Barry John Middleton MBE (born 12 January 1984) is regarded as one of the greatest British field hockey players in history.

He played as a midfielder and forward for England and Great Britain and is the most capped British hockey player in history and captained his country for many years.

[1] Middleton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to hockey.

The match was against Australia in the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final, Bhubaneswar, India.

[9] On 2 February 2022 it was announced that he would be an Assistant Coach for England for some of the FIH Hockey Pro League matches, in the coming months.