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==Colours and badge==
==Colours and badge==
Barrow AFC's colours are white and blue. A [[football kit|kit]] with blue shirts and white shorts was in use by 1912, <ref> [http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Barrow/Barrow.htm Barrow] Historicalkits.co.uk. Accessed 10-05-11 </ref> though Barrow's original colours were black and white stripes, in the style of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]. From 1939 to 1959, a blue shirt with a white 'v' was a common design. <ref name="Beautiful" /> Since then, the style of Barrow's kit has varied, from predominantly blue through to predominantly white, with occasional use of stripes or hoops. <ref name="Beautiful" /> For the 2001-2002 season, Barrow played in black and white stripes, to celebrate the club's centenary year. <ref> [http://barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=hsn&version=775 Holker Street Newsletter 775] 12-03-01. Accessed 10-05-11 </ref> Although the away colours of Barrow have varied over time, the club's 2010 FA Trophy victory came wearing a yellow kit with blue trim; these colours have since been retained.
Barrow AFC's colours are white and blue. A [[football kit|kit]] with blue shirts and white shorts was in use by 1912, <ref> [http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Barrow/Barrow.htm Barrow] Historicalkits.co.uk. Accessed 10-05-11 </ref> though Barrow's original colours were black and white stripes, in the style of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]. From 1939 to 1959, a blue shirt with a white 'v' was a common design. <ref name="Beautiful" /> Since then, the style of Barrow's kit has varied, from predominantly blue through to predominantly white, with occasional use of stripes or hoops. <ref name="Beautiful" /> For the 2001-2002 season, Barrow played in black and white stripes, to celebrate the club's centenary year. <ref> [http://barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=hsn&version=775 Holker Street Newsletter 775] 12-03-01. Accessed 10-05-11 </ref> Although the away colours of Barrow have varied over time, the club's 2010 FA Trophy victory came wearing a yellow kit with blue trim, unlike in 1990 where Barrow succeeded in their famous Blue and White.


==Players==
==Players==

Revision as of 21:04, 12 May 2011

Barrow
Club logo
Full nameBarrow Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bluebirds, The Ziggers (pre-1970s)
Founded1901
GroundHolker Street
Barrow-in-Furness
Capacity4,414
ChairmanBrian Keen
ManagerDavid Bayliss and Darren Sheridan
LeagueConference National
2010–11Conference National, 18th
WebsiteClub website

Barrow A.F.C. are an English football team founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have since spent their time in the top two levels of non-league football. Barrow have twice won non-league football's most prestigious cup competition, the FA Trophy – in 1990 and 2010, becoming the only club to have won the trophy at both old and new Wembley stadia.

The club colours are blue and white, though the combination of these has varied over time, leading to their nickname "The Bluebirds". Attendances at the club's Holker Street ground vary – the home record of 16,874 was set against Swansea City in the FA Cup Third Round in 1954 – but during the 1990s and 2000s the average remained consistently between 800 and 1,500. Average attendance stood at 1,590 during the 2008–09 season.

The club won their second FA Trophy title on the 8th May 2010 after beating Stevenage Borough 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.

History

Early Years

Barrow AFC were founded on 16 July 1901 at the old Drill Hall (later the Palais) in The Strand and played at initially at The Strawberry Ground, before moving to Ainslie Street [1] and then on to Little Park, Roose. [2] In 1903 Barrow was elected to Division Two of the Lancashire Combination league [3] and in 1908 the club won promotion to the first division. [2] In 1909, Barrow moved once more to Holker Street, the stadium that they still occupy today. The club remained in the Lancashire Combination for up to and after World War One, winning the league in the 1920–21 season. This victory preceded the formation of the Football League Third Division North in the 1921–1922 season, and Barrow became one of the league's founder members. [1]

Football League Years

In their early years as a league club, Barrow were as notable for their absence of success as any achievements. [1] [4] Their highest finish before World War Two was 8th in the 1933–34 season. Barrow remained in the lowest tier of the Football League when football resumed after the war, and were founder members of Football League Division Four in 1958–1959. [5] The 1950s saw greater success in the FA Cup, however. The club's record crowd of 16,874 watched Barrow draw 2–2 with Swansea City in the 1953-54 FA Cup. [3] A few years later this was followed by a Third Round tie in the 1958–59 competition against the-then Football League champions Wolverhampton Wanderers at Holker Street. Wolves, captained by Billy Wright, won 4–2.

