List of Barrow A.F.C. seasons

Barrow Association Football Club is an English football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Founded in 1901, the team began in that season's Lancashire League, joined the Lancashire Combination in its newly formed Second Division for the 1903–04 season, and were promoted to its First Division in 1905.[1] In 1909, Barrow moved to the Holker Street ground where they have played ever since.[2] They won the Lancashire Combination title in 1920–21, and were invited to join the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League for 1921–22.[3]

For details of the current season, see 2020–21 Barrow A.F.C. season.

Barrow spent most of the 19 seasons before the Football League was suspended for the Second World War in the bottom half of the table. They finished bottom of the league four times, were re-elected each time, and had three consecutive top-half finishes in the early 1930s, the best of which, fifth place in 1931–32, remains the club's highest finishing position.[1] When the regional third tier was reorganised into national Third and Fourth Divisions in 1958, Barrow were placed in the fourth tier.[1] After one bottom-placed finish and three more in the re-election positions, Barrow finished third in the 1966–67 Fourth Division and gained promotion to the third tier. They finished eighth in their first season – their highest finish in the four-tier Football League – but were relegated two years later, finished bottom in 1970–71, but in 1971–72, at the eleventh time of asking, their application for re-election proved unsuccessful after a second vote. Their place was taken by Southern League runners-up Hereford United, who had received widespread attention during an FA Cup run that included their dramatic elimination of top-flight team Newcastle United in front of the television cameras.[4][5]

Barrow struggled for seven seasons in the Northern Premier League (NPL) before joining the newly formed Alliance Premier League (APL), where they lasted four seasons before being relegated back to the NPL. They bounced straight back as 1983–84 title-winners, and yo-yoed between the two for the next 20 years, during which time the APL was renamed the Football Conference. They won further NPL titles in 1988–89 and 1997–98,[1] and won their first national silverware, the FA Trophy, in the 1989–90 season, beating Leek Town 3–0 in the final[6] they would win their second FA Trophy 20 years later, with an extra-time victory over Stevenage Borough.[7] Barrow were expelled from the Conference in 1999 after financial mismanagement forced the club into liquidation. The NPL would not initially accept the reconstituted club as a member; it finally did so, under pressure from the Football Association, eight matches into the 1999–2000 season, and it took considerably longer for issues around the club's ownership to be resolved.[8]

The non-league pyramid was restructured ahead of the 2004–05 season, and Barrow became founder members of the sixth-tier Conference North.[9] After four seasons they were promoted via the play-offs to the Conference National, from which they were relegated after five years. Barrow won the 2014–15 Conference North title,[1] and remained in the newly renamed National League until the 2019–20 season was initially suspended and then ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Barrow four points clear at the top of the table.[10] After protracted discussions, the clubs voted to decide the final tables on a points-per-game basis; Barrow's 70 points from 37 games made them champions, and returned them to the Football League after 48 years.[11]

Key

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons
Season League[1] FA Cup[12] League Cup[1] Other[1][13] Top league scorer(s)[14]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1901–02 Lancs Lge24831352581910th QR4— —— Not known—
1902–03 Lancs Lge2214354224313rd QR4— —— Not known—
1903–04 Lancs C 234129135154339th Prelim— —— Not known—
1904–05 Lancs C 2 34222107343462nd QR3— —— Not known—
1905–06 Lancs C 1381471775783516th R1— —— Not known—
1906–07 Lancs C 1381242273952816th QR3— —— Not known—
1907–08 Lancs C 1 ↓388723551022320th QR1— —— Not known—
1908–09 Lancs C 238184168085409th QR2— —— Not known—
1909–10 Lancs C 2381281860783215th QR2— —— Not known—
1910–11 Lancs C 2 38272910247562nd QR4— —— Not known—
1911–12 Lancs C 13215986648394th QR5— —— Not known—
1912–13 Lancs C 134176117334405th R1— —— Not known—
1913–14 Lancs C 13421589239472nd QR5— —— Not known—
1914–15 Lancs C 1321161559892813th QR5— —— Not known—
1915–19
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Lancs C34203115837435th QR4— —— Not known—
1920–21 Lancs C3423657928521st QR4— —— Not known—
1921–22 Div 3N381451942543315th QR4— —— Bernard Sharkey14
1922–23 Div 3N381342150603018th QR6— —— Billy Kellock12
1923–24 Div 3N42892535802522nd QR4— —— Arthur Ormston10
1924–25 Div 3N421671951743914th R1— —— Charlie Vowles13
1925–26 Div 3N42743150981822nd R1— —— Jim Skillen14
1926–27 Div 3N427827341172222nd R1— —— Alex Bosomworth6
1927–28 Div 3N42101121541023119th QR4— ——
7
1928–29 Div 3N421082464932820th R2— —— Fred Ferrari14
1929–30 Div 3N421152641982722nd R2— —— Bobby Rock11
1930–31 Div 3N421572068893716th R1— —— Billy Millar25
1931–32 Div 3N40241158659495th R1— —— Billy Millar30
1932–33 Div 3N42187176060439th R1— —— Joe Brain17
1933–34 Div 3N421991411694478th R2— Third Division North CupR1 Jimmy Shankly38
1934–35 Div 3N421392058873517th R2— Third Division North CupR1 Matt Robinson11
1935–36 Div 3N4213121758653815th R2— Third Division North CupQF Tommy Reid17
1936–37 Div 3N4213101970863616th R1— Third Division North CupR1 Willie Ouchterlonie22
1937–38 Div 3N4211102141713221st R1— Third Division North CupQF Richard McIntosh9
1938–39 Div 3N421691766654113th R1— Third Division North CupQF Tom Harris24
1939–40 Div 3N3021452[lower-alpha 1] — — ——
1
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 ———————— — R3[lower-alpha 2] — —— ——
1946–47 Div 3N42177185462419th R1— —— Alf Burnett13
1947–48 Div 3N421613134940457th R3— ——
  • Jimmy Kendall
  • Eddie Miller
12
1948–49 Div 3N4214121641484013th R2— —— Alf Burnett10
1949–50 Div 3N421491947533715th R1— —— George King12
1950–51 Div 3N461662451763819th R1— —— George King19
1951–52 Div 3N4617121757614612th R1— —— Billy Gordon15
1952–53 Div 3N4616121866714419th R2— —— Billy Gordon19
1953–54 Div 3N4616121872714412th R3— —— Andy McLaren20
1954–55 Div 3N461762370894017th R1— —— Billy Gordon18
1955–56 Div 3N461292561833322nd R3— —— Billy Gordon19
1956–57 Div 3N462191676625110th R2— —— Billy Gordon27
1957–58 Div 3N4613151866744118th R1— —— Brian Birch20
1958–59 Div 4[lower-alpha 3]4691027511042823rd R3— —— Jackie Robertson12
1959–60 Div 44615112077874118th R1— ——
17
1960–61 Div 44613112252793722nd R1R1[lower-alpha 4] —— Barry Lowes13
1961–62 Div 4441714137458489th R1R1—— John Kemp15
1962–63 Div 4461912158280509th R2R3—— Tommy Dixon16
1963–64 Div 4466182251933017th R3R1——
10
1964–65 Div 44612628591053024th R1R1—— Bobby Tait14
1965–66 Div 44616151572764713th R1R1——
15
1966–67 Div 4 462411117654593rd R3R2—— Jimmy Mulholland18
1967–68 Div 346218176554508th R3R3—— David Storf16
1968–69 Div 3461782156754219th R2R1—— Jimmy Mulvaney16
1969–70 Div 3 ↓468142446813023rd R2R2—— Jimmy Mulvaney11
1970–71 Div 446783151902224th R1R1—— Eddie Garbett14
1971–72 Div 4 ↓4613112240713722nd[lower-alpha 5] R1R1—— Mick Hollis10
1972–73 NPL4612628521013023rd QR4— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
1973–74 NPL461372646943322nd QR1— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
1974–75 NPL469152245723322nd QR1— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
1975–76 NPL461292547843323rd Prelim— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
1976–77 NPL4414122058614021st R1— FA TrophyQR3 Not known—
1977–78 NPL4614122058614018th QR1— FA TrophyQR3 Not known—
1978–79 NPL4614122058604017th QR2— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
1979–80 APL381461847553414th[lower-alpha 6] Prelim— FA TrophyQF Colin Cowperthwaite12
1980–81 APL38158155049389th QR3— FA TrophyR1 Colin Cowperthwaite15
1981–82 APL42181113595065[lower-alpha 7]8th QR1— FA TrophyR1 Colin Cowperthwaite16
1982–83 APL ↓428122246743621st QR4— FA TrophyR3 Colin Cowperthwaite12
1983–84 NPL 42291039238971st QR1— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
1984–85 APL42111615475743[lower-alpha 8]18th QR2— FA TrophyR1 Colin Cowperthwaite13
1985–86 APL ↓467827418624[lower-alpha 8]22nd QR1— FA TrophyR1 Colin Cowperthwaite15
1986–87 NPL421572042575215th QR1— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
1987–88 NPL P42218137041715th QR4— FA TrophySF Not known—
1988–89 NPL P 4226976935871st R1— FA TrophyR3 Not known—
1989–90 Conf4212161451675214th QR3—
Colin Cowperthwaite12
1990–91 Conf421512155965572nd R3— FA TrophyR2 Colin Cowperthwaite18
1991–92 Conf ↓428142052723822nd QR4— FA TrophyR2 John Brady11
1992–93 NPL P421811137155658th QR4— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
1993–94 NPL P421810145951648th QR3— FA TrophyQR3 Not known—
1994–95 NPL P421752068715611th QR3— FA TrophyQR3 Not known—
1995–96 NPL P42201396942734th R2— FA TrophyQR2 Not known—
1996–97 NPL P442311107145805th QR4— FA TrophyQR3 Neil Morton22[19]
1997–98 NPL P 4225896129831st QR1— FA TrophyQF Neil Morton13[20]
1998–99 Conf ↓4211102140634319th[lower-alpha 10] QR3— FA TrophyR2 Andy Mutch8
1999–2000 NPL P4414151565595713th QR2— FA TrophyR2 Nicky Peverell19[21]
2000–01 NPL P44219148363726th R1— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
2001–02 NPL P441910157559678th R1— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
2002–03 NPL P44241288452842nd R2— FA TrophyR3 Not known—
2003–04 NPL P44221488252803rd[lower-alpha 11] QR3— FA TrophyR3 Not known—
2004–05 Conf N4214101850645216th QR2— FA TrophyR4 Not known—
2005–06 Conf N4212111962674714th QR4— FA TrophyR2 Not known—
2006–07 Conf N4212141647485016th R1— FA TrophyR1 Not known—
2007–08 Conf N 422113187039765th[lower-alpha 12] R1—
Matt Henney14[23]
2008–09 Conf Nat4612151951655120th R3— FA TrophyR2 Jason Walker11
2009–10 Conf Nat4413131850675215th R3— FA TrophyW[lower-alpha 13] Jason Walker14
2010–11 Conf Nat4612142052675018th QR4— FA TrophyR1 Jason Walker11
2011–12 Conf Nat461792062766013th R1— FA TrophyR2 Andy Cook17
2012–13 Conf P ↓4611132245834622nd R2— FA TrophyQF Adam Boyes13
2013–14 Conf N4214141450565611th QR4— FA TrophyR2 Nicky Rushton11
2014–15 Conf N 4226978143871st QR2— FA TrophyQR3 Andy Cook23
2015–16 Nat4617141564716511th QR4— FA TrophyR2 Andy Cook24
2016–17 Nat462015117253757th R3— FA TrophyQF Byron Harrison19
2017–18 Nat4611161951634920th QR4— FA TrophyR2 Byron Harrison8
2018–19 Nat4617131652516411th QR4— FA TrophyR1 Jack Hindle12
2019–20 Nat 3721796879701st[lower-alpha 14] QR4— FA TrophyR3 Scott Quigley20

