bobby Barr from Albion Rovers". BBC Sport. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. "Livingston secure Third Division Title". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. "Bobby Barr Back at Glebe Park". Brechin City F.C. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. "New Signing – Bobby Barr". Greenock Morton F.C. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. "Livingston 2-4 Morton". BBC. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. Robertson, Neil (29 February 2016). "Raith sign Bobby Barr on pre-contract". The Courier. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  8. "Bobby Barr Signing Confirmed". Raith Rovers FC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  9. "RRFC retained/released list". Raith Rovers FC. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  10. Galloway, Andy (4 June 2018). "SIGNING NEWS: BOBBY BARR CHECKS IN". Dumbarton Football Club.
  11. "Dumbarton 2 - 4 Kilmarnock". SPFL. 21 July 2018.
  12. "Signing News – Bobby Barr (Dumbarton)". East Stirlingshire Football Club. 1 June 2019.
  13. Coutts, Chris. "Bobby Barr – Loons fifth January signing". forfarathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  14. "Boss wants another three players for league campaign".
  15. "Ashfield 1 Petershill 0". Ashfield Football Club. 13 July 2022.
  16. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  17. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  18. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  20. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  22. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  24. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  25. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  26. "Games played by Bobby Barr in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  27. Lomax, Andrew (3 May 2009). "Celtic midfielder Scott Brown is named Player of the Year by PFA Scotland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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