The late 1960s finally saw Barrow win promotion, after a third placed finish under the management of Don McEvoy in the 1966–67 Fourth Division. [6] McEvoy's successor, Colin Appleton, lead Barrow to their highest ever final league position of eighth in the Football League Third Division the following season. The club topped the Third Divsion league table for one day during the season, the highest position that they have ever held. During this period defender Brian Arrowsmith became the player to make the most Football League appearances for Barrow AFC. [6] Barrow remained in the third flight of English football for another two seasons before returning to the basement in 1970. Financial difficulties combined with poor performances saw Barrow twice up for re-election in 1971 and 1972. On the second occasion, at the end of the 1971–72 season, they were voted out of the Football League to be replaced by Hereford United. [6] Though the reasons for losing the re-election were many, three features – Barrow's geographic isolation, Hereford United's FA Cup victory against Newcastle United and the decision of the Barrow board to introduce a speedway track around pitch at Holker Street, as a means of off-setting financial difficulties – have all been highlighted as contributing to Barrow's relegation. [7] Barrow joined the Northern Premier League for the start of the 1972–73 season. [8] Barrow spent a total of 51 seasons in the Football League. [6]

Return to Non-League

Barrow's league position since their election to Division Three (North) in 1922

To gain access to the Northern Premier League, the club had to promise to remove the infamous speedway track from Holker Street, [9] though it remained until 1974. Barrow subsequently struggled in the Northern Premier with low financial resources. [10] However in 1979 Barrow were invited to join the new Alliance Premier League, the first national division in non-league football. In 1981 the club won the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy, its first success as a non-league club since winning the Lancashire Combination in 1921, but relegation followed in 1983. [11] Under manager Vic Halom Barrow won the Northern Premier League title the following season, but were relegated again by 1986. Just before relegation, the club hired Ray Wilkie as manager, who went on to lead Barrow to their their most successful period in non-league football. [12]

After a number of close misses, Barrow won promotion back to the re-named Vauxhall Conference in 1988-89, finishing champions of the Northern Premier League. [12] Driven by the goals of Colin Cowperthwaite, the club's record appearance holder and record goalscorer, [13] Barrow achieved two respectable finishes in the Conference – 10th in 1989–1990 and 14th the season after. As well as league success, Wilkie had a number of successful cup runs. In 1988, Barrow reached the FA Trophy semi-final, losing to Enfield after a replay. The first leg at Holker Street attracted 6,002 supporters – still a non-league record for the club. The season after, Barrow reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, losing out 3–1 against Rotherham United.

In 1990, Barrow won their first major trophy as a non-league club, the FA Trophy. In the final they beat Leek Town at Wembley. Scoring the first and third goals was Kenny Gordon, a player who was not normally found on the score sheet, and who was playing his final game for his hometown club before emigrating to Australia. [14] Other notable members of the squad included Kenny Lowe, who was sold to Barnet for £40,000 after the final, then a club record fee. [15] The following season, benefiting from direct entry to the first round, Barrow made the third round of the FA Cup for the first time as a non-league club, losing 1–0 away to Third Division high fliers Bolton Wanderers.

Unfortunately Wilkie was forced to step down during the 1991–1992 due to health problems. That season Barrow would be relegated back to the Northern Premier League, and also coincided with Cowperthwaite's retirement, after a fifteen year career with Barrow, finishing with 704 appearances and 282 goals. [13] Wilkie died in December 1992, aged 56, [16] and the road outside Barrow's Holker Street ground was later named 'Wilike Road' in his honour.

