Which football club replaced Barrow in the Football League after the 1971-72 season?
"Third Division 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. 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. Though the reasons"
"crowd of 16,874 watched Barrow draw 2–2 with Swansea Town in the 1953–54 FA Cup. 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-place finish under the management of Don McEvoy in the 1966–67 Fourth Division. 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"
"Olympic in 2007 and later Gresley of the East Midlands Counties League in March 2011. Lee Barrow Lee Alexander Barrow (born 1 May 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Scarborough and Torquay United. He became player-manager of Midland Football Alliance club Heather St John's in 2013. Barrow began his career as an apprentice with Notts County, turning professional in July 1991, though in August 1992 he moved to Scarborough having not yet made his league debut. After only 11 games for Scarborough, Barrow moved to Torquay United in February 1993, soon establishing"
"though it remained until 1974. Barrow subsequently struggled in the Northern Premier with low financial resources. 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. 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 A.F.C. Barrow Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The club participates in the National League, the fifth tier of the English league system. Barrow play their home games at Holker Street, (currently sponsored as the ""Furness Building Society Stadium""), close to the town centre and approximately 547 yds (0.5 km) from Barrow Railway Station. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, achieving promotion to Division 3 by finishing 3rd in the Football League Fourth Division in the 1966–67 season. The highest"
"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. Barrow joined the Northern Premier League for the start of the 1972–73 season. Barrow spent a total of 51 seasons in the Football League. To gain access to the Northern Premier League, the club had to promise to remove the infamous speedway track from Holker Street,"
"in 1978 for a then world record fee of £33,000 (based on increases in average increases, this would be approximately £249,700 in 2013). Barrow fluctuated between divisions but had three consecutive years in the top flight between 1980 and 1983. Frank Foster was eventually replaced by Tommy Dawes in 1983. The season 1983–84 saw Barrow win the Second Division title and the Lancashire Cup against favourites Widnes 12–8. The entire Barrow team was inducted into the Barrow Hall of Fame in 2003. Tommy Dawes, despite his initial success, was sacked in 1985. In 1988–89, Australian Rod Reddy took on a"
"the Challenge Cup 21–12 against Workington Town, later that year they added the Lancashire Cup after a 12–2 win over Oldham. On 11 May 1957, Barrow played again in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley against Leeds and were narrowly beaten 9–7. 1957 signalled the end of the golden era of the club and most of the star players retired after this time. The league split into two divisions in 1961–62 and because of a poor finish in the previous season, Barrow was forced to play in the second division. In 1963, Jim Challinor moved to Barrow and became their"
"Lee Barrow Lee Alexander Barrow (born 1 May 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Scarborough and Torquay United. He became player-manager of Midland Football Alliance club Heather St John's in 2013. Barrow began his career as an apprentice with Notts County, turning professional in July 1991, though in August 1992 he moved to Scarborough having not yet made his league debut. After only 11 games for Scarborough, Barrow moved to Torquay United in February 1993, soon establishing himself as a first-team regular. In September 1997, he moved to League of Wales side"
"league matches are counted. Barrow A.F.C. Barrow Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The club participates in the National League, the fifth tier of the English league system. Barrow play their home games at Holker Street, (currently sponsored as the ""Furness Building Society Stadium""), close to the town centre and approximately 547 yds (0.5 km) from Barrow Railway Station. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, achieving promotion to Division 3 by finishing 3rd in the Football League Fourth Division in the"
"were crowned champions of the Conference North in the 2014/15 season with a 2–3 win away at Lowestoft on the final day of the season. The owner, Paul Casson, has targeted promotion in Barrow's first season back in the top flight of non-league football. In November 2015, Barrow parted company with manager Darren Edmondson after a poor run of results left them mid-table and a 1–0 defeat to rivals AFC Fylde knocked them out of the FA Cup. Barrow appointed former Mansfield and Torquay boss Paul Cox as manager the next day. On 20 September 2017 Barrow appointed Micky Moore"
"briefly been hosted at Holker Street in 1930. Construction involved the demolishing of the 'Steelworks End' of the ground, and the removal of the front rows of the other terraces. Matches had to be played with grass on top of boards which covered the speedway track, resulting in complaints from other teams. Such problems were influential in the decision of the Football League clubs' to votes against Barrow when the team had to seek re-election to the league following a bottom four finish in the Fourth Division at the end of the 1971–1972 season, and Barrow were demoted to the"
"Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165. Barrow played in St. Helens' victories in the Lancashire County League during the 1963–64 season, 1964–65 season, 1965–66 season, 1966–67 season and 1968–69 season. Barrow was an unused interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, in St. Helens' 21-2 victory over Wigan in the 1966 Challenge Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 21 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 98,536, and played in Leigh's 24-7 victory over Leeds in the 1971 Challenge Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday"
"to an average of between five and six thousand through the 1950s and 1960s, though the last (to date) attendance of over 10 000 occurred in 1968 when 16,650 was the sell-out attendance for Barrow's FA Cup match against Leicester City. Floodlights had been erected around the ground in 1963, but the next major changes to occur were in 1972. With Barrow relegated from the Football League Third Division into the Fourth Division, the club was struggling financially and the decision was made to create a speedway track around the edge of the football pitch, resurrecting a sport that had"
"Woking which left Lincoln in 18th place in the Conference two points above the relegation zone. On 3 November 2014 Simpson was placed on gardening leave while a review of his position of manager is carried out. He was then sacked and replaced by Chris Moyses. On 9 February 2016, Simpson was appointed as assistant manager of Barrow. Gary Simpson (footballer, born 1961) Gary Simpson (born 11 April 1961) is an English former footballer and manager, and currently assistant manager of Barrow. As a player, he was a midfielder. He played for Boston United and Altrincham amongst other clubs. He"
"1968–69 season saw Barrow win the Loughborough Charity Cup and the Sileby Cupm, as well as finishing as runners-up in Division Two and earning promotion to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1970–71 season. In 1981 they adopted their current name, and in 1983 Division Two was renamed Division One. After winning Division One in 1992–93, the club were promoted to the Premier Division, where they remained until 2008, finishing as runners-up in 1994–95, 2002–03, 2005–06 and 2007–08 and winning the League Cup in 2002–03 and the Loughborough Charity Cup again"
"player-coach. Their last appearance at Wembley Stadium was in 1967, where they were strongly tipped to win the Challenge Cup final again, but were beaten by Featherstone Rovers 17–12. A crowd of 77,000 paid a then record £54,435 to watch the game (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £1,625,000 in 2013). 1973 saw Barrow appoint former player, Frank Foster, as coach. He built a side which won the Second Division championship in 1975–76 and reached a John Player Trophy final in 1981 only to lose 5–12 to Warrington. Phil Hogan was transferred to Hull Kingston Rovers"
"the Third Division. A record run of 19 matches unbeaten provided the foundations for a promotion challenge in 1971–72, but an awful run towards the end of the season resulted in a mid-table finish. A poor start the following season, combined with falling attendances, saw Bentley resign, and he was replaced by Harry Gregg. Gregg failed to stop the rot and the club was back in the Fourth Division for 1973–74 season. A record low crowd of just 1,358 watched the Swans against Northampton Town, and the following season the Swans were forced to apply for re-election to the football"
"Norman Bodell Norman Bodell (born 29 January 1938 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer, coach, manager and scout. He played as a defender, making 224 appearances in the Football League for Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra and Halifax Town before moving into non-League football with Altrincham. He played for Rochdale in the final of the 1962 League Cup which they lost to Norwich City over two legs. He took over as manager of Barrow during the 1968–69 after the resignation of player-manager Colin Appleton, and was sacked in February 1970 with the club heading for relegation to the Fourth"
"1971–72 Football League The 1971–72 season was the 73rd completed season of The Football League. Brian Clough, 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first ever league championship. They overcame Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester City to win a four-horse race, with only a single point separating them. There were later bribery allegations from ""The Sun"" newspaper regarding Leeds manager Don Revie and Leeds' final opponents Wolverhampton Wanderers. The footballing authorities never investigated these allegations to decide whether they were true or not. Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town lost their First"
"was Duckhams oil - its happy face logo was prominently displayed on the teams race jackets. The team were renamed Barrow Bombers for the 1973 and 1974 seasons. Despite good crowds, a new home had to be found for the team after the end of the 1974 season, when problems with ground sharing became insurmountable. Local businessman Cliff Hindle built a new stadium at Park Road, which opened halfway through the 1977 season for a short series of open meetings. In 1978 a team was entered under the name Furness Flyers, but finished bottom of the National League. Crowds were"
"Barrow, he spent short spells with local sides Witton Albion, Trafford and Nantwich Town during his break. Following his graduation from university, Moyo joined Alfreton Town after featuring for the side in pre-season matches. He spent one season at the club before joining FC Halifax Town in 2016. His departure from Alfreton drew criticism from manager Nicky Law who claimed that Moyo had verbally agreed to sign a new deal with the club and that the player did not inform him of the move. In his first season with Halifax, he helped the club win promotion to the National League."
