Barwell Football Club is a

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club based in

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

, near Hinckley in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, 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 The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder le ...

Premier Division and Barwell Athletic of the

Leicestershire Senior League The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England. History The league was formed in 1896, had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and has run continuously ...

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 The Senior Cup is the county cup for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association (LRCFA). Entry to the competition is selected by the Competitions Committee of LRCFA and usually consists of Step 6 and 7 teams of the National League ...

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

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. 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 Leicester City'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

Players

Current squad

''The

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

does not use a squad numbering system.''

Former players

''See Barwell F.C. players''

International players

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Management and coaching staff

Boardroom

Current staff

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

*Highest league position: 7th in the Southern League Premier Division, 2012–13 *Best

performance: First round, 2015–16 *Best

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performance: Third qualifying round, 2014–15 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

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

References

External links

Official website
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