Turmoil of the 1990s

Following Wilkie's departure and Barrow's subsequent relegation, the club had three mediocre seasons in the Northern Premier League. In February 1995, Barrow were purchased by Stephen Vaughan, a Scouse-boxing promoter and businessman.[17] Vaughan poured money into the club, building an all-seater stand and allowing the club to sign players of Conference-standard.[18] The Bluebirds achieved promotion to the Conference in 1997–98, under manager Owen Brown.[17][18]

Vaughan, who had connections with Liverpool drug-dealer Curtis Warren,[17] was soon being investigated for money laundering,[17][18][19][20] although no charges were ever brought on the issue.[19][21] Vaughan left the club at the end of 1998, withdrawing his financial support that had been keeping it afloat.[17] It transpired that the club's main asset, its Holker Street ground, had been sold for £410,000 to Northern Improvements, a company Vaughn had an interest in.[18][22] In January 1999, the club were the subject of a compulsory winding up order and a liquidator was appointed to run the club whilst trying to establish who the legal owner of the ground was.[17][18][22] A new members' company was formed with the aim of providing financial support to the club and with the long term intention of taking over the running of the football club.

In the summer of 1999 the club were thrown out of the Football Conference, despite avoiding relegation .[22] After a long dispute, and thanks to the support of the Football Association, Barrow were allowed entrance into the Northern Premier League for the 1999–2000 season, almost a month after it had commenced.[18] This reduced time in which to play their fixtures led to the scheduling of Barrow v Winsford United on 30 December 1999, recognised as the last professional or semi-professional game in the United Kingdom of the millennium. Barrow managed to survive in the Northern Premier League under manager Kenny Lowe, despite having to create an almost entirely new squad. The team improved over the following few years despite remaining in administration. They twice missed out narrowly on promotion back to the Conference, finishing second and third in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons respectively. The legal disputes over the ownership of Holker Street were finally resolved in August 2002 and the new members company bought the stadium from the liquidator.[18] In 2003, the Football Association finally allowed the 'football membership' to be transferred to the new company.

In April 2004, Barrow defeated local rivals Workington in a two-legged final in the UniBond Presidents (League) Cup. The game finished 6–6 on aggregate, Barrow winning on away goals. Following their failure to gain promotion to the Conference in 2004–05, Barrow became founder members of yet another division, this time the Conference North, which replaced the Northern Premier League at the level below the Conference National.

Return to the Conference National

During the following two seasons Barrow showed poor form in the league, narrowly escaping relegation at the end of 2006–07. Manager Lee Turnbull, who succeeded Lowe when the latter had to give up the job for work commitments, was sacked in 2005 and replaced by Phil Wilson. Compounding this was the jailing of defender James Cotterill for an assault committed on the pitch. In a first round FA Cup game Cotterill punched Bristol Rovers striker Sean Rigg, the incident being missed by the referee but caught by the Match of the Day cameras, resulting in Cotterill being the only English player in recent history to be jailed for an offence on the pitch.[23]

On 12 November 2007, after two years in the job, Phil Wilson was dismissed as manager. Although the sacking came two days after a good 1–1 draw in the FA Cup First Round against AFC Bournemouth, it was the club's continued poor league form which cost the manager his job. Barrow's first team affairs were shifted to players Paul Jones, David Bayliss and Darren Sheridan. Following a decent run of results, Bayliss and Sheridan were appointed as player-managers, whilst Jones became club captain. Bayliss and Sheridan led Barrow from 20th place in the league in December to fifth, ensuring a place in the play offs for promotion to the Conference National. Barrow won the semi-final against Telford United 4–0 on aggregate, before beating Stalybridge Celtic in the playoff final, held at the Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent.[24]

After an initial strong start in the Conference National, which saw Barrow top the table during the first few weeks, the club began to struggle and found themselves just above the relegation zone by January 2009. Barrow had more success in the FA Cup, beating Brentford 2–1 with goals from David Brown and Matt Henney in Round Two, their first victory over Football League opposition since their own elimination from the league in 1972. In the third round they were drawn an away tie against Middlesbrough, a Premier League team, losing 2–1.[25] More than 7,000 Barrow fans travelled to Boro's Riverside Stadium, at the time the highest away attendance at the ground in the 14 years it had been open.[25] The cup run earned the club around £250,000, allowing investment in playing resources to be made.[26] Barrow managed to retain their place in the Conference, finishing twentieth.

