Frank Barson

Manchester United In 1922, he was transferred to Manchester United for a fee of £5,000. He then joined Watford in May 1928.

In his debut at Crystal Palace, Barson was cautioned early in the game. Watford's Joe Davison was later sent off in that game with the referee reportedly saying "Off you go, Barson". He had two short spells in the first team, but at the end of the season was once again looking to find a new club. He joined Wigan Borough in July 1930 ahead of what would be Borough's last complete season as a Football League club. Barson was the club's highest paid player and in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to stabilise the club's terrible finances he was off-loaded to Rhyl Athletic in June 1931.

Discipline

Barson was regarded as a "hard man" of English football. On frequent occasions Barson was escorted out of grounds by policemen to protect him from groups of angry opposition fans. Opposing crowds loathed him, forcing Barson to publicly defend himself on the grounds that he had been "brought up to play hard and saw nothing wrong with an honest to goodness shoulder charge."