Barrow Town F.C.
Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in the large village of Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League and play at Riverside Park.
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Full name | Barrow Town Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Riversiders | |
Founded | 1904 | |
Ground | Riverside Park, Barrow upon Soar | |
Capacity | 2,000 (100 seated) | |
Chairman | Michael Bland | |
Manager | Kris Nurse | |
League | East Midlands Counties League | |
2019–20 | East Midlands Counties League (season abandoned) | |
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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] which they won in 1940–41.[3] Following World War II the club joined the Western Division of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1946.[4] Two years later the league was re-organised and the club were placed in Division Two.[4]
The 1968–69 season saw Barrow win the Loughborough Charity Cup and the Sileby Cup, as well as finishing as runners-up in Division Two and earning promotion to Division One.[5] However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1970–71 season. In 1981 they adopted their current name,[4] and in 1983 Division Two was renamed Division One.[6] 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.[6][7] In 2008 they became founder members of the East Midlands Counties League, where they have remained since.[6]
In 2012–13 they finished as league runners-up to Basford United, the closest the club have ever been to promotion to Step 5.[6] However, following that season the vast majority of the squad departed and the club spent much of the following six seasons finishing regularly in middle to lower half of the table - finishing bottom on one occasion but being saved by league reorganisation.
In June 2019, Liam East resigned from the manager's position and the club moved swiftly to appoint former player Kris Nurse in the role.
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.[5] It has a capacity of 2,000,[8] of which 100 is seated.[9] There are also many youth pitches behind and to the side of the adult pitch including under 12.
Honours
- Leicestershire Senior League
- Division One champions 1992–93
- League Cup winners 2002–03
- Loughborough Alliance
- Champions 1940–41
- Loughborough Charity Cup
- Winners 1968–69, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006–07
- Battle of Britain Memorial Cup
- Winners 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11
- Sileby Cup
- Winners 1968–69
Records
See also
- Barrow Town F.C. players
References
- History 1 Barrow Town F.C.
- History 2 Barrow Town F.C.
- Barrow Town Leics Football
- Barrow Old Boys at the Football Club History Database
- History 3 Barrow Town F.C.
- Barrow Town at the Football Club History Database
- Honours Barrow Town F.C.
- Riverside Park Soccerway
- Barrow Town There also many barrow town youth pitches near the adult pitch including under 13 pitches and moreArchived 2016-08-12 at the Wayback Machine East Midlands Counties League