in the Football League, the club could not meet Barrett's wage demands, and so he joined Gillingham in August 1992. With Gillingham, Barrett made 51 league appearances between 1992 and 1995 before securing a move to Cambridge United. Here, he played 119 league games between 1995 and 1999 and had a brief loan stint with Kingstonian, making six Conference appearances in 1998. He was then signed by former Cambridge manager Tommy Taylor who was now at Leyton Orient in January 1999. In his first half-season with the club, he returned to Wembley as the O's lost out 1–0 to Scunthorpe United in the 1999 Third Division play-off final. In the semi-final against Rotherham United, he had saved two spot-kicks in the penalty shoot-out. At the end of the 2001–02 season, Barrett collected all six of the club's Player of the Year awards and would go on to become the club's goalkeeping coach. He was recalled to action during the 2002–03 season following an injury to regular goalkeeper Ashley Bayes. Barrett ended his time at Orient having made 99 league appearances in four years. Coaching career Barrett left Leyton Orient to become assistant-manager to Mark Stimson at Grays Athletic, where he had further FA Trophy success in 2005 and 2006, before following Stimson to Stevenage Borough in the summer of 2006. The pair again succeeded in the FA Trophy, playing at the first-ever cup final at the new Wembley Stadium. Barrett once again followed Stimson to his former club Gillingham in November 2007. With Gillingham, Barrett tasted further success when they overcame Shrewsbury Town in the 2009 Football League Two play-off Final with a 1–0 victory. However, the club spent just one season in League One, relegated back to League Two after failing to win a single away fixture. When Stimson resigned in May 2010, Barrett naturally followed. In June 2010, Stimson was named as manager of Barnet and brought in Barrett as his number-two. The management team only lasted until January 2011 after just five wins in 26 games with Stimson sacked. When Stimson was appointed manager at Kettering Town in September 2011, he announced that he would once again be teaming-up with Barrett. With the club in financial turmoil and under a transfer embargo, Stimson left the club in January 2012, taking Barrett with him to Thurrock in May 2012. Career statistics Source: A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances