Information AboutBarry Fry |
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His first managerial success was winning the GM Vauxhall Conference championship with Barnet in 1991. Two years later he took them into the new Division Two despite being sacked eight times and reinstated each time by controversial chairman Stan Flashman, as well as being in charge of a club which was in a precarious financial state and under threat of expulsion from the Football League. At Birmingham City, he won the Division Two championship in 1995. During the 1995-96 season, Fry guided the Blues to the semi-finals of the League Cup but was sacked after their mid-season promotion hopes faded and the club finished 15th in Division One. Just after leaving Birmingham, Fry became chairman-manager of Peterborough United. They were relegated to Division Three in his first season at the helm but they regained their Division Two status three years later. Fry's nine-year reign as manager came to an end in May 2005 after they were relegated again. He owns the football team (but not the stadium, although he is a director of the Holding Company which owns it) and is currently the Director Of Football. His first season in this role has witnessed the departure of Mark Wright and Steve Bleasdale as first team manager. Fry starred in a documentary called ''There's Only One Barry Fry''. The programme was memorable for Fry's dressing room antics, including a row with Mick Bodley and his promise to get the Posh out of the division. He did - they got relegated. He is currently involved in a project to redevelop part of Peterborough United's ground as flats that will earn him £1.5 million personally, as he is a director of the Holding Company which owns the London Road stadium. The club itself will receive no cash from the sales but will get an 2000 seater away end for 300 visiting fans to sit in each fortnight. Peterborough United fans are currently being told that this is a Good Thing and the planning application stresses the need for the flats to be built to fund the new stand. With a bit of luck, Fry will take his £1.5 million share and do a runner. On the other hand, the council may reject the planning application due to concerns about traffic levels. However, Fry has already told the council that the club will not have a future without these flats that he will profit personally from. |
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