Having made several alterations to the squad during the summer, the club started its 2nd season in Blue Square Premier in August 2009. After a tough start, the club put together a good run, losing only once in 16 games, and reaching the FA Cup 3rd round, where they were beaten 3–0 by Premier League side Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on January 2, 2010, watched, again, by 7,500 travelling supporters.[27][28] On March 13, 2010, a Gregg Blundell goal gave Barrow a 1–0 win away at Salisbury City in the 1st Leg of the FA Trophy Semi Final. A week later a Jason Walker double secured a 2–1 victory in the 2nd Leg to send the Bluebirds to Wembley. Having secured their position in the Conference National in the last home match of the season, Barrow went on to win the 2010 FA Trophy Final against Stevenage Borough 2–1 at Wembley Stadium, thanks to a goal by Jason Walker during extra time. This made Barrow the first and only club to win the FA Trophy at both the old and new Wembley stadiums.

The 2010–11 season was less successful for the club, although they finished in 18th place and retained their Blue Square premier place with a 2–0 victory over Hayes and Yeading on the last day of the season.[29] Barrow failed to retain The FA Trophy due to a 2–3 defeat by Blue Square Bet North side Guiseley.[30]

As well as football, Barrow has in recent years began to look towards developing the commercial side of the club. This included the relaunching of the club's website, still using the same domain name.

Colours and badge

Barrow AFC's colours are white and blue. A kit with blue shirts and white shorts was in use by 1912, [31] though Barrow's original colours were black and white stripes, in the style of Newcastle United. From 1939 to 1959, a blue shirt with a white 'v' was a common design. [1] Since then, the style of Barrow's kit has varied, from predominantly blue through to predominantly white, with occasional use of stripes or hoops. [1] For the 2001-2002 season, Barrow played in black and white stripes, to celebrate the club's centenary year. [32] Although the away colours of Barrow have varied over time, the club's 2010 FA Trophy victory came wearing a yellow kit with blue trim, unlike in 1990 where Barrow succeeded in their famous Blue and White.

Players

As of 6th May 2011.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Wales WAL Shaun Pearson
3 DF Wales WAL Mike Pearson
5 DF England ENG Phil Bolland
6 MF England ENG Robin Hulbert
7 MF England ENG Paul Rutherford
10 FW England ENG Nick Chadwick
12 FW England ENG Gregg Blundell
14 MF England ENG Darren Sheridan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF England ENG Dave Bayliss
17 MF Wales WAL James Owen
18 MF England ENG Simon Wiles
20 FW England ENG Andy Cook
22 DF England ENG Andy Nicholas
23 DF England ENG Paul Smith
24 DF England ENG Paul Edwards
27 MF England ENG Richie Baker

Managers

As of 1st May 2011. Only league matches are counted.

