Barnton F.C.
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| Full name | Barnton Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Villagers | |
| Founded | 1946 | |
| Ground | Townfield Barnton |
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| Chairman | Tim Burton | |
| Manager | Steve Lloyd | |
| League | North West Counties Football League Division One | |
| 2015–16 | North West Counties Football League Division One 3rd, promoted |
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Barnton Football Club is a football club in the village of Barnton, near Northwich, in Cheshire. They participate in the North West Counties Football League Division One[1] and play their home games at Townfield.[2]
History
The club was founded in 1946 and in 1948 they became a founder member of the Mid-Cheshire League. They have played in that league ever since and are one of two clubs to have been in this league throughout its 60+ year history, the other being Knutsford (the league was renamed the Cheshire Association Football League in 2007). As of the mid-2000s the club has won the league on eleven occasions, including seven consecutive league titles between 1996–97 and 2002–03. The pinnacle of the club's success came with the winning of the National League Systems Cup while representing the Mid-Cheshire League in the inaugural competition of 2003–04, beating West Cheshire, Liverpool Combination and South Western League opposition along the way before defeating the Cambridgeshire County League 2–0 on their home soil in the final. As a result of this they went on to represent England in the UEFA Regions Cup in Slovenia and Bosnia where they won four, drew one and lost one of their games, narrowly failing to reach the final stages of the competition. The club has also participated in the FA Cup on two occasions (1948–49 and 1949–50) and the FA Vase on one occasion (1985–86) failing to get past their extra preliminary round games on each occasion.[3][4]
The club submitted an application to join the North West Counties League for the start of the 2014–15 season.[5] They were successful in their application and were confirmed to take their place in Division One on 29 May.
On 1 June Andy Burgess was appointed as the club's new manager, with Ian Ross stepping down to concentrate on his role as chairman.[6] On 9 November, however, Burgess left the club by mutual consent and forward Colin Quirk was placed in temporary charge.[7] Within a week Allan Glover was appointed as the new manager.[8] On 18 March 2015 Leon Knight was appointed manager. [9] The Club finished seventh in their inaugural season in the North West Counties Football League finishing just outside of the newly formed North West Counties League Division One Playoffs.
In our second season in the North West Counties League Division One we lifted the Reusch First Division cup and we got promotion to the North West Counties League Premier Division by beating Bacup Borough in the North West Counties League Division One playoff final and we also said goodbye to Ian Ross who stepped down as Barnton Chairman after been at the club for four years and we then said goodbye to our management team who have moved on to new projects. In May 2016 Tim Burton took over as the new Barnton Chairman and Steve Lloyd and Michael Alcock took over as the new Management team of Barnton Fc.
Honours
- Mid-Cheshire League Champions: 1979–80, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05.
- Cheshire League Division Two Champions: 2012–13.
- Mid-Cheshire League Challenge cup: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2013–14.
- Cheshire Amateur Cup: Winners: 1949, 1969, 2002, 2004.
- Cheshire Senior Cup: 1981.
- Reusch First Division Cup:2015-16
- NWCFL First Division Playoffs Winners: 2015-16
Records
References
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- ↑ Announcement on League Constitution
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- ↑ Football Clubs History database – Barnton FC
- ↑ Club website history page
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