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A Day in the Life of Jim Barber, Scottish Footballer

He doesn’t usually get up till 8.30. On a match day Jim will get up even later. He’ll sit in bed, watch breakfast TV for a while, and then go down, get the mail, have a coffee and read the papers. He’ll have a wash and then he’ll get to go to the club. “Rangers” is probably the only club where the players have to come in every morning wearing a shirt and a tie; it’s a traditional thing and he quite likes it really.

Every day except Sunday, Jim will be at the club by 10. It’s a short drive but he’ll still be a few minutes late. He has a bad reputation for being late, and that caused his being fined many times. Each day of training is in preparation for the next match. The team will do some weight training and some running to build up stamina. Players work on particular aspects of the game but tactics are usually left till match day.

The matches themselves are always different from each other. You go through a lot of emotions during a game but really it’s a question of concentration. You’ve got just 90 minutes to give everything you’ve got and take every chance you can. There’s luck, there’s being in the right place at the right time, but you can’t make use of those without concentration and responsibility.

Sports writers often talk about age but it’s not something that bothers Jim. He’s 30 and feels fantastic. He missed a few games last year due to injury and his place was taken by a young player at “Rangers”. They are friends but the youngster is a threat to Jim’s position. His job is to score goals and if he doesn’t he’ll be replaced.

Jim tries not to let football rule his home life but his wife would probably disagree; last year they only got three weeks’ holiday. It’s difficult for Alison, Jim’s wife, but Jim thinks she’s learned to accept it. She likes football and comes to the matches. Her husband does like to go out and see friends but he always has dinner with his wife.

After training Jim will usually have a sauna and then they’ll have lunch; salads and pasta, stuff like that. In the afternoon the players just try to relax. Jim started playing golf with the rest of the lads, and he loves horse racing, too. His other great hobby is music, which helps him to escape the pressure of work.

The best thing in football is scoring goals – and Jim is a top goal-scorer. It feels absolutely fantastic but he never feels above the rest of the team; if he did, he wouldn’t last two minutes in the dressing room. Any success he has is a team success. Jim’s idol in the past was always Kenny Dalglish. His idols now are the other “Rangers” players.

Jim usually goes to bed about midnight. Sometimes he does worry when he thinks of the day it all ends and he stops scoring. That scares him, and he can’t see himself playing for any other team, either, but the reality is that the players don’t make the decisions. If someone makes your club a good enough offer for you, they’ll accept it. But Jim tries not to let things like that bother him.

A Day in the Life of Jim Barber, Scottish Footballer

He doesn’t usually get up till 8.30. On a match day Jim will get up even later. He’ll sit in bed, watch breakfast TV for a while, and then go down, get the mail, have a coffee and read the papers. He’ll have a wash and then he’ll get to go to the club. “Rangers” is probably the only club where the players have to come in every morning wearing a shirt and a tie; it’s a traditional thing and he quite likes it really.

Every day except Sunday, Jim will be at the club by 10. It’s a short drive but he’ll still be a few minutes late. He has a bad reputation for being late, and that caused his being fined many times. Each day of training is in preparation for the next match. The team will do some weight training and some running to build up stamina. Players work on particular aspects of the game but tactics are usually left till match day.

The matches themselves are always different from each other. You go through a lot of emotions during a game but really it’s a question of concentration. You’ve got just 90 minutes to give everything you’ve got and take every chance you can. There’s luck, there’s being in the right place at the right time, but you can’t make use of those without concentration and responsibility.

Sports writers often talk about age but it’s not something that bothers Jim. He’s 30 and feels fantastic. He missed a few games last year due to injury and his place was taken by a young player at “Rangers”. They are friends but the youngster is a threat to Jim’s position. His job is to score goals and if he doesn’t he’ll be replaced.

Jim tries not to let football rule his home life but his wife would probably disagree; last year they only got three weeks’ holiday. It’s difficult for Alison, Jim’s wife, but Jim thinks she’s learned to accept it. She likes football and comes to the matches. Her husband does like to go out and see friends but he always has dinner with his wife.

After training Jim will usually have a sauna and then they’ll have lunch; salads and pasta, stuff like that. In the afternoon the players just try to relax. Jim started playing golf with the rest of the lads, and he loves horse racing, too. His other great hobby is music, which helps him to escape the pressure of work.

The best thing in football is scoring goals – and Jim is a top goal-scorer. It feels absolutely fantastic but he never feels above the rest of the team; if he did, he wouldn’t last two minutes in the dressing room. Any success he has is a team success. Jim’s idol in the past was always Kenny Dalglish. His idols now are the other “Rangers” players.

Jim usually goes to bed about midnight. Sometimes he does worry when he thinks of the day it all ends and he stops scoring. That scares him, and he can’t see himself playing for any other team, either, but the reality is that the players don’t make the decisions. If someone makes your club a good enough offer for you, they’ll accept it. But Jim tries not to let things like that bother him.

A Day in the Life of Jim Barber, Scottish Footballer

He doesn’t usually get up till 8.30. On a match day Jim will get up even later. He’ll sit in bed, watch breakfast TV for a while, and then go down, get the mail, have a coffee and read the papers. He’ll have a wash and then he’ll get to go to the club. “Rangers” is probably the only club where the players have to come in every morning wearing a shirt and a tie; it’s a traditional thing and he quite likes it really.

Every day except Sunday, Jim will be at the club by 10. It’s a short drive but he’ll still be a few minutes late. He has a bad reputation for being late, and that caused his being fined many times. Each day of training is in preparation for the next match. The team will do some weight training and some running to build up stamina. Players work on particular aspects of the game but tactics are usually left till match day.

The matches themselves are always different from each other. You go through a lot of emotions during a game but really it’s a question of concentration. You’ve got just 90 minutes to give everything you’ve got and take every chance you can. There’s luck, there’s being in the right place at the right time, but you can’t make use of those without concentration and responsibility.

Sports writers often talk about age but it’s not something that bothers Jim. He’s 30 and feels fantastic. He missed a few games last year due to injury and his place was taken by a young player at “Rangers”. They are friends but the youngster is a threat to Jim’s position. His job is to score goals and if he doesn’t he’ll be replaced.

Jim tries not to let football rule his home life but his wife would probably disagree; last year they only got three weeks’ holiday. It’s difficult for Alison, Jim’s wife, but Jim thinks she’s learned to accept it. She likes football and comes to the matches. Her husband does like to go out and see friends but he always has dinner with his wife.

After training Jim will usually have a sauna and then they’ll have lunch; salads and pasta, stuff like that. In the afternoon the players just try to relax. Jim started playing golf with the rest of the lads, and he loves horse racing, too. His other great hobby is music, which helps him to escape the pressure of work.

The best thing in football is scoring goals – and Jim is a top goal-scorer. It feels absolutely fantastic but he never feels above the rest of the team; if he did, he wouldn’t last two minutes in the dressing room. Any success he has is a team success. Jim’s idol in the past was always Kenny Dalglish. His idols now are the other “Rangers” players.

Jim usually goes to bed about midnight. Sometimes he does worry when he thinks of the day it all ends and he stops scoring. That scares him, and he can’t see himself playing for any other team, either, but the reality is that the players don’t make the decisions. If someone makes your club a good enough offer for you, they’ll accept it. But Jim tries not to let things like that bother him.