Barry Fry negotiating terms with a player, lovely jubbly!

[JJ59]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656994631953858571

Incidentally the player featured scored 2 goals that season for Posh and they were relegated.

 

[Wolves Heathen]

Barry Fry! what a character, never a dull moment when he is around, loves his football.

 

[tonto]

Barry Fry! what a character, never a dull moment when he is around, loves his football.

Some years ago I read his book Small Fry, started at Man United as a kid good pals with George Best , the antics of non league football was an eye opener, good read if you come across it

 

[Boss Hogg]

Barry Fry quite a character in the game - would be @JOSWolf dream manager - always had a squad of 50/60 players to choose from

Edit: We love you by the way JOS, so please never change!

 

[AndyWolves]

I always thought Barry fry was deeply troubled in some way and was acting a character.

 

[topcat99]

Half time : Peterborough 3 Who ever 0
Full time: Peterborough 3 Who ever 4

Barry : “ Well in the first half we played like Juventus. In the second, we played like Fray Bentos “

 

[Norman Bell]

Some years ago I read his book Small Fry, started at Man United as a kid good pals with George Best , the antics of non league football was an eye opener, good read if you come across it

That book is one of the best football books I have read with some cracking Barry Fry humour. " I've had two heart attacks caused by football related stress, one at Birmingham working for Brady and Sullivan and the other at Barnet pushing the team bus ! "

 

[Scallywolf]

‘There were 47 players when I arrived. Two weeks later I opened a cupboard and 2 more fell out’

Trevor Francis‘ words after taking over from Barry Fry at Brum.

Barry is one of footballs great characters.

 

[BlahBlah]

I remember Steve Claridge saying that Barry Fry signed so many players for Birmingham that when they went out for training and came running over the hill, it was like watching the end of the film Zulu.

 

[topcat99]

He always managed to sign Ricky Otto

 

[BlahBlah]

Also, he was a marketing man as much as a manager, working for Stan Flashman who was as dodgy as hell.....a major ticket tout who took over a football club. A couple of Del Boys.

Fry regularly used to talk up Birmingham and once said he was making a signing that would "rock the world of football to it's very foundations".
The following week he called a press conference which was packed out with journo's and he announced they'd signed Mick Bodney on loan from Southend. Whoever they were meant to be signing was never mentioned again.

 

[topcat99]

I also remember a story about Trevor Francis.

4 months after he had taken over the Birmingham position from Fry, he had just finished training and was on his way back to his office.

2 blokes were walking towards him in the corridor.

Francis said “lads, this area is for players only “

The blokes said “ We are players boss “

Francis had never seen or knew of them .

 

[BlahBlah]

When we beat Blues and scored 2 right at the end with Bull scoring that glorious injury time winner, in the press conference Fry was asked what his reaction was.
He said "I've just seen a bloke in the corridor who shook my hand and congratulated me on the win".

 

[JJ59]

Some years ago I read his book Small Fry, started at Man United as a kid good pals with George Best , the antics of non league football was an eye opener, good read if you come across it

Should that be Big Fry? I couldn't trace small fry but Big Fry by Barry is still available 2nd hand.

 

[Woburn Wolf]

When an agent arrived to talk about a player he said “I would offer you a cup of tea but the club is skint”. Classic.

 

[Ironfistedmonk]

I remember him signing about 50 players for Blues in about a week one season, hard to believe clubs used to leave the manager to negotiate player signings, crazy

 

[Ercall Wolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656994631953858571

Incidentally the player featured scored 2 goals that season for Posh and they were relegated.

Class

 

[Adrian_Monk]

He always managed to sign Ricky Otto

Otto, Dave Barnett, Gary Poole and Roger 'Freeman Hardy' Willis.

 

[Jefe]

What an entertaining thread!