"to First Division club Everton, they lost 3–1. In 1899–1900 they reached the first round again, losing 2–0 at home to Millwall Athletic in front of a crowd that reached 8,000. The season also saw them win the Durham Challenge Cup, beating Sunderland 'A' 1–0 in the final. Having turned amateur in 1901, Jarrow left the Northern Alliance at the end of the 1901–02 season and subsequently disbanded. Although the club was reformed and rejoined the Northern Alliance in 1903, they resigned from the league in March 1909 with their record expunged. At the start of the following season a"
"a welcome improvement to 18th, and possibly saved the club; Barrow, who had finished bottom for the previous two years, were voted out in favour of Hereford despite having improved to 22nd. The club once again avoided the re-election zone in 1972–73, finishing in 20th place, but with four successive finishes either in or not far above the bottom four and strong challenges coming from non-league sides, the club needed to show signs of improvement. Ashurst did precisely that, finishing in 11th in 1973–74; he then left the club to manage Gillingham. Goalkeeper Barry Watling was an outstanding performer in"
"in 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01 and 2006–07. In 2008 they became founder members of the East Midlands Counties League, where they have remained since. In 2012–13 they finished as league runners-up. The club originally played at a ground on Mill Lane, before moving to Cotes Road and later North Street when they joined the Loughborough Alliance. They moved to their current Riverside Park around 1970. It has a capacity of 2,000, of which 100 is seated. Barrow Town F.C. Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the and"
"Chester had some high-profile league opposition more familiar with the First Division than the Third and Fourth Divisions. These included Bolton Wanderers (four times FA Cup winners), Burnley (league champions as recently as 1960), West Bromwich Albion (who had rarely been away from the First Division for nearly a century until 1986) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (one of the most successful teams in English football as recently as the early 1980s). Chester suffered a landslide relegation in their first season at the Deva Stadium, before winning promotion straight back as Division Three runners-up. Unfortunately, the shock resignation of manager Graham Barrow"
"FC on 28 July 2017 in exchange which saw Barrow and Jonathan Glenn head to North Carolina and Brian Shriver to Jacksonville. After leaving North Carolina at the end of the 2017 season, Barrow was without a club until August 2018, where he joined Portuguese side, Boavista FC. Danny Barrow Danny Barrow (born 16 November 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Boavista FC Barrow began his career in the academies of Plymouth Argyle and West Bromwich Albion. Following his release from West Brom, Barrow trained with Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City, but wasn't signed by the"
"Graham Barrow Graham Barrow (born 13 June 1954) is an English former footballer who has since become a lower division manager. He is currently the manager of Wrexham. Having previously played for Chorley and Southport, Barrow first entered the Football League at the relatively late age of 27 in August 1981 when he signed for Wigan Athletic from Altrincham for £10,000, having earlier played for his hometown club Chorley and Southport. He became a vital part of manager Larry Lloyd's promotion winning side, playing as a hard man in midfield, and further endeared himself to Wigan fans by putting in"
"January 1954 when Barrow played Swansea Town in the FA Cup third round. The current site of Holker Street was previously land owned by the Furness Railway, who had used the land as a rubbish tip. It had been converted into a football pitch by Hindpool Athletic football club, though no stands had been built and the pitch had little grass; indeed, pieces of refuse which had been left on the site remained an obstacle for many years after the ground had been developed. Barrow, who had been founded in 1901 and had spent eight seasons playing at a variety"
"1981, only to lose 5-12 to Warrington. Phil Hogan was transferred to Hull Kingston Rovers in 1978 for a then world record fee of £33,000. Barrow fluctuated between divisions and Foster was eventually replaced by Tommy Dawes in 1983. Frank Foster (rugby league) Frank Foster (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, Hull Kingston Rovers, Bradford Northern, Barrow and Oldham, as a , during the era"
"While there was no relegation that season due to the lack of a promotable club in the Football Conference, this remains the club's lowest-ever finish. The following season would prove to be arguably even worse, as Swain was sacked early in the campaign following a horrific start, and former player Graham Barrow took over as manager. Despite the club being rooted to the bottom of the table until the start of December, the second half of the campaign saw a major upturn in form, and they finished well clear of the relegation zone in 15th place. Attendances fell to a"
"he also had a four-game loan spell back at Rochdale. In the summer of 2006, he joined Lancaster City but then left at the start of November to join Barrow. He has since become joint-manager of Barrow. Along with Darren Sheridan he oversaw a major turnaround in Barrow's season. The Bluebirds were 19th in the Conference North when Bayliss and Sheridan took over before an excellent second half to the season saw them finish 5th and qualify for the end of season play-offs. A 4–0 aggregate win over Telford United in the semi finals was followed by a 1–0 win"
"they were league champions in 1969–70 and reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, taking Third Division Barrow to three replays before losing 2–0 at Deepdale. After finishing as runners-up in 1971–72 they won the league again in 1973–74, a season in which they reached the FA Cup first round for a second time, losing to Blyth Spartans in a replay. Between 1972 and 1974 the club also won three League Cups in succession, resulting in them being awarded the trophy permanently by the league. A third league title was won in 1976–77, and the"