Colin Barnes

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| name = Colin Barnes

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luton, Bedfordshire, England

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| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Luton Town | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = – | clubs2 = Dunstable Town | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = – | clubs3 = Hitchin Town | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1980 | clubs4 = Adelaide City | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 9

| years5 = 19??–1983 | clubs5 = Barnet | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1983–1984 | clubs6 = Torquay United | caps6 = 43 | goals6 = 11

| years7 = 1984–1985 | clubs7 = Yeovil Town{{cite web |url=http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/statistics/season_goals.asp?SeasonStr=1984–85&MatchType=First%20Team |title=Season 1984-85 : First Team Goalscorers |publisher=Ciderspace |accessdate=19 November 2009}}

| caps7 = | goals7 = 6

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Colin Barnes (born 28 May 1957) is an English former professional footballer born in Notting Hill, London, who played as a forward in the Football League for Torquay United.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/torquay/torquay.html |title=Torquay United : 1946/47–2006/07 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=8 November 2009}}

Barnes began his career with Crystal Palace, but failed to make the grade at Selhurst Park and moved to Luton Town. He left Luton without making his first team debut and joined non-league Dunstable Town. He later played for Hitchin Town, Adelaide City and Barnet, where he was top scorer and Player of the Year in the 1982–83 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/about/hist76.htm |title=The Barry Fry Years – Part One 1976 to 1983 |work=History of Barnet FC |publisher=Barnet FC Supporters Association |accessdate=8 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829212626/http://bfcsa.co.uk/about/hist76.htm |archive-date=29 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/about/hist83.htm |title=The Barry Fry Years – Part Two 1983/84 season |work=History of Barnet FC |publisher=Barnet FC Supporters Association |accessdate=8 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730232613/http://bfcsa.co.uk/about/hist83.htm |archive-date=30 July 2016 |url-status=dead }} and from where he was signed by Torquay United in August 1983. His league debut came on 28 September 1983, Barnes scoring against Chester City in a Fourth Division match at Sealand Road.

Although a regular in the side, in 1984 he was allowed to leave for non-league Yeovil Town.{{cite web |url=http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/history/yeovil-town-story40.asp |title=Part 40: Season 1984-85 |work=The Yeovil Town Story |publisher=Ciderspace |accessdate=19 November 2009}} He had played 43 league games for Torquay, scoring 11 times.