Nick Barmby

By Craig · Published 27 October 2026

Nick Barmby is a Hull-born attacking midfielder who scored Premier League goals for six clubs between 1992 and 2010. He played 23 times for England and went to Euro 96 and Euro 2000.

He is remembered for crossing Stanley Park from Everton to Liverpool in July 2000, and for scoring against Everton in his first derby three months later.

Clubs

Tottenham Hotspur (1992 to 1995), Middlesbrough (1995 to 1996), Everton (1996 to 2000), Liverpool (2000 to 2002), Leeds United (2002 to 2004), Hull City (2004 to 2012)

Premier League

342 appearances, 53 goals

Honours

League Cup 2001, UEFA Cup 2001

International

England, 23 caps, 4 goals

Fantasy price

£8.5m in 1999/00

Who did he play for?

He came through at Tottenham and played 87 league games there, scoring 21. His England debut came in March 1995 against Uruguay.

Middlesbrough paid a club record £5.25 million for him in August 1995. He scored seven in 32 league games in their first Premier League season, then moved again in November 1996, when Everton paid £5.75 million, also a club record.

He spent four seasons at Everton, 116 league games and 18 goals. His best was 1999/2000, with nine league goals including a hat-trick in a 4-0 win at West Ham on 26 February 2000.

In July 2000 Liverpool paid £6 million for him. He was the first player to go straight from Everton to Liverpool since Dave Hickson in 1959. In his first season Liverpool won the League Cup, where he scored in the shoot-out against Birmingham, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Leeds signed him for £2.75 million in August 2002. He played 25 league games in two seasons, with a loan spell at Nottingham Forest in early 2004, and left on a free when Leeds went down.

He joined Hull in July 2004 and stayed eight years. They went up from League One in his first season and reached the Premier League through the play-offs in 2008, and he scored their first top-flight goal, against Sunderland on 20 December 2008. He was Hull's manager from January to May 2012 and retired as a player the same year.

The moment: Everton, 29 October 2000

Anfield, Sunday 29 October 2000. His first Merseyside derby in a Liverpool shirt, three months after leaving Everton.

Twelve minutes in, Christian Ziege's delivery from the left found him in the box and he headed it in. Kevin Campbell equalised five minutes later, but Emile Heskey scored from Barmby's knockdown and Patrik Berger added a penalty after Thomas Gravesen was sent off. Liverpool 3-1 Everton.

Six days later he came on as a substitute at Elland Road in the game where Mark Viduka scored four.

Why the streets won't forget

He is one of a small group of players to have scored Premier League goals for six clubs: Tottenham, Middlesbrough, Everton, Liverpool, Leeds and Hull.

He broke the transfer record at two clubs inside 15 months, Middlesbrough in 1995 and Everton in 1996.

At Hull he scored the club's fastest ever goal, seven seconds against Walsall on 6 November 2004, and their first Premier League goal in 2008. The club announced his place in its Hall of Fame in December 2023.

His spell as Hull manager ended in May 2012 after a disciplinary hearing over comments about the owners and transfer funds. His son Jack played for Leicester City.

Which seasons can you draft him in?

Seven. His three Tottenham seasons come before the game starts, and his quieter seasons at Liverpool, Leeds and Hull don't make the game's squads.

In 1996/97 he played ten games for Middlesbrough before the move, so the game lists him under Everton. His 1999/00 season is the one: 37 of 38 games and nine goals from midfield.

Want him in your retro fantasy football team for 1999/00? He'll cost you £8.5m.