Barry Middleton

Barry Middleton is the most capped player in the history of Great Britain and England Hockey and only retired from international hockey in April 2019. Barry amassed 432 caps and 119 goals for Great Britain and England and is regarded as one of the greatest athletes in the nation’s history from any sport.

Barry made his International debut in 2003 and played in four Olympic games, four World Cups, eight European Championships and four Commonwealth Games. He was also named in the world team of the year on three occasions, and fittingly was nominated for FIH world player of the year in 2018, his final year in international hockey. His attributes as a leader enabled him to captain the nation for the best part of a decade, leading England to Euro Hockey gold in 2009, as well as skippering Great Britain at two Olympics, including fourth at the London games in 2012, the men’s team’s best Olympic finish since Seoul 1988.

At club level, he started at his local club Doncaster and went on to play at Cannock, East Grinstead and Holcombe, as well as Der Club an der Alster in Germany, HGC in Holland and Ranchi Rays in India.