Barwell Football Club is a

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club based in

Barwell Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from ...

, near

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between L ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Kirkby Road.

History

The club was established in 1992 as a merger of Hinckley of the Midland Combination Premier Division and Barwell Athletic of the

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Premier Division; the new club took Hinckley's place in the Midland Combination. In 1994 Barwell were founder members of the Midland Alliance. They won the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup in 1996–97 and the League Cup in 2005–06, beating Leamington 3–1 in the final. After finishing as runners-up in 2008–09, they won the league the following season, earning promotion to Division One South of the

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. Their first season in the division saw them win the title, earning promotion to step three of the

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. Instead of playing in the Northern Premier League's Premier Division, the club were moved to the Premier Division of the Southern League. However, two seasons later, they were transferred back to the Northern Premier League. In 2015–16 Barwell reached the first round of the

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for the first time, losing 2–0 at home to Welling United. The following season saw them win the Leicestershire and Rutland Challenge Cup, beating Coalville Town 3–1 in the final.Barwell 3 vs. 1 Coalville Town
Coalville Town F.C. The club was transferred to the Premier Central division of the Southern League at the end of the 2017–18 season as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid.

Ground

The club play at Kirkby Road in Barwell. The sports complex also incorporates bowling facilities and a cricket pitch, which was once used for first class matches. Floodlights were installed prior to the 1992–93 season, and a number of seats were obtained from the old main stand at

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's Filbert Street ground. A new covered stand to accommodate five hundred spectators was built prior to the 1996–97 season. Towards the end of the 2000–01 season, a new 256 seater cantilever stand was erected, and the club have made further improvements to allow them to progress up the pyramid. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,500, of which 256 is seated and 750 covered.Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p448

Managerial history

Honours

*Northern Premier League **Division One South champions 2010–11 *Midland Alliance **Champions 2009–10 **League Cup winners 2005–06 *Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup **Winners 1996–97 *Leicestershire and Rutland Challenge Cup **Winners 2016–17

Records

*Best

performance: First round, 2015–16 *Best

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performance: First round, 2018–19, 2024–25 *Best

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performance: Semi-finals, 2009–10 *Most appearances: Liam CastleStats
Barwell FC Stats *Most goals: Kev Charley

References

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