Barnstaple Town F.C.

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Barnstaple Town
Official crest
Full name Barnstaple Town Football Club
Nickname(s) Barum
Founded 1904 (as Pilton Yeo Vale)
Ground Mill Road,
Barnstaple
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman Jasmine Chesters
Manager Barry Yeo
League Western League
Premier Division
2014–15 Western League
Division One, 1st (promoted)

Barnstaple Town F.C. is a football club that play in Barnstaple, North Devon, England. They are currently members of the Western League, a league covering south western England. The Club has a friendly rivalry with their local rivals Bideford.

Barnstaple Town play their home games at Mill Road, a ground a few minutes walk from Barnstaple town centre.

History

The club was founded in 1904 as Pilton Yeo Vale, and were founder members, and the first winners of the North Devon League, at the end of their first season they changed to their current name.[1][2] The club went on to win the league again in the 1908–09 campaign, and then left the league the next season to play in the Devon & Exeter League.[3][4] The club returned to the North Devon League after the First world war for the 1920–21 campaign, and later back in the Devon & Exeter League.[4][5] After the Second World War the club won the Devon and Exeter league in the 1946–47 campaign.[6]

Two Seasons later the club then joined Division Two of the Western Football League.[7] Their first season in the Western league saw the club make their debut in the FA Cup, making it to the Preliminary round before being knocked out by Gloucester City.[8] After winning the Western League Division Two in the 1949–50 season under the management of Arthur Coles.[7][9] Three seasons later the club achieved the double of winning the Western league and the Devon Professional Cup.[9] The club would then have to wait until 1979–80 for when they would win the Western league again, this time under joint managers Brian Hill and Dave Baglow.[10] The club remained in the top division until they were relegated at the end of the 1990–91 campaign.[11] Brian Hill was appointed manager again and got the Barum back into the top division after three seasons by winning the First Division Championship in 1993–94.[4][11] The club maintained this status until 2013 when they were relegated to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division.

Players

First-team squad

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 Steve Oliver
England GK Jimmy Thorne
England DF Liam Gregory
England DF Aaron Harper-Penman
England DF Josh Phillips
England DF Scott Huxtable
England DF James Mayne
England MF Steve Holland
England MF Shaun Copp
No. Position Player
England MF Ross Jones
England MF Kyle Paine
England MF Lee Francis
England MF Jack Jenkins
England MF Jed Harper-Penman
England FW Will Nicholls
England FW Tom Rossiter
England FW Ryan Turner
England FW Dave Pearse

Ground

Barnstaple Town play their home games at Mill Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JQ.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

  • Devon Pro Cup[13]
    • Winners (13): 1952–53, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
  • Devon St Lukes Cup[4][14]
    • Winners (1): 1987–88
    • Runners-up (1): 2005–06
  • Western Football League Les Philips Cup:[13]
    • Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2014-15

Records

  • Highest League Position:[8] 1st in Western premier Division 1952–53, 1979–80
  • F.A Cup best Performance:[8] First round 1951–52, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1972–73
  • F.A. Trophy best performance:[8] Second round 1971–72
  • F.A. Vase best performance:[8] fourth round 1994–95
  • Record Attendance[13] – 6200 v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, F.A. Cup 1st Round Proper 1954
  • Biggest win[13] – 12–1 v Tavistock, F.A. Cup 3rd Qualifying Round 1954
  • Biggest defeat[15] – 0–11 v Odd Down, Western League 25 April 2013
  • Record Transfer fee paid[13] – £4,000 to Hungerford for Joe Scott
  • Record Transfer fee received[13] – £6,000 from Bristol City for Ian Doyle

Former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

References

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External links

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