Andy Barr (footballer)

Andrew "Andy" Barr (born 21 June 1979 in Birmingham) is a former professional footballer, who is most recently the Performance Specialist at the New York Knicks.

His career as a young football player with Luton Town was cut short by injury, and this led to him studying for a Physiotherapy degree at the University of Salford whilst playing non-league football for the likes of Warrington Town, Vauxhall Motors F.C., Caernarfon Town and Altrincham.

In 2001 he began his first spell at Bolton as the Assistant Physiotherapist, holding particular responsibility over the clubs youth players and he proved to be an integral part of the Sport Science network which the club's former manager Sam Allardyce was keen to implement at the Reebok Stadium.

The departure of long serving physiotherapist Faz Page in October 2004 gave Barr more responsibility over the senior players, but in the summer of 2006 he was to take up a more senior role with Southampton as the Saints recruited him as the new Head of Sport Science and Medicine.

Returning to Bolton under new manager Gary Megson in late 2007, Barr was the head of a physiotherapy team which included Steve Foster and the one time Manchester City midfielder Paul Lake.

He moved on to the position of Injury Prevention Specialist and then acting Head of Sports Medicine at Manchester City Football Club in January 2009 under manager Mark Hughes.

In September 2009 he joined the New York Knicks Basketball team as a Performance Specialist, focusing on injury prevention.