Starting as an apprentice at Ipswich Town, Scott Barron rose through the ranks at Portman Road as he looked to make his way in professional football.
Born in Preston but raised in Cambridgeshire, the former footballer joined the Championship club in 1995 at the age of ten.
Nine years after his arrival through the doors at the club, Barron had his first senior team involvement, being named on the bench in 2004 in a second-tier match against Walsall.
On that occasion, he didn’t play, but the following season, the left-back would make his full debut.
It came in a League Cup tie with Brentford with the Tractor Boys winning 2-0 in a season that would be bereft with injury.
After 15 appearances that year, however, and a loan move to Wrexham completed, Barron was released.
It was then he came to prominence, moving to Millwall on a free transfer - Kenny Jackett had signed the then 22-year-old to keep his side in League One.
The left-back played 17 games that year as the Lions retained their status as a third-tier side and made one less appearance the season after as he would score his first senior goal in an FA Cup replay against Crewe.
He wouldn’t play a part in the failed playoff campaign at the end of the 2007/08 season but the following year would be the making of the young left-back.
In a match that many a Millwall fan will remember, Barron ran the length of the pitch in the dying embers of a game away at Huddersfield and squared the ball to James Henry to score a last-minute winner.
Barron would make 29 appearances for the Lions that year and was an integral part of their promotion-winning campaign, hitting the crossbar in the playoff semi-final second-leg against Huddersfield again, before appearing in the final.
Scott Barron lined up in the unfamiliar position of right-back in the final and was ever so assured as he won the first medal of his career
He would remain at The Den dispute a flurry of niggling injuries before he was told he could leave at the end of the 2011/12 season.
He would then make the move across London to Brentford where he would sign a two-year deal.
But his time at Griffin Park would not go as well as his previous stint with a side in the capital.
He made 17 appearances in his debut season with the bees before undergoing hip surgery before a return to the side the following campaign.
Rarely figuring for Brentford under Mark Warburton, making just five appearances in the 2013/14 campaign, injuries would take their toll.
At the end of that year, Barron announced his retirement despite interest from AFC Wimbledon, after a long-standing hip problem failed to clear up.
Post-football, Barron joined Refuel Professional Management and is a joint-owner in the business.
According to their website, RPM offers a “360-degree approach to management aims to maximise your position and potential at every possible opportunity.”
They were established in 2012 and were born out of “an understanding of the football world, what footballers need to succeed, and a realisation that this simply was not on offer elsewhere.”
RPM offers several different serves for professional footballers including legal, financial and tax advice, press and PR backing as well as lifestyle management.
In layman’s terms, Barron is effectively a football agent with their brand objective “To consistently provide you with all the support you need to be the best footballer you can be.”
It’s safe to say the former left-back has landed on his feet post-playing and still within the industry to help other players who have trodden the same path he has.