jonnyowl 4,435 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Club legend with what he helped the club achieve in the early 90's. RIP! Link to post Share on other sites
1963owl 2,093 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 god bless Link to post Share on other sites
FinnishOwl 727 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Up there with the other late greats now. He was also the first assistant manager known to me as I started following SWFC during the early 90s. At one point we had Richie Barker and Richard Barker around. Were they related? Link to post Share on other sites
archieswfc 1,912 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Very sad news. Big Ron's voice. Can still hear him shouting "KINGY, KINGY". RIP Ritchie! Link to post Share on other sites
nevthelodgemoorowl 12,509 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 RIP RB Condolences to all concerned, A sad loss ! Link to post Share on other sites
Harrysgame 1,381 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 RIP Richie Barker. Proper old school well respected no airs and graces, part of the best period watching us. Thank you Sir. Link to post Share on other sites
Rogers 4,966 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Key person in the glory years..sad. Link to post Share on other sites
Paolo Coopio 97 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, FinnishOwl said: Up there with the other late greats now. He was also the first assistant manager known to me as I started following SWFC during the early 90s. At one point we had Richie Barker and Richard Barker around. Were they related? I always thought they were father and son. But checking on wikipedia, it appears not. Must have just been a coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites
Geedee 2,276 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 RIP Great Coach Link to post Share on other sites
bladeshater 6,073 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 God bless Link to post Share on other sites
Emilianenko 2,761 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 R I P Ritchie Link to post Share on other sites
matt68owls 1,415 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 R.I.P Ritchie, behind some of the most exciting football we have played over the last 50 years, excellent coach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldog 835 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) Only met him once very briefly - Luton away (the 2:2 Sheridan free kick) Four of us went down on spec thinking we'd get tickets somewhere. The older end on here will recall that at the time Luton supporters needed an ID to get tickets. We had practically given up when we saw the SWFC team bus turning into the car park, I followed it in saying to one of the security men - "Its ok,Trevor Francis is my brother!!!" TF got off the coach and I said "Trev, can you help us we've forgotten our tickets and they won't let us in" He said - "Richie will help you" RB comes to me and says "Forgot your tickets? of course you did lad" with a smile and a wink. Promptly gave me 4 tickets for the away end. I also remember we were sat next to Paul Carrick. (Mike & The Mechanics) Edited October 14, 2020 by Bulldog 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Malkmus 162 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 RIP Thanks for some great times Link to post Share on other sites
scram 21,828 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 RIP Ritchie Fabulous memories of those times of which he was a huge part. Thoughts with his loved ones Link to post Share on other sites
Arthur Bach 15,078 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Hope he is enjoying a gin & tonic up there somewhere... Link to post Share on other sites
OhForAnotherShez 1,835 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 19:49, FinnishOwl said: Up there with the other late greats now. He was also the first assistant manager known to me as I started following SWFC during the early 90s. At one point we had Richie Barker and Richard Barker around. Were they related? No. Richard was local who mysteriously became called Richie later in his career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Barker_(footballer,_born_1975) Link to post Share on other sites
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