Barry Horne was 22-years-old when he first joined the professional ranks. A few months later, the chemistry graduate was the goal-scoring hero in arguably Wrexham's greatest result when they knocked Portuguese giants Porto out of the Uefa Cup Winners' Cup in 1984. Horne went on to play for Portsmouth and then alongside the likes of Alan Shearer and Matt Le Tissier at Southampton.
A dream move followed to Everton, the club he supported as a boy growing up in Flintshire, scoring a crucial goal to avoid relegation in 1994 and then winning the FA Cup the following season. And with 59 caps for Wales, including being captain of the side that came agonisingly close to 1994 World Cup qualification, Horne certainly has no regrets about swapping the chemistry lab for the football field.
Episode 165: Cardiff beat Swansea & Wales travel to Belgium
Episode 164: Rob Page announces Wales squad
Episode 163: Another Bale brace
Episode 162: Spurs' "Welsh Mafia"
Episode 161: Bale bounces back
Episode 160: Mick McCardiff
Episode 159: A statement win and FA Cup memories
Episode 158: Ashley Williams
Episode 157: Captain Fantastic
Episode 156: Joe Allen
Episode 155: Neil Harris sacked by Cardiff
Episode 154: Seven Welsh potters
Episode 153: The pressure is on
Episode 152: Bielsa's tactics and Championship frontrunners
Episode 151: Cardiff City 0-2 Swansea City
Episode 150: Wales' World Cup qualifying opponents
Episode 149: Cardiff's turnaround and grinding it out
Episode 148: Maradona memories & a catch-up with Angharad James
Episode 147: Can Wales 'Finnish' Nations League in style?
Episode 146: The USA come to town
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