 Barnes akaberekerwa uye akakurira muJamaica semwanakomana wemukuru wemauto anobva kuTrinidad neTobago uye amai vokuJamaica. Akatamira kuLondon, England nemhuri yake paakanga ava nemakore 12. Barnes akabatana neWatford aine makore gumi nemanomwe muna 1981 asati atamba mitambo makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe nematanhatu yemakwikwi kwavari achihwina zvibodzwa makumi masere neshanu. Akanga ari Watford 1984 FA Cup Finalwechipiri. Akatanga kuEngland muna 1983 uye muna 1987 akabatana neLiverpool ye 900,000. Mumwaka wake gumi ikoko Liverpool yakakunda iyo yepamusoro-ndege Yekutanga Chikamu kaviri uye iyo FA Cup kaviri. Akarova zvibodzwa 106 mumitambo 403. Pakasvika nguva yechikwata chake chokupedzisira muna 1995, akanga ane makapu akawanda kupfuura mumwe mutambi weEngland mutema. Mushure memakore maviri kuNewcastle United, akapedza basa rake rekutamba kuCharlton Athletic muna 1999. 