5 11"  11st.1lb.
b. Bellshill,Glasgow  2 February 1978
 

Debut 13 September 2003 (25y 223d) Final Game 5 January 2005 (26y 335d)
First Goal 29 October 2003 Final Goal 2 October 2004
CAREER: Neilsland Primary School,Hamilton;Longmuir Primary School,Bellshill;Brannock HS;Mill United BC;St Columba’s BC;Glasgow Rangers SABC '86;Glasgow Rangers Jul'94[120+2-22];Blackburn Rovers Aug'03 (£6,500,000);Glasgow Rangers (£5,500,000)[130+7-20] Jan’05;Birmingham City Jul’09 (£1,200,000)[72];Blackpool Jul’11-Jun’14 (£750,000)[77+3-1];Fleetwood Town Nov’12-Jan’13 (loan)[6];Clyde Jul’14-Jun’15[1].
INTERNATIONALS  Scotland  44 + 1 apps 3gls
’99 v Lie.’00 v Bos,Est(s),Eng,Eng,Fra,RoI 1gl.’01 v Lat,Aus,Bel.’03 v Den,Far 1gl,Ice,RoI,Ice.’04 v Nor,Far, Ger,Lit,Hol,Hol.’05 v Hun,Spa,Svn,Nor,Ita,Mol,Blr.’06 v Ita,Nor,Svk,Swi.’07 v Fra,Ukr,Geo,Ita,Aut,Far.’08 vFra,Ukr,Geo,Ita 1gl,Arg.’09 v  Arg.Hol.
HONOURS Sc Ch (Rangers) ’99,’00,’03,’05,’09.Sc Cp win (Rangers) ’99,’00,’02’,’03,’08,’09. SLC win (Rangers) ’02,’03,’05,’08. SLC los (Rangers) ’09.UEFA Co los (Rangers) ’09.FLC win (Birmingham City) ’11.
SQUAD NUMBER  16 Aug’03  24 Aug’04.
 

PL          35 + 1 apps   3 gls  - 2 wdn                              1 ns
FAC         1 app                     - 1 wdn
FLC         1 app            1 gl
Total      37 + 1 apps   4 gls   - 3 wdn  + 45m -93m       1 ns
Sent off   1 technical  sending off

Autobiography  Blue The Life and Times of Barry Ferguson with Iain Kelly   Mainstream                                                   
Publishing 2007  288 pages
ISBN 10 1845962249
ISBN 13 978-1845962241

Born and raised in Glasgow and a member of the Rangers from the age of eight, Ferguson followed his brother into the Rangers first team. A complete "box to box" midfield player with great athleticism and a natural leader he was well on his way into becoming a legendary figure at Ibrox when he decided that he wished to play in the Premiership. Despite the fact that he was captain of his country and had won every honour the Scottish game had to offer, he relished a stiffer challenge and in August 2003 decided to follow his old team mate Amoruso to Ewood. His transition to English football was difficult and he was only just getting used to the extra pace of the game when a broken knee cap kept him out for half a season. Returning to the side he was given the captaincy but the decision of Souness to join Newcastle prompted Ferguson to think of returning to Rangers. By the winter transfer window he was sufficiently unsettled to ask for a transfer and having achieved little in his time at Ewood the Rovers consented. Although he quickly returned to form in Glasgow he continued to cut a controversial figure and his head to head confrontation with the manager Paul Le Guen, contributed to the departure of the latter. His reputation as one of the greats of the club was drastically resigned in 2009, when a late night drinking session before a vital World Cup qualifying game, and subsequent ill judged responses, led to him being banned from representing his country and being stripped from the Rangers’ captaincy. He ended his playing career at Blackpool where in 2014 he was appointed  care-taker manager. Although he guided the club out of the relegation zone he was not offered the job permanently. In June he became the player-manager at Clyde but he resigned in February 2017.