In November 2014, Barbour came to national attention when she was a pitchside reporter at a first round FA Cup match during a special episode of Final Score.
[12] In June 2019, Barbour was part of the BBC presenter team for the Women's World Cup, hosting, among others, the quarter-final between Germany and Sweden.
In December 2019, she was the presenter for the first Premier League game to be shown live on Amazon Prime Video, Crystal Palace vs.
[13] At the Scottish Football Writers Association (SFWA) gala dinner on 8 May 2022 in Glasgow, Barbour was among attendees who walked out in protest at the sexist content of an after-dinner speech and commented afterwards that she "never felt so unwelcome in the industry".
[14] The SFWA issued a formal apology the following day stating that this "will act as a catalyst to review and improve the format of our future events" to make them inspirational for all.