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Barry Town
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Full name Barry Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Dragons (formerly the Linnets)
Founded 1912 (as Barry AFC)
Ground Jenner Park
Barry
(Capacity 3,500 (2,900 seated))
Chairman Flag of Wales Stuart Lovering
Manager Flag of Wales Gavin Chesterfield
League Welsh Football League Second Division
2007-08 Welsh Football League Second Division, 2nd (of 18)
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History

Barry Town's history dates back to 1892 when a club entitled Barry and Cadoxton District was formed in the area. During the early years, the club endured many upheavals, playing on five different grounds and variously being known as Barry Unionist Athletic, Barry United Athletic and Barry District.

In November 1912, the club reformed as Barry AFC (the 'Town' suffix was added in 1931), secured a lease on land owned by the Jenner family (now known as Jenner Park) and joined the Southern League. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north.

The club retained membership of the Southern League for more than 60 years - their highest finishing place being fourth in the 1930s. During that time they enjoyed the a number of runs in the FA Cup. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after In 1961-62, Barry drew Queens Park Rangers in the first round and held their illustrious opponents to a 1-1 draw at home, before losing the replay in London. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, based in Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London In the 1984-85 season meanwhile they enjoyed more cup success before bowing out 2-1 to Reading in the first round proper, at a packed Jenner Park. Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. However, for many years Barry's finest hour was its 1955 Welsh Cup final triumph over Chester City. The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales. Chester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester.

Throughout its proud history, the club (known variously as the Linnets and then the Dragons) has had around 50 internationals on its books, including Bernd Berndtson of Sweden and Hannu Kankkonen of Finland in the late 1950s, while numerous others have left to pursue successful careers in the Football League. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Among the most famous was local boy Derek Tapscott who signed for Division One side Arsenal in 1953 for £2,750, while Charlie Dyke made a name for himself with London neighbours Chelsea. Derek Robert Tapscott ( June 30, 1932 – June 12, 2008) was a Welsh football player London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

One of the club's most turbulent times occurred in 1992, when Barry Town were exiled for their decision not to join the newly-formed League of Wales (now Welsh Premier). The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. As part of a group of rebel clubs known as the Irate Eight, they were forced into exile, going under the name Barri Dragons FC and sharing the ground of Worcester City. Worcester City Football Club is an English football club from Worcester, England. However, this period would be fleeting when the club owners the O'Halloran family announced a surprise u-turn and brought the club into the Welsh pyramid in the spring of 1993.

Their return would spark arguably the club's greatest period of success. In their first season back in Wales (1993-94), Barry earned immediate promotion to the top flight, while snaring a unique quadruple of Welsh League championship, the Welsh League Cup, the FAW Trophy and the Welsh Cup - for the first time since 1955 no less. The Welsh League Cup is a Welsh football competition for clubs playing in the Welsh football league system. The latter was one of Barry's finest moments, as they upset Football League Second Division outfit Cardiff City in front of 16,000 spectators at the old National Stadium. From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff Arms Park ( Welsh: Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd) also known as The Arms Park, is a Rugby union Stadium situated in the centre Barry's reward for winning the Welsh Cup was a European Cup Winners Cup tie against FK Žalgiris Vilnius of Lithuania, but they crashed out 7-0 on aggregate. FK Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club playing in the capital Vilnius. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Greater glory was on the horizon.

After one season in the League of Wales, Barry opted to become the league's first fully professional club and, thereafter, won their first league championship in 1995-96. The next year saw the Dragons create history as the first League of Wales side to progress beyond the opening round of a European competition. Following victory in Latvia over FC Dinaburg, Barry ousted Hungarian side Budapest Vasutas in one of several epic European nights at Jenner Park. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Despite trailing 3-1 from the away leg, Barry stormed to a victory in the return match by the same score-line, and then won a penalty shoot-out 4-2. A 'Battle of Britain' with Scottish contenders Aberdeen was their reward and, after losing 3-1 at Pittodrie, the Welsh side rattled the Dons in a memorable 3-3 draw at a rain-swept Jenner Park, to exit the cup gloriously. Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Pittodrie Stadium is a football Stadium situated in the Scottish City of Aberdeen.

On the domestic scene, Barry were all-conquering, clinching a first ever treble of League of Wales championship, League of Wales Cup and Welsh Cup. The championship was claimed with a record 105 points and a goal difference of more than +100. Then, from March 1997, the Dragons went 51 matches without tasting defeat in a league game, just one of many records they would set in the 1990s.

