Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in the large village of Barrow upon Soar,

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, England. They are currently members of the 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.History 1
Barrow Town F.C. They played in the Leicestershire Mutual League and later the Loughborough Alliance,History 2
Barrow Town F.C. which they won in 1940–41.
Leics Football Following World War II the club joined the Western Division of the

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in 1946. Two years later the league was re-organised and the club were placed in Division Two. 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.History 3
Barrow Town F.C. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1970–71 season. In 1981 they adopted their current name, and in 1983 Division Two was renamed Division One. 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.
Barrow Town F.C. In 2008 they became founder members of the East Midlands Counties League. They remained members of the league until it was disbanded at the end of the 2020–21 season, at which point they were transferred to Division One of the

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. In 2022–23 the club finished 15th of 21 in Division One and were voluntarily relegated to the Premier Division Leicestershire Senior League

Ground

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

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

*Best

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performance: Third qualifying round, 2011–12 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

performance: Second round proper, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06

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