Martyn Barratt #8
Full Name: Martyn Andrew Barratt
Nickname: Baz
Date of Birth: 4th June 1968
Place of Birth: Altrincham
Colour of Eyes: Hazel
Shoe Size: 9
Height: 5’11” (180cm)
Weight: 11st (70kg)
School Life: Enjoyed it
First Job: Computer Graphic Designer
Family: Single
Home: A hovel of a bedsit in Balham
Newspaper: Daily Mail
Favourite Drink: Pils, Budweiser
Favourite Food: Chinese
Worst Food: Indian
Hobbies: Girls
Favourite Room in the House: Only got one room!
Top TV Programme: Eastenders, Dallas
TV Switch-Off: Crossroads
Pets: I’ve got some gerbils “at home”
Top Music Taste: Marillion, Dire Straits
Last Record/Tape Bought: Go West LP
First Record/Tape Bought: Wombles LP
Favourite Sweets/Chocolate: Double Decker
Best Film: Midnight Express, Aliens, Top Gun
Top Actor: Paul Newman in Slapshot
Best Thing That Ever Happened to You: Nearly being expelled from my first school. If I hadn’t changed schools I would never have met an ice skater, or taken up art, which got me my job and also into ice hockey.
Favourite Colour: Black
First Thing You Do When You Get Up in the Morning: Switch my alarm off and go back to sleep
Former Clubs: Trafford Tigers (Altrincham)
Favourite Equipment: Cooper and Bauer
Favourite Player: Tony Hand
Favourite Rink: Wembley Arena
Worst Rink: Blackpool, without a doubt
Biggest Influence: Tony Hand and Ged Smith
Best Game: Trafford beating Whitley in the Division 2 Trophy when I scored my first goal ever
Worst Game: Losing 7-1 at Telford
Worst Injury: Knocked unconscious at Bradford
Best Stadium: Wembley Arena – great atmosphere!
Favourite Shirt Number: 14
Transport: LRT and the Leggatts
Player for the Future: Ben Acquah, Paul Fleury (Altrincham)
Advice for Youngsters Starting in Hockey: Be committed 100% right from the start, you’ve got to want to win
Favourite Hockey People: Genuine hockey people
All-Star Team: Martin McKay (Dundee), Jeff Epps, Janne Lehti, Ged Smith (Altrincham), Andy and Chris Leggatt
Best Game Watched: Streatham -v- Fife, Junior Final at Wembley
Worst Thing About Hockey: Lack of junior development and inconsistent refereeing
Which Day of the week do you most dislike? Wednesday morning, after training the night before
If you were on Mastermind what would your specialist subject be? The cast history of Martyn Barratt’s Athlete’s Feet
Which other sportsman would you most like to be? Nigel Mansell
If you were given £50,000 tomorrow what would you do with it? Invest 40, blow 10!
Favourite Cartoon Character: Dangermouse
Most Admired Female: My mother
(NB Info taken from the match programme of 26th October 1986)