John Barker, the son of late Bafana Bafana coach CliveBarker, says his father was a patriotic South African. People from all walks of life have gathered in Durban for his funeral service under way.
John and Gavin Barker pay tribute to their father , Former Bafana Bafana Head Coach Clive Barker during the Special Provincial Official Funeral.John and Gavin Barker pay tribute to their father , Former Bafana Bafana Head Coach Clive Barker during the Special Provincial Official Funeral.
John Barker, the son of late Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker, says his father was a patriotic South African. People from all walks of life have gathered in Durban for his funeral service under way. Among the mourners are South African Football Association President Danny Jordaan and former Bafana Bafana players, including Neil Tovey, Mark Williams and Andre Arendse.
John says they grew up in a soccer community in Durban. “We grew up in a soccer community in the South of Durban. It was magic and it was wonderful. We dreamed of one day playing soccer for South Africa and my mother especially made it possible for my father to become a great success. It was truly beautiful, we know there were many up and downs in Dad’s career, but you stood by him, you loved him and you supported him.
“Thank you for doing it for us and giving dad to this nation to be such a great coach and success, and thank you Mom his other great passion was for South Africa and the people of South Africa he was so patriotic he believed we were the best in the world,” John says.AFCON 1996 Bafana Bafana winning star, Doctor Khumalo, pays homage to fallen Former Bafana Bafana Coach Clive Barker as the Class of 1996 players congregate around his coffin.
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