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*'''[[Northern Amateur League]]: 1''' |
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Revision as of 11:06, 3 September 2009
| Full name | Barn United Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1954 | |
| Ground | Haslett Park, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim | |
| League | NAFL | |
| 2008/09 | 13th (Premier Division) | |
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Barn United Football Club is a Northern Irish amateur football club from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland playing in the Premier Division of the Northern Amateur Football League. They play their home games at Haslett Park, next door to their local rivals Carrick Rangers. The current club formed in 1954 taking its name from an earlier team, Barn FC that played in the top division of Irish football during the early 1900s. As well as Barn's first XI, they field a second team in the NAFL Division 3A and several youth teams in the East Antrim Youth League.
History
The history of football in Carrickfergus dates back to before World War I. The earliest team was Barn Football Club. They played their home matches at the current site of the Carrickfergus Lesuire Centre. In 1923 the club joined the senior Irish Football League and achieved a finish of 7th in their first season. They would regularly attract several hundred home fans to their games and gates of 2000 or more were recorded when they played local favourites Linfield and Belfast Celtic. However after five seasons the club was struggling in the league. They resigned in 1928 after finishing second from the bottom.
Football in Carrickfergus returned 11 years later when Carrick Rangers formed, adopting Barn FC's colours and setting up close to Barn's former home. When Barn United formed in 1954, the club set up their home ground right next to Carrick's Taylor Avenue home. United joined the Northern Amateur League as a junior club in 1955, before being elevated to intermediate status in 1961.[1] The two clubs shared a friendly rivalry up to the 1970s and both performed well. But in 1976, Carrick shocked the senior Irish clubs when they won the Irish Cup. By 1983, Carrick was playing senior football.
Barn United found new rivals in Islandmagee with the teams meeting annually to play for a trophy.[citation needed] But the fixture was marred by a series of on-field incidents and trouble between the opposing fans.[citation needed] The teams still meet in league and cup matches (their last two meetings being in the 2008/09 Premier division) but the trophy matches are no longer played.
The club's current facilities at Haslett Park are basic but does feature a social club, which was opened in 1981 by former Rangers and Northern Ireland international John McClelland. There is also a covered stand which can seat 60 fans.
Honours
Intermediate honours
- Northern Amateur League: 1
- 1975/76
External links
- Ground Hopper - Barn United
- East Antrim Youth League
- nifootball.co.uk - (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)
Notes
- ^ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 180
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