After appearing in three English Schools Shield
finals for West Ham Boys, Albert Barrett was capped by England Schoolboys
before joining Leytonstone in 1921. There he won England Amateur
international honours before leaving to have brief spells with West Ham
United and Southampton. In the summer of 1925 he joined Fulham as a
professional and made his début for the Cottagers in a 4-0 defeat at Oldham
Athletic in the fourth game of the 1925-26 season. Barrett went on to miss
very few games for Fulham over the next ten seasons, being ever-present in
1930-31 and 1934-35. His performances as an attacking wing-half led to him
representing the FA XI in their tour of South Africa in 1929 and his one and
only England cap against Northern Ireland the following season. In 1931-32,
Barrett helped the Cottagers win the Third Division (South) Championship and
the following season was instrumental in Fulham almost winning successive
promotion as they finished third in Division Two. He went on to score 21
goals in 418 League and Cup games before hanging up his boots. He then
rejoined Leytonstone as coach before later emigrating to South Africa.
