Barrow Town F.C.

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Barrow Town
Barrow Town logo.png
Full name Barrow Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Riversiders
Founded 1901 (as Barrow Old Boys)
Ground Riverside Park, Barrow upon Soar
Ground Capacity 1,000
Chairman Michael Bland
Manager Liam East / Dennis Briley
League East Midlands Counties League
2014–15 East Midlands Counties League, 9th

Barrow Town F.C. are a football club based in Barrow upon Soar, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They currently play in the East Midlands Counties League.

History

Barrow Town was formed in 1904 as Barrow Old Boys and upon reformation after the Second World War they joined the Leicestershire Senior League before joining the new East Midlands Counties Football League when it was formed in 2008.[1]

Barrow Town (yellow shirts) take on Castle Vale in the FA Cup in 2008

In 1981, they changed their name from Barrow Old Boys F.C. to their present name. In 1991 they won Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division, and were runners-up three times. They have reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase three times in their history, getting to that stage three times in six seasons.[2][3] In 2011–12 they reached the third qualifying round of the FA Cup, and hit the headlines when Sean Cato became the youngest ever goalscorer in the competition – aged 16 years and 25 days. He had scored in the club's preliminary round 7–2 away hammering of Rothwell Town.

Rivals

Barrow Town's main rivals geographically are Quorn, Loughborough Dynamo and Sileby Town.

Honours

  • Leicestershire Senior League Division One[2]
    • Champions 1992–93
  • Leicestershire Senior League Division Two[1]
    • Runners-up 1968–69
  • East Midlands Counties League[1]
    • Runners-up 2012–13

First-team squad

As of 28 August 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Ashley King
England DF Jamie Sharman
England DF Fran Finnemore
England DF James Portwood
England DF Mitchell Turner
England DF Luke Plummer (Vice captain)
England DF Ryan Lees
England MF Christopher Davis
England MF Jordan Lever
England MF Ben Law
No. Position Player
England MF Ryan Whatley (Club captain)
England MF John Grady
England MF Lloyd Tapper
England MF Jake Culverwell
England MF Connor Packwood
England FW David Coleman
England FW Joseph Hanlon
England FW Connor Simon
England FW Tyler Sibson

Records

  • FA Cup best performance: Third Qualifying Round – 2011–12
  • FA Vase best performance: second round proper – 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06

References

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