Gareth Barry

[The Cincinnati Kid]

Well,,,,Congrats I suppose on breaking the all time prem appearances record.

You know....it's a bit like spending 35yrs at a single company mostly because nobody noticed you.

[past memories]

I think referees notice him occasionally.

[Selsey Bill]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

[Pompey1985]

He has won more Premier League games then the stripeys.

[Pompey Gary]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

I remember the Villa penalty was won by a player (Lee Hendry?) tripping over his own feet. An absolute travesty that fortunately didn't affect the result. Pompey were top of the league for a couple of hours or so!

[Lost in Transportation]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

I remember the Villa penalty was won by a player (Lee Hendry?) tripping over his own feet. An absolute travesty that fortunately didn't affect the result. Pompey were top of the league for a couple of hours or so!

Then we were top again for 24 hours after beating Bolton 4-0 on the Tuesday.

[Pompey Penguin]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

I remember the Villa penalty was won by a player (Lee Hendry?) tripping over his own feet. An absolute travesty that fortunately didn't affect the result. Pompey were top of the league for a couple of hours or so!

I thought it was Gareth Barry who missed the ball and then fell over. Not even a dive, just gross incompetence! Anyway, a great day for Pompey and the first of lots of good memories from that season.

Wasn't there one off-season when Barry was supposed to sign for Pompey, but it fell through when Villa got a new manager or something? Anyone remember this?

[Lost in Transportation]

Wasn't there one off-season when Barry was supposed to sign for Pompey, but it fell through when Villa got a new manager or something? Anyone remember this?

1st summer of Gaydamak ownership as I recall so 2006. Redknapp wanted him but couldn't persuade the board to really go for him. Martin O'Neill arrived in August at Villa.

[pompeygunner]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

I remember the Villa penalty was won by a player (Lee Hendry?) tripping over his own feet. An absolute travesty that fortunately didn't affect the result. Pompey were top of the league for a couple of hours or so!

I thought it was Gareth Barry who missed the ball and then fell over. Not even a dive, just gross incompetence! Anyway, a great day for Pompey and the first of lots of good memories from that season.

Wasn't there one off-season when Barry was supposed to sign for Pompey, but it fell through when Villa got a new manager or something? Anyone remember this?

Sounds similar to the Michael Carrick near signing, we had it almost done & then Arsenal came in & muddied the waters & he ended up signing for Spurs.

[Selsey Bill]

Who remembers our first ever game in the Premier League? At home against Villa. We won 2-1. A young looking Barry played in that game. Scored a penalty and then a few minutes later was sent off!

I remember the Villa penalty was won by a player (Lee Hendry?) tripping over his own feet. An absolute travesty that fortunately didn't affect the result. Pompey were top of the league for a couple of hours or so!

I thought it was Gareth Barry who missed the ball and then fell over. Not even a dive, just gross incompetence! Anyway, a great day for Pompey and the first of lots of good memories from that season.

Wasn't there one off-season when Barry was supposed to sign for Pompey, but it fell through when Villa got a new manager or something? Anyone remember this?

Sounds similar to the Michael Carrick near signing, we had it almost done & then Arsenal came in & muddied the waters & he ended up signing for Spurs.

It seems somewhat surreal to think back to some of the players we signed, and some of those that we were connected to!

[Lost in Transportation]

Sounds similar to the Michael Carrick near signing, we had it almost done & then Arsenal came in & muddied the waters & he ended up signing for Spurs.

Not really similar.

The difference is that Pompey weren't really Carrick's choice hence his waiting whereas the Barry deal could have been done if the club had committed to signing him early in the summer. It was a very political summer with signings like Nugent who weren't on Redknapp's list.

[past memories]

Sounds similar to the Michael Carrick near signing, we had it almost done & then Arsenal came in & muddied the waters & he ended up signing for Spurs.[/quote]

I thought he signed for Man U.

[Thats Rich]

Better for him to have the record than Giggs IMHO.

[pompeygunner]

Sounds similar to the Michael Carrick near signing, we had it almost done & then Arsenal came in & muddied the waters & he ended up signing for Spurs.

I thought he signed for Man U.[/quote]

Spurs then went onto Utd.