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| Full name | Barry Town United Football Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Town, Linnets, Dragons | ||
| Founded | 1912; 114 years ago (1912) (as Barry AFC) | ||
| Ground | Jenner Park,Barry | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 (2,200 seated) | ||
| Manager | Andy Legg | ||
| League | Cymru Premier | ||
| 2024–25 | Cymru Premier, 7th of 12 | ||
| Website | www | ||
Barry Town United Football Club (Welsh:Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Y Barri) is asemi-professional association football team based inBarry, Wales. They currently play in theCymru Premier.
They are known for representing Wales in Europe as winners of the Welsh top flight andWelsh Cup during the 1990s and early 2000s and have also competed in England'sSouthern League andFA Cup. The team, which has contained more than 50 full internationals, is now run by supporters. They play at their traditional home ofJenner Park, Barry, which holds 3,500 spectators.
Barry Town United's history dates back to 1892 when an association football team namedBarry and Cadoxton District was formed in the area. During the early years, this side endured many upheavals, playing on five different grounds under various identities, includingBarry Unionist Athletic,Barry United Athletic andBarry District. Players who featured during these years includedTed Vizard andBilly Jennings; who would each go on to play in the famous'White Horse' FA Cup Final.
In November 1912, a meeting at The Windsorpublic house in Holton Road saw townsfolk choose to pursue membership of the thrivingSouthern League asBarry AFC (the 'Town' suffix was added afterWorld War II). The club would secure land owned by the Jenner family and the people of the town came together to buildJenner Park, ahead of the first match of the1912–13 season.
On 6 September 1913, Barry played their first fixture; aSouthern League match againstMid-Rhondda atJenner Park. The game attracted 4,000 spectators, including 1,000 travelling supporters.
Fittingly, the new team would register a surprise, albeit merited, victory, with Barry's Ralph Isherwood scoring the very first goal atJenner Park just three minutes in. His second, midway through the second half, sealed a 2–1 victory, a fine start for the Barry side on, coincidentally, the same afternoon thatArsenal played their first match atHighbury.
The ensuing two seasons would seeStoke City,Brentford,Coventry City and others visit the new ground. However, theGreat War would soon interrupt any competitive proceedings; with Barry captain Major James Wightman one of the many casualties ofThe Battle of the Somme.
The1920–21 season ranks as one of the finest in Barry's history, as they surprised many by becoming champions of theSouthern League's Welsh section. The achievement was all the more impressive when considering the small Barry squad played over 100 matches in all competitions during the course of the season. Competing simultaneously in both the Welsh andWestern League, the Barry board gave priority to Southern League fixtures, swayed by aspirations of joining the newEnglish Third Division.
Inspired byStanley Cowie, the title was clinched in early May, and yet hopes of Barry being able to move up to theFootball League were scuppered just a month later, when their application failed andCharlton Athletic andAberdare Athletic (the latter of whom finished second to Barry in their section) were elected instead.
Barry retained membership of the Southern League for more than 60 years – their highest finish being fourth in the 1930s. Among the notable players of the era were Johnny Gardner (with over 500 appearances),Dai Ward (scorer of more than 300 goals) andFred Whitlow (a 100+ goal marksman). Meanwhile, Barry-born sportsmanErnie Carless combined his footballing exploits with a successful cricketing career withGlamorgan.
At the end of the 1920s, a crowd of 6,000 atUpton Park saw Barry beatDagenham Town 1–0 to progress to theFA Cup 2nd Round; before losing toBrighton & Hove Albion ten days later. It proved to be their most successful run in the competition. Barry would reach the 1st Round again in1934–35, losing 1–0 toNorthampton Town at Jenner Park, but the build-up to the match was tainted by a fire that ravaged the grandstand.
Football again took a backseat in 1939, with the eruption of World War II. Barry's Chris Mason would be captured as aprisoner of war during the conflict, though would return to Jenner Park to resume his career afterwards; entertaining spectators thrilled by the adventures of players such asDerek Tapscott (who would later sign forArsenal), celebrated strikerStan Richards, and Gwilym 'Cannonball' Cain.
In the1949–50 season, Jenner Park became one of the first grounds in the country to introducefloodlights, withNewport County,Swansea City andCardiff City all visiting to showcase the facilities. Two seasons later, an all-Welsh showdown in the FA Cup 1st Round saw Barry beaten by Newport, 4–0. Nevertheless, the town's most celebrated footballing achievement was right around the corner.
In May 1955, following a 1–1 draw atthe Racecourse inWrexham, Barry beatChester City 4–3 atNinian Park to lift the Welsh Cup for the first time. FormerChelsea right-wing Charlie Dyke scored the winner, a dramatic late free-kick to take the cup back to Barry.
In the late 1950s, a host of Scandinavian stars made their way to Jenner Park, and dazzled Barry football enthusiasts with their skill. Among their number were Finland's Hannu Kankkonen andBengt 'Folet' Berndtsson; a member of theSweden squad that reached the final of the1958 World Cup. The influx of players from continental Europe came as a result of chairman John Bailey's business interests overseas.
During this period, the club embarked on an overseas tour, playing three games in Malta in 1960 againstSliema Wanderers,Hibernians andValletta that all ended in draws.
1961 saw another big match asQPR visited Jenner Park in the FA Cup. A crowd of 7,000 sawLaurie Sheffield's opener for Barry cancelled out late on. QPR won the replay atLoftus Road comfortably. The 1960s and 70s are perhaps most fondly remembered for the personalities that pulled on the Barry shirt. Among them, prolific goalscorers Ken Gully and Clive Ayres, brothers John and Dickie Batt, long-serving Bobby Smith andAshley Griffiths, and tall defender Mike Cosslett; now a member of the club coaching staff.
In 1982, Barry left the Southern League, focusing on Welsh League competition and winning six Welsh League titles before the decade's end; thanks in no small part to the goals of striker Steve Williams. The most significant match of the decade though came on 17 November 1984, as 3,850 crammed into Jenner Park to see Barry vsReading in the FA Cup 1st Round. Despite Ian Love's goal, an injury-time winner byTrevor Senior was enough to send the Royals through.
After insufficient floodlighting had stopped the club being able to compete in the Southern League for most of the 1980s, the tail end of the decade saw the necessary ground improvements to support a return to England. Barry entered the league's Midland Division and would consistently finish in the top six, yet were denied the opportunity to field a reserve XI in the Welsh League as they had done previously.
The creation of theLeague of Wales (nowCymru Premier) in 1992 then prompted a decree that Barry would no longer be able to compete in theEnglish pyramid at all while based on Welsh soil. As part of a group of rebel clubs known as theIrate Eight (alongsideNewport,Merthyr,Colwyn Bay,Bangor City,Caernarfon Town,Newtown andRhyl), the Town were forced into exile; with the first team adopting the name ofBarri AFC and playing 'home' matches atWorcester City's ground, while the reserves (by now, a local league outfit), manned the Jenner Park fort. However, this arrangement would last only one season, as chairman O' Halloran performed a shock u-turn that saw the Barry first team return home; eventually accepted intoWelsh League Division One for the1993–94 campaign.
Barry's return to Jenner Park would spark the side's most successful period, as they earned immediate promotion to the top flight and a unique quadruple ofWelsh League championship,Welsh League Cup,FAW Trophy andWelsh Cup (for the first time since 1955).
The latter was one of the Town's most famous achievements, as they upsetFootball League Second Division outfitCardiff City in front of 16