Barrow Town

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Introduction

Barrow Town are a Grassroots football team.

The team is from England, United Kingdom and play in the Everards Brewery Leicestershire Senior League Everards Brewery Premier Division.

Team Details

Barrow Town Football Club

Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in the large village of Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division and play at Riverside Park.

The club was established as Barrow Old Boys as most of its players were former pupils of the local grammar school. They played in the Leicestershire Mutual League and later the Loughborough Alliance, which they won in 1940–41. Following World War II the club joined the Western Division of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1946. Two years later the league was re-organised and the club were placed in Division Two.

In 1974, Barrow Town won promotion to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League. They have remained in this division ever since, with their highest finish being third place in 1995–96.

The club's home ground is Riverside Park, which has a capacity of 2,000 (100 seated). Their nickname is "The Riversiders".

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About the Everards Brewery Leicestershire Senior League

The Everards Brewery Leicestershire Senior League is a football league based in Leicestershire, England. It is the top division of the Leicestershire Senior League system.

The league was founded in 1900 and currently consists of 20 teams. The champions are promoted to the United Counties League Division One, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League Division One.