1999 saw the Dragons become the first League of Wales outfit to win the FAW Premier Cup, with a 2-1 win over Wrexham at the club's own Racecourse ground. The FAW Premier Cup (formerly the FAW Invitation Cup is a Welsh football cup competition organised annually by the Football Association of Wales since 1997 Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region A race track (or 'racetrack' or 'racing track' is a purpose-built facility for Racing of animals (eg Pipped to the title in 2000 by the emerging TNS, Barry would regain their silverware the following campaign, while European battles with the likes of Dynamo Kiev and Boavista saw players of the highest calibre grace the Jenner Park surface. FC Dynamo Kyiv (ФК Динамо Київ FK Dynamo Kyiv; Динамо Киев Dinamo Kiev) is a professional football Club from the

In the 2000-01 season Barry became the first League of Wales team to win a European Champions League tie, when they defeated the Azerbaijan champions FC Shamkir both home and away. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South FK Shamkir (Şəmkir FK is an Azerbaijani football team playing in the town of Shamkir. They went on to meet the Portuguese giants FC Porto, rather embarrassingly Barry lost the first leg in Portugal by a humiliating 8-0 margin, Barry won the home leg 3-1 but in truth the tie was over in the first round, and Porto put out a relatively second string side. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Futebol Clube do Porto ( pron futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ du 'poɾtu - short FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese Sports club best known

However, despite great success at home and abroad, the club struggled to attract support - even in their late 90s heyday, crowds would rarely surpass the 500-mark. With professional wages to pay, Barry were forced to cut cloth, and their fight to maintain a successful squad while staying financially healthy was eventually futile.

After the departure of chairperson Paula O' Halloran, 'football troubleshooter' Kevin Green came in as the new chief executive, yet his varying initiatives failed to stop the rot. Green brought in English international footballer and celebrity John Fashanu as the club's high-profile new chairman in the winter of 2002. John "Fash" Fashanu (born 18 September 1962 in Kensington, London) is a British Television presenter and Many saw Fashanu as the missing piece of the jigsaw, and the man who would sustain Barry's success into the future. Promising African and Chinese TV deals and an influx of Nigerian internationals, Fashanu made headlines, yet did little to steady the Barry ship, which looked to be in increasingly rough seas. Then, after a stint in ITV's I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here saw him attain new-found popularity, Fashanu left the club, which by now was in a perilous financial state. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent I'm a Celebrity Get Me out of Here! is a Reality television show in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts and have to earn

In the summer of 2003 the club went into administration with debts approaching £1 million. On 25 August 2003 the players and manager were locked out of Jenner Park (having been unpaid since early June). Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A new management was appointed together with an amateur team mostly drawn from N & M Construction of the South Wales Amateur League Division 2 (five levels below the Welsh Premier). Within a month, Barry Town had gone from winning in Europe to losing 8-0 at Caernarfon Town. Caernarfon Town FC is a football team playing in the Welsh Premier League. The professional-era bubble had well and truly burst. Fans set about trying to raise money to keep the club alive. Eventually, local man Stuart Lovering paid £125,000 to write off Barry's debts as part of a Creditors' Voluntary Agreement and, in turn, seized control of the club on December 10th 2003.

A difficult season followed, with a first league win not coming until February 2004 when Barry beat fellow strugglers Welshpool Town 5-4 with a 98th-minute winning penalty from youngster Luke Sherbon. Welshpool Town FC is a football team based in Welshpool, playing in the Welsh Premier League. Experienced coach Colin Addison was brought in resuscitate the team's ailing fortunes, yet the Dragons still ended up bottom of the division, 4 points clear of safety, and were relegated to the Welsh League Division One. Colin Addison (born 18 May 1940 in Taunton, Somerset) is an English former professional footballer and manager Addison was replaced as manager on the eve of the new campaign with assistant David Hughes, who himself had had a spell in charge the previous year. Robert David Hughes (born 1 February 1978 in Wrexham) is a retired Welsh football defender Meantime, an independent district valuer had determined that the club would have to pay an astonishing £42,000 rent and rates for that and each subsequent season for the remainder of the lease. Judging the figure to be unfairly based on the club's relinquished professional status, the club decided they were unable to pay this amount and instead played out of Treforest FC's ground near Pontypridd from January 2005 to May 2006. Pontypridd is both a community and a Town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the County borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff and is situated 12

A second relegation in three years saw Barry Town drop to the third tier in Welsh domestic football - their lowest ever league status. A return to Jenner Park has been the basis for new youth developments. However, crowds are at a low, with many of the staunch supporters of yore exiled to breakaway side Barry F. C. - the result of a series of disputes with chairman Stuart Lovering, who had banned them from fund raising at the ground. The first team meanwhile, under new manager Gavin Chesterfield, earned promotion back to Welsh League Division One in 2008, with the hope that a winning run of form in the second tier next season will see support return. While it has been a turbulent few years, there is an underlying hope that the glory days will return to this former giant of Welsh football.

