Barrow Town F.C.

Not to be confused with Barrow A.F.C..
Barrow Town
Full name Barrow Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Riversiders
Ground Riverside Park, Barrow upon Soar
Ground Capacity 2,000 (100 seated)
Chairman Michael Bland
Manager Liam East & Dennis Briley
League East Midlands Counties League
2015–16 East Midlands Counties League, 13th
Barrow Town (yellow shirts) take on Castle Vale in the FA Cup in 2008

Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League and play at Riverside Park.

History

The club was established as Barrow Old Boys as most of its players were former pupils of the local grammar school.[1] They played in the Leicestershire Mutual League and later the Loughborough Alliance.[2] Following World War II the club joined the Western Division of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1946.[3] Two years later the league was re-organised and the club were placed in Division Two.[3]

The 1968–69 season saw Barrow win the Loughborough Charity Cup and the Sileby Cupm, as well as finishing as runners-up in Division Two and earning promotion to Division One.[4] However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1970–71 season. In 1981 they adopted their current name,[3] and in 1983 Division Two was renamed Division One.[5] After winning Division One in 1992–93, the club were promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained until 2008, finishing as runners-up in 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06 and 2007–08 and winning the League Cup in 2002–03 and the Loughborough Charity Cup again in 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01 and 2006–07.[5][6] In 2008 they became founder members of the East Midlands Counties League, where they have remained since.[5] In 2012–13 they finished as league runners-up.[5]

Ground

The club originally played at a ground on Mill Lane,[1] before moving to Cotes Road and later North Street when they joined the Loughborough Alliance.[2] They moved to their current Riverside Park around 1970.[4] It has a capacity of 2,000,[7] of which 100 is seated.[8]

Honours

Records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 History 1 Barrow Town F.C.
  2. 1 2 History 2 Barrow Town F.C.
  3. 1 2 3 Barrow Old Boys at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 History 3 Barrow Town F.C.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barrow Town at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ Honours Barrow Town F.C.
  7. ↑ Riverside Park Soccerway
  8. ↑ Barrow Town East Midlands Counties League

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Coordinates: 52°45′00″N 1°09′36″W / 52.750099°N 1.1601359°W / 52.750099; -1.1601359

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