George Dearnaley knew a lot about Clive Barker growing up, so it didn't come as a surprise that Barker got the best out of him at AmaZulu in the early 1990s. | kaymorizm Sport24news
The year of 1992 in South African football wasn't just a seminal one in terms of Bafana Bafana playing international soccer. It was also of great significance for George Dearnaley and Clive Barker.
Barker, who would become the 1996 African Cup of Nations-winning coach, had convinced Dearnaley's father to get his son, a striker, to come back from the United States to play his football in South Africa. Dearnaley, who ended up being the league's top scorer that year and also became a capped international, didn't need much convincing.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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