Shaun Barker reflects on his life in football
By Chris Dunlavy

HEYDAY: Shaun Barker in action for Derby County
PICTURE: Alamy

SHAUN Barker never attempted to conceal the fact that he had no burning desire to play football.
“I remember when I got offered my first pro contact at Rotherham,” recalls the 42-year-old, who even as a teenager sported the long hair and “naughty” clothes that betrayed his real passion for music and the arts.
“I was actually disappointed in a strange sort of way, I’d been planning to study.
Barker: 'Football was the last thing on my mind'
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