Claim: Barrie Thomas played his youth career on Leicester City from 1952-1954, and started his senior career on Mansfield Town, playing there from 1954-1957.
Evidence: His senior career began with Leicester City as a seventeen-year-old in 1954, but over the next three seasons, Thomas only managed to play in seven league games, scoring three league goals in the process. Thomas moved to Mansfield Town in 1957, and spent two seasons with the club, scoring 48 league goals in 72 league games.