Barton Town Football Club is a

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club based in

Barton-upon-Humber Barton-upon-Humber () or Barton is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 11,066. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. It is s ...

, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the

Northern Counties East League The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History Th ...

Premier Division and play at Marsh Lane.

History

The club was formed as Barton Town Old Boys Football Club in 1995 as a result of a merger between Barton Town and Barton Old Boys, with the new club taking Barton Town's place in the Lincolnshire League. After finishing fourth in the league in their first season, they won the Lincolnshire League the following season, and then finished as runners-up in both 1997–98 and 1998–99. In 2000 the club switched to the

Humber Premier League The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England. History The league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its ex ...

, where they played for a single season before joining the Premier Division of the

Central Midlands League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...

. After finishing as runners-up in 2001–02, they were promoted to the Supreme Division. The club went on to win the Supreme Division in 2005–06, and after finishing as runners-up the following season, were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. The 2010–11 season saw Barton finish in second place, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2017 the club was renamed Barton Town. They won the League Cup in 2021–22, defeating

Garforth Town Garforth Town Association Football Club is a association football, football club based in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Wheatley Park. History The club was established in 1964 as Miners Arms, a Sunday ...

3–2 in the final.Garforth lose League Cup Final despite dramatic fight-back
Non-League Yorkshire, 3 May 2022

Ground

The club play at Marsh Lane (currently known as the Easy Buy Ground for sponsorship purposes). It has a capacity of 3,000, of which 240 is seated and 540 covered.

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **League Cup winners 2021–22 *Central Midlands League **Supreme Division champions 2005–06 *Lincolnshire League **Champions 1996–97

Records

*Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2009–10 *Best

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performance: Second round, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15

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