After Football
Barker resigned to go back to work in Derby, as a fitter's mate at the Carriage and Wagon railway works in Derby.
Barker died in 1982 just before his 76th birthday following a fight against cancer and a spinal problem.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)