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.
WCFOF Day Two: Tylorstown Boy
WCFOF Day One: The Big Launch
Episode 240: The World Cup squad is revealed...
Episode 239: The EJFOF World Cup squad
Episode 238: World Cup injury worries
Episode 237: Mark Evans
Episode 236: Last Minute Heartbreak
Episode 235: 'Fishlock! It just had to be!'
Episode 234: Next stop Qatar!
Episode 233: Cardiff sack Steve Morison
Episode 232: Wales are into the play-offs
Episode 231: It's in their own hands
Episode 230: “They looked leggy... in August"
Episode 229: "What a shame, the title race is already over"
Episode 228: James Rowberry
Episode 227: "It feels like we haven't been away"
Episode 226: "In August, we go again"
Episode 225: Netherlands end Wales' unbeaten home record
Episode 225: Netherlands end Wales' unbeaten home record
Episode 224: Wales qualify for the World Cup!
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