One of
Scunthorpe United's FA Cup heroes from 1970 has died
this week.
He was
left-back, John Barker (56) who scored the Iron's
equalising goal in their famous fourth round 2-1
triumph against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
John
is almost obsceured as he dives forward to head home
Scunthorpe's equalising goal against Sheff Wednesday
in the FA Cup 4th round
Angus
Davidson and George Kerr hail the equalising goal as
John received a knock to the head as he scored
and was forced to leave the field with concussion
Barker was
badly concussed scoring the goal with a diving
header, and was in hospital as Scunthorpe snatched a
second half winner.
He joined
the club as an apprentice and was a member of the
United squad that reached the semi-finals of the FA
Cup Youth Cup.
He made his
first team debut for the Iron in a 2-1 victory at
Bournemouth in April 1966.
Barker went
on to make a total of 304 league and cup appearances
for the club before being released in the summer of
1975 and joining Scarborough.
He was the
son of former United player, and assistant boss, Jeff
Baker.