Name Nat From To Record
P W D L F A Win %
Jacob Fletcher England July 1901 April 1904 78 33 15 30 146 135 42.31%
E. Freeland England April 1904 ???? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
W. Smith England ???? ???? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Alec Craig England ???? May 1907 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Roger Charnley England May 1907 ???? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jacob Fletcher England ???? September 1909 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jas P. Phillips England September 1909 July 1913 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
John Parker England July 1913 July 1920 114 55 16 43 232 197 48.25%
William Dickinson England July 1920 May 1922 72 37 11 24 121 82 51.39%
Jimmy Atkinson England August 1922 March 1923 30 11 4 15 44 43 36.67%
J.E. Moralee England April 1923 January 1926 112 29 18 65 121 217 25.89%
Robert Greenhalgh England January 1926 February 1926 2 0 0 2 3 7 0%
William Dickinson England February 1926 October 1927 67 12 12 43 61 182 17.91%
John S. Maconnachie Scotland October 1927 December 1928 52 12 15 25 70 116 23.08%
Andrew Walker England January 1929 June 1930 62 16 7 39 74 142 25.81%
Thomas Miller England June 1930 November 1930 16 3 3 10 17 39 18.75%
John Commins England November 1930 May 1932 65 36 5 24 137 96 55.38%
Thomas Lowe England May 1932 April 1937 204 73 47 84 351 378 35.78%
James Y. Bissett England April 1937 December 1937 19 4 2 13 14 36 21.05%
Fred Pentland England January 1938 June 1940 84 29 23 32 146 149 34.52%
John Commins England August 1945 March 1947 54 17 10 27 71 104 31.48%
Andy Beattie Scotland March 1947 April 1949 95 36 26 33 106 95 37.89%
Jack Hacking England May 1949 May 1955 272 96 57 119 363 421 35.29%
Joe Harvey England July 1955 June 1957 92 33 18 41 137 145 35.87%
Norman Dodgin England July 1957 May 1958 46 13 15 18 66 74 28.26%
Bill Brown England July 1958 August 1959 46 9 10 27 51 104 19.57%
Bill Rogers England August 1959 October 1959 15 3 5 7 24 37 20%
Ron Staniforth England October 1959 July 1964 213 67 61 85 312 360 31.46%
Don McEvoy England July 1964 July 1967 138 52 32 54 207 235 37.68%
Colin Appleton England August 1967 January 1969 70 32 13 25 103 90 45.71%
Fred Else England January 1969 February 1969 5 0 1 4 2 14 0%
Norman Bodell England March 1969 February 1970 46 9 11 27 38 82 19.57%
Don McEvoy England February 1970 November 1971 78 15 18 45 88 142 19.23%
Bill Rogers England November 1971 November 1971 2 0 1 1 2 3 0%
Jack Crompton England December 1971 June 1972 28 10 5 13 25 40 35.71%
Peter Kane England July 1972 June 1974 92 25 13 54 98 195 27.17%
Brian Arrowsmith England July 1974 November 1975 67 12 18 37 61 115 17.91%
Ron Yeats Scotland December 1975 February 1977 46 15 8 23 61 90 32.61%
Alan Coglan and Billy McAdams England Northern Ireland February 1977 July 1977 21 5 3 13 26 38 23.81%
David Hughes England July 1977 July 1977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Brian McManus England July 1977 November 1979 103 31 23 49 115 161 30.10%
Micky Taylor England November 1979 May 1983 147 52 35 60 192 206 35.37%
Vic Halom England July 1983 May 1984 42 29 10 3 92 38 69.05%
Peter McDonnell England July 1984 November 1984 17 5 9 3 27 21 29.41%
Joe Wojciechowicz England November 1984 December 1984 1 0 0 1 1 3 0%
Brian Kidd England December 1984 April 1985 19 5 6 8 14 20 26.32%
John Cooke England April 1985 April 1985 3 1 0 2 3 9 33.33%
Bob Murphy England April 1985 May 1985 2 0 1 1 2 4 0%
Maurice Whittle England May 1985 October 1985 12 0 4 8 11 29 0%
David Johnson England October 1985 March 1985 16 5 2 9 13 28 31.25%
Glenn Skivington and Neil McDonald England England March 1986 March 1986 4 0 0 4 4 10 0%
Ray Wilkie England March 1986 November 1991 236 93 62 81 325 311 39.41%
Neil McDonald England November 1991 December 1991 4 1 0 3 7 9 25%
John King England December 1991 May 1992 22 5 6 11 24 36 22.73%
Graham Heathcote England May 1992 December 1992 23 10 7 6 40 31 43.48%
Richard Dinnis England December 1992 October 1993 30 12 6 12 45 40 40%
Mick Cloudsdale England October 1993 June 1994 31 14 8 9 45 35 45.16%
Tony Hesketh England June 1994 March 1996 74 32 16 26 121 101 43.24%
Neil McDonald and Franny Ventre England England March 1996 March 1996 2 0 0 2 3 6 0%
Mike Walsh England March 1996 October 1996 20 11 5 4 32 20 55%
Owen Brown England October 1996 January 1999 100 49 22 29 127 95 49%
Shane Westley England January 1999 July 1999 16 4 4 8 13 22 25%
Greg Challender England July 1999 August 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Kenny Lowe England August 1999 May 2003 176 78 46 52 307 233 44.32%
Lee Turnbull England May 2003 November 2005 102 41 28 33 164 146 40.20%
Darren Edmondson England November 2005 December 2005 3 1 2 0 5 3 33.33%
Phil Wilson England December 2005 November 2007 78 20 24 34 85 100 25.64%
Darren Sheridan and David Bayliss England England November 2007 Present 168 59 50 59 215 220 35.11%

