| John Barker |
 John Bell Barker was born on Monday, 28th June, 1869, in Govan, Glasgow. The forward appeared as a guest for Thistle in February, 1891, whilst a Linthouse player. Aged 21, he made his only known appearance on Saturday, 14th February, 1891, in a 3-1 friendly win at home to Dykebar. There were no goals for John in his only known appearance for Thistle. His club-list included Linthouse, Partick Thistle, Rangers and Everton. John died on Sunday, 29th June, 1941, in Govan, Glasgow, aged 72. |
| John Barker's Summary Totals |
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| League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Competitive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Barker was born in Govan (then a separate burgh from neighbouring Glasgow) in 1869, the son of John Barker and Margaret Trench Barker. His father worked as a fitter in the shipbuilding industry, which became a major industry in Govan in the mid-19th century. Along with his Linthouse team-mates J. Rodgers & J. Pollock, he guested for Thistle against Dykebar on Valentines Day 1891, in front of 800 at Inchview. It was end to end stuff at first then Gilchrist scored on the half-hour mark before Clark made it 2 soon after. 5 mins later Fleming made it 3. Dykebar scored from a corner near the end. His connection with Thistle is slight, although he played at least 7 times against the club, scoring at least 4! A reliable scorer from the left wing, he was a title-winner with Linthouse in the inaugural Scottish Alliance of season 1891-92. With his good form at Linthouse, Rangers lured him away in early 1892, and there John made an immediate impact by scoring three goals in his first five appearances. He achieved a similar impact at international level, scoring a hat-trick in the first of his two Scotland caps against Wales in March 1893. He scored in his second, and what proved to be his last Scotland appearance, again against Wales, a year later in a 5–2 win. This helped Scotland to their sixth British Championship title. He scored for Rangers in their Scottish Cup triumph in 1894 against Celtic but left the club in 1896, returning to Linthouse for two seasons. John retired in 1899, but remained on the Linthouse committee, even playing a couple of times in an emergency, before the struggling club disbanded a year later. Away from the football, he followed in his father's footsteps by making a career in Govan's shipbuilding industry, working as a draughtsman. He died of lymphoma in 1941, one day after his 72nd birthday, in his hometown. John is included in our feature piece, The Definitive Who's Who Of The Partick Thistle Internationalists → |
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2 caps, 4 goals
d. Glasgow, 1941 (72)