Name: Malcolm Williamson Barrass
Nickname: '-'
Country:
EnglandClub: Bolton Wanderers
Position: ★ SS, DMF, CMF, CF (optional)
Number: 10 | 6 | 5
Side: LF/BS
Age: 23-25 years (15/12/1924)
Era: 1947-1949
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Attack: 80
Defence: 58
Balance: 88
Stamina: 80
Top Speed: 80
Acceleration: 77
Response: 84
Agility: 75
Dribble Accuracy: 75
Dribble Speed: 77
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 72
Long Pass Speed: 70
Shot Accuracy: 76
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 74
Free Kick Accuracy: 62
Curling: 68
Header: 88
Jump: 86
Technique: 78
Aggression: 79
Mentality: 82
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
S09 – Covering
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - Scoring - Centre - Reaction
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
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Country:
EnglandClub: Bolton Wanderers
Position: ★ CB, DMF, SB, SS, CF (optional)
Number: 5 | 6 | 3 | 9
Side: LF/BS
Age: 26-31 years (15/12/1924)
Era: 1950-1955
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Attack: 76
Defence: 80
Balance: 88
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 80
Acceleration: 76
Response: 83
Agility: 74
Dribble Accuracy: 75
Dribble Speed: 74
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 71
Long Pass Accuracy: 74
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 72
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 73
Free Kick Accuracy: 62
Curling: 66
Header: 86
Jump: 85
Technique: 78
Aggression: 75
Mentality: 82
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 7
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
S09 – Covering
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Centre - Covering
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
Malcolm Williamson Barrass (15 December 1924 – 4 August 2013) started his professional career with Bolton Wanderers in 1944. He won his first England cap on 20 October 1951 when he effectively blocked the fearsomely combative Welsh striker Trevor Ford in a 1-1 draw at Ninian Park, Cardiff. He collected two more caps, never regaining his place after his immediate opponent, Lawrie Reilly, had scored twice for Scotland in a 2-2 encounter at Wembley in April 1953.
His career included an appearance in the now-legendary "Matthews FA Cup Final". Though Barrass did not perform badly overall in the game, he was unfortunate to confront two of the finest footballers in the land at their most destructive. The man he was marking, the Seasiders’ centre-forward Stan Mortensen, was at his effervescent best and plundered a brilliant hat-trick, then the Trotters’ leg-weary No 5 was one of two defenders left floundering in the wake of the ageing maestro Stanley Matthews as he set up the injury-time winner. The nation rejoiced that the 38-year-old Peter Pan of football, the most famous and beloved player in the world at the time, had pocketed a winner’s medal at last in his third final, but for Bolton, and Barrass, there was only acute frustration. However, he was a resilient character and in 1953-54 he touched the finest form of his career as the Trotters climbed to fifth place in the First Division table for the second time in three years.
Rocklike yet somehow refined, Malcolm Barrass was a colossal presence, initially as a versatile attacker, but mostly as a trusty central bulwark of the rearguard, the role in which he earned three caps for England. The tall, robust, left-footed Lancastrian thought deeply about the game. As it was his combination of power, determination and composure, topped off with a dash of culture on the ball, saw him gravitate to the half-back line.
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