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by **112-1077774096** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:24 am

Former England international John Barnes has been named as the new national coach of Jamaica.

The 44-year-old Jamaican-born former Liverpool winger has been chosen to replace Brazilian Rene Simoes, who was sacked as technical director last week.

"The Jamaica Football Federation announces the appointment of Mr Barnes and he will take up official duties on 1 November," said a statement.

Barnes' last post in management ended with the sack at Celtic in 2000.

The JFF statement continued: "Mr Barnes will be in charge of the preparation of the national team for the Digicel Caribbean Cup (DCC) between 1 and 15 December and the Concacaf Gold Cup scheduled for June 2009.

"He will also be in charge of the final round of World Cup Qualifiers in 2009, should Jamaica advance to this stage of the competition.

"Mr Barnes' contract will be reviewed following the aforementioned events."

Jamaica are currently last in their four-team World Cup qualifying group on one point from three games, with three games remaining.

To have a chance of advancing to the final stage of the Concacaf qualifying round, they must beat Mexico, Honduras and Canada and hope other results go their way.

Former Hull and Tranmere midfielder Theodore Whitmore will take charge of those World Cup games, staying on as Barnes' assistant thereafter.

good luck digger

by **GYBS** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:30 am

Hope its better than his last effort

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:07 pm

Makes sense as he was born there.

by **puroresu** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:40 pm

He actually started well at celtic but when Larsson broke his leg it then went all wrong

by **Owzat** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:37 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnes_(footballer)

Believe it or not his record at Celtic as manager was P29 W19 D8 L2 (Won 65.51%) Pretty harsh sacking, I know it was only SPL but even the likes of Strachan, MON etc lose games and draw them sometimes.

by **Toffeehater** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:41 pm

Thats a pretty good record tbh .

by **Leonmc0708** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:06 pm

My Hero as a kid Barnesy.

Hope it goes well for him.

by **GYBS** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:23 pm

Stand correct owzat that is a pretty good record. Just god dont ever let him be a pundit or presenter again

by **ConnO'var** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:36 pm

Good luck , Digger!

by **crazyhorse** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:13 pm

Good job for him. Good luck Digger..

by **redmikey** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:47 pm

he has got the same chance as england of winning the world cup

good luck digger

by **Bermenstein** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:46 pm

I hope Barnes does the business.
my all time favourite player for Liverpool.

To quote Bobby Robson "He's a lovely boy"

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