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‘I DID NOT WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM CHALLENGE OF PROMOTION’

BIG INTERVIEW: GARETH BARRY
By John Wragg

GARETH Barry has been around so long that he was playing back when the Premier League could be dominated by English players.
Barry was on the bench, coming on for half the game, when Aston Villa manager John Gregory fielded the last all-English team to play in the Premier League 20 years ago.
It didn’t go well, Villa losing 4-1 at home to Midlands rivals Coventry.
The anniversary of that landmark game was Wednesday, just four days after Barry turned 38 years old.
That didn’t go well either, Barry having a poor game on his birthday ...

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