Barry Ashby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English association footballer
Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1970
Place of Birth: Park Royal, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Barry Ashby
- Barry John Ashby (born 21 November 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-half.
- He played for Watford, Brentford and Gillingham during a 17-year professional career. Ashby started his career at Watford, having played for Middlesex and London schools teams.
- As a schoolboy he first became attached to the club in October 1985, before becoming a trainee in July 1987.
- He won the 1988–89 FA Youth Cup with Watford, forming a defensive partnership with Jason Soloman.
- He signed a professional contract in December 1988.Played as both a centre half and full-back by Watford, Ashby's first goal was one of seven scored against Bradford City in December 1989.
- In March 1994 Watford signed Brentford centre-half Keith Millen for £65,000 and Ashby, who was valued at £35,000 in the exchange.
- Ashby went on to play 120 league games for Brentford in three years at the club. During his time at Gillingham, Ashby made over 320 appearances.
- He was released on 31 May 2005 after he turned down a contract extension.
- He made a return to football with Welling United, where he linked up with his former teammates Matt Bodkin and Adrian Pennock, the latter being the Welling manager at the time.
- Ashby left Welling in May 2006. On 22 May 2008 Ashby was appointed first-team manager of Margate, but was dismissed from his post just five months later. In November 2009 he returned to Welling United as assistant-manager to Jamie Day, helping take the club to the 2012 Conference South play off final, where they lost 1–0 to Dartford.
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