Barnes, Jack
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Jack began his playing career with Atherstone Town before signing professional forms for Coventry City in 1928 for whom he made 8 league appearances. Switching to Walsall after a year he netted 18 times in 68 league outings before a 1931 move to Watford where he spent two seasons prior to joining Exeter City in the summer of 1933.
Transfer-listed by the Hertfordshire club for £300, City ended up paying £100 for Jack's services and he made his debut against Reading in a Third Division South fixture against Reading on 26 August 1933. Arriving with a strong reputation, and full of expectations, he made just eighteen appearances and left to sign for York City ahead of the 1933/34 season.
After a season with York, Jack returned to play for Atherstone on an amateur basis before working in a munitions factory during the Second World War and later becoming a painter and decorator. He died in a nursing home in Coleshill, Warwickshire on 1 April 2008 shortly before his 100th birthday.
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Mike Blackstone
James Barnes first signed professional forms for Coventry City in March 1928, having been playing for Atherstone Town.
Prior to signing for Exeter City, he had been transfer listed by Watford for a fee of £300, but the Grecians obtained his signature for £100.
After leaving York City, following a foot injury, Barnes returned to play as an amateur with Atherstone Town in 1935.
He worked in a munitions factory during the Second World War, and then became a painter and decorator.
Barnes died in a nursing home in Coleshill, Warwickshire in 2008, shortly before his 100th birthday.