Current Management

Position Name Nation
Joint-Manager Dave Bayliss England
Joint-Manager Darren Sheridan England
Director of Football Barry Postlethwaite England

Honours

Victories

Promotions/Runners-Up

Others

  • Best league performance (football league) – 8th in Division Three 1967/68
  • Best league performance (non-league) – 8th in Alliance Premier League 1981/82
  • FA Cup – Third Round eleven times (three times as a non-league club, last in 2009/10)
  • League Cup – Third Round Twice

References

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  2. ^ a b Yelland, Phil. Chapter 1: In The Beginning A Brief History of Barrow AFC. Accessed 02–05–11
  3. ^ a b My Matchday – 238 Holker Street The 100 Football Grounds Club. Accessed 02–05–11
  4. ^ Yelland, Phil. Chapter 2: Into the League A Brief History of Barrow AFC. Accessed 02–05–11
  5. ^ Yelland, Phil Chapter 3: Post War Struggles and Cup Ties A Brief History of Barrow AFC. Accessed 02–05–11
  6. ^ a b c d Yelland, Phil Chapter 4: To Division Three And Back To Non League A Brief History of Barrow AFC. Accessed 02–05–11
  7. ^ Gone But Not Forgotten (Part 4) Twohundredpercent.net. 07–08–07. Accessed 03–05–11
  8. ^ Willis.S (2007) 'Division Four 1971–72', When Saturday Comes no.244, June 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  9. ^ Holker Street Newsletter 1674 02/03/06, Accessed 03/05/11
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  11. ^ Yelland, Phil Chapter 6: Making Progress A Brief History of Barrow AFC
  12. ^ a b Yelland, Phil Chapter 7: The Wilkie YearsA Brief History of Barrow AFC
  13. ^ a b The highlight of my career, North West Evening Mail, 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  14. ^ Barrow AFC's 1990 FA Trophy Heroes Reunited at Wembley
  15. ^ Turnbull, Simon The real Barrow boys The Independent. 12-11-00. Accessed 08-05-11
  16. ^ Obituary: Ray Wilkie The Independent. 03-12-92. Accessed 08-05-11
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  19. ^ a b Conn.D (2001) David Conn: Barrow's case exposes hole in ownership rule, The Independent, 2001-11-23. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  20. ^ Horrie.C (2002) Footie goes back to drawing board, The Observer, 2002-04-28. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  21. ^ Sweeney.J (2000) 'Cocky', The Observer, 2000-05-14. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  22. ^ a b c Robson.K (1999) 'Unfair dismissal', When Saturday Comes, vol.149, July 1999. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  23. ^ "FA Cup assault footballer jailed". BBC Online. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  24. ^ "Blue Square North/South play-offs". BBC Sport Online. 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  25. ^ a b 'Barrow boys are brought back to earth', The Guardian, 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  26. ^ Nothing sheepish about Barrow's approach to Sunderland despite Shaun', The Guardian, 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  27. ^ Clarke, Ron (2010-01-03). "Fraizer Campbell strikes roll out Barrow for Sunderland in FA Cup". The Times. London. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  28. ^ Brave Barrow AFC give their all in Sunderland defeat, North West Evening Mail, 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  29. ^ Barrow 2–0 Hayes & Yeading, BBC sport, 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  30. ^ It's a knockout – Trophy holders Barrow crash out, North West Evening Mail, 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  31. ^ Barrow Historicalkits.co.uk. Accessed 10-05-11
  32. ^ Holker Street Newsletter 775 12-03-01. Accessed 10-05-11

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