Darren Barr
Darren Barr
Darren Barr
• Darren Barr, c2013 (ALC)

born in Scotland

Darren Barr was born on Sunday, 17th March, 1985, in Glasgow.

The 5' 11 (10st 10lbs) defender joined Alan Archibald's Thistle for a trial period in July, 2014, having most recently been with Kilmarnock.

Aged 29, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 9th July, 2014, in a 3-1 friendly win away to F.C. Pinatar.

There were no goals for Darren during his spell with Thistle.

He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 19th July, 2014, in a 1-1 friendly draw away to Dumbarton, having appeared as a Jag on 3 occasions.

His club-list included Falkirk, Forfar Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Ross County, Dumbarton, Greenock Morton, Stirling Albion and Annan Athletic.

Darren Barr's Summary Totals
appearances position won drew lost goals
League 0 0 0 0 0
Competitive 0 0 0 0 0
All Games 3 1 1 1 0

Bio Extra

Darren played for Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Forfar Athletic, Kilmarnock, Ross County, Dumbarton, Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion, mainly as a defender. He represented Scotland as a B and full international, being capped once in August 2008. The 23-year-old was a second half substitute in a 0-0 draw with Northern Ireland, becoming the first Falkirk player to represent Scotland since John White in 1959. He retained his place and was named in George Burley's squad for Scotland's World Cup qualifying matches against Macedonia and Iceland, although no further caps were won. After leaving Falkirk in 2010, his career was hampered by several serious injuries. He became caretaker manager of Stirling Albion in October 2018, after Dave Mackay left the club. He was appointed assistant manager of League Two club Annan Athletic in November 2018, replacing Kevin Rutkiewicz who had left the club to take over as manager of Darren's former club Stirling Albion. In March 2021, the club announced that James Tose had been appointed in the role, although it was not made clear when Barr left the club.

Darren is included in our feature piece, The Definitive Who's Who Of The Partick Thistle Internationalists →

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