In 2007 the Barry town revival began under new Manager Gavin Chesterfield. Town made a number of key signings including Rober Blatchford from Taffs Well and Jamie Bradford from Ton Pentre. During the January transfer window Chesterfield signed experienced left sided player Dan Marshall who helped guide Town to second place in the league and promotion to the Welsh 1st Division.

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European record

Season Competition Round Country Club Score
1994/95 Cup Winners Cup Q Flag of Lithuania FK Žalgiris Vilnius 0-1, 0-6 (0-7 agg)
1996/97 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Latvia Dinaburg FC 0-0, 2-1 (2-1 agg)
2Q Flag of Hungary BVSC Budapest 1-3, 3-1 (3-3 agg, 4-2 on pens)
1R Flag of Scotland Aberdeen FC 1-3, 3-3 (4-6 agg)
1997/98 Champions League 1Q Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kiev 0-2, 0-4 (0-6 agg)
1998/99 Champions League 1Q Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kiev 0-8, 1-2 (1-10 agg)
1999/00 Champions League 1Q Flag of Malta Valletta FC 0-0, 2-3 (2-3 agg)
2000/01 UEFA Cup Q Flag of Portugal Boavista FC 0-2, 0-3 (0-5 agg)
2001/02 Champions League 1Q Flag of Azerbaijan FK Shamkir 2-0, 1-0 (3-0 agg)
2Q Flag of Portugal FC Porto 0-8, 3-1 (3-9 agg)
2002/03 Champions League 1Q Flag of Latvia Skonto Riga 0-5, 0-1 (0-6 agg)
2003/04 Champions League 1Q Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Vardar Skopje 0-3, 2-1 (2-4 agg)

Stadium

Jenner Park occupies the space of land between Gladstone Road and Barry Road and has been the home of Barry football since 1912, when given as a gift by the Jenner family. Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa (born 10 May 1982 in London) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Abiodun Baruwa (born November 16, 1974 in Abuja) is a former Nigerian footballer in goalkeeper role Jackie Brown (born November 8 1914, Belfast, Ireland) also referred to as either Johnny Brown or John Brown, was Kenneth James Brown (born July 11, 1967 in Upminster) is an English former professional footballer. David Forde (born 20 December 1979 in Galway, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Football League One Michael Anthony Flynn is a former professional footballer who played in the English Football League. Simon Christopher Rayner (born July 8 1983 in Langley, Canada) is a Canadian football goalkeeper currently playing for Derek Robert Tapscott ( June 30, 1932 – June 12, 2008) was a Welsh football player Alan Waddle (born 9 June 1954) is a former English footballer who played as a striker Eifion Wyn Williams (born 15 November, 1975 in Bangor Gwynedd, north Wales) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Jarrow FK Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club playing in the capital Vilnius. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Dinaburg FC is a Latvian football club playing in the city of Daugavpils. The Budapesti VSC ( Vasutas Sport Club, en Railway Sports Club) or just short BVSC, was a Hungarian sports club from the capital Budapest Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club FC Dynamo Kyiv (ФК Динамо Київ FK Dynamo Kyiv; Динамо Киев Dinamo Kiev) is a professional football Club from the FC Dynamo Kyiv (ФК Динамо Київ FK Dynamo Kyiv; Динамо Киев Dinamo Kiev) is a professional football Club from the Valletta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in the capital city of Malta, Valletta. Boavista Futebol Clube ( pron boɐ'viʃtɐ often simply known as Boavista, is a Sports club from Porto, Portugal that was founded FK Shamkir (Şəmkir FK is an Azerbaijani football team playing in the town of Shamkir. Futebol Clube do Porto ( pron futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ du 'poɾtu - short FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese Sports club best known Skonto FC is a Latvian football club founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadions in Riga. FK Vardar (ФК Вардар is a football team from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, that currently plays in the Macedonian First League Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry Vale of Glamorgan, Wales It is the home of Football club Barry Town. Initially starting with two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923, but years of battling with financial problems saw the ground deteriorate. During the 1980s, however, the local council rebuilt Jenner Park, installing a synthetic running track, floodlights and a new grandstand. Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry Vale of Glamorgan, Wales It is the home of Football club Barry Town.

In order to bring Jenner Park up to UEFA standards, a second stand was built in 1996, increasing the seating capacity to 2,500. Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry Vale of Glamorgan, Wales It is the home of Football club Barry Town. In addition, a new hospitality complex was constructed along with new dressing rooms, floodlights and clubhouse. Since then, the ground has international matches at various levels, including under-21 and women's ties.

Interestingly, urban folklore once suggested there was an elephant buried under the Jenner Park pitch, left from a long-forgotten circus show. Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry Vale of Glamorgan, Wales It is the home of Football club Barry Town. However, this claim was proved apparently without foundation during resurfacing work in the mid-1990s.

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