Notes
  1. The 1939–40 season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.[1]
  2. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup was contested in 1945–46. From the first round proper to the sixth round (quarter-final), results were determined on aggregate score over two legs.[1][12]
  3. Barrow were placed in the Fourth Division when the regional sections of the Third Division were amalgamated into national third- and fourth-tier divisions.[1]
  4. The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[15]
  5. Barrow failed to be re-elected to the League, losing out to Southern League runners-up Hereford United.[4]
  6. Barrow were one of seven Northern Premier League clubs to join the newly formed Alliance Premier League.[16]
  7. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.
  8. From 1983–84 to 1985–86, the Alliance Premier League experimented with a system that awarded two points for a home win and three for an away win, before reverting to three points for any game won.[17]
  9. Beat Leek Town 3–0 to win their first trophy at national level.[6]
  10. Expelled from Conference following liquidation.[8]
  11. After the non-league pyamid was restructured, Barrow became founder members of the new sixth-tier Conference North.[9]
  12. Beat A.F.C. Telford United in the semi-finals before beating Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 in the final to gain promotion to the Conference National via the play-offs.[22]
  13. Beat Stevenage Borough 2–1 after extra time to win their second FA Trophy.[7]
  14. The 2019–20 football season was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National League was suspended in mid-March 2020 and the clubs voted six weeks later to end the regular season programme.[10] As teams had not all played the same number of matches, it was agreed to construct final league tables on an unweighted points per game basis. Barrow's 70 points from 37 games made them champions and returned them to the Football League after 48 years.[11]

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  19. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1997). Playfair Football Annual 1997–98. London: Headline. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-7472-5644-1.
  20. Rollin, Glenda, ed. (1998). Playfair Football Annual 1998–99. London: Headline. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7472-5917-6.
  21. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2000). Playfair Football Annual 2000–2001. London: Headline. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-7472-6620-4.
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