Centre Half
Born: Dagenham 11th December 1947
Debut: Vs Birmingham City 11th Feb August 1967
 

 

 Barry Kitchener came to the notice of Millwall through their scouting
 system in Essex. At the time he was playing for Newbury Park Youth Club
  and joined The Lions as a gangling 16 year-old. He signed professional in
 August 1965 and played at left-back in the Youth and
 Reserve teams, finally making his first-team debut in
 that position in 1967. He was converted into a centre-
 half to take place of Bryan Snowdon upon that player's
 retirement. Kitchener, who was over 6ft tall and tipped
 the scales at 12st 7lbs, made an ideal replacement. He
 took a while to settle, but for the next 11 seasons the
 number five shirt was his own. Kitchener was
 commanding in the air and not daunted by bustling forwards. Never rattled,
 he led by example and was made captain after Harry Cripps relinquished
 the job.


 
 
 
 
 Kitchener was another who was a great favourite with Millwall supporters,
 who loved his never-say-die attitude. He is Millwall's record appearance
  holder in all three major competitions. In the F.A Cup he has just one more
 appearance than old-time favourites, Len Graham and
 Alex Jardine. He is also out on his own regarding the
 most consecutive League appearances (244). Kitchener
 played with Tampa Bay Rowdies during 1979, when they
 lost to Vancouver Whitecaps in the NASL Soccer Bowl
 final. He played his last game for Millwall on 15th May
 1982, then coached their Youth team and the Reserves. He looked after the first team for six matches before the
 arrival of George Graham, when a lot of fans thought Kitchener would get
 the manager's job. He had a testimonial against Spurs in October 1975.

 

 

 
 Millwall Career -1966-82

Appearances

Goals

 Football League 518+5 (Sub) 25
 FA Cup 29+2 (Sub) 2
 League Cup 42 1
 Others 6 3
 Total 595+7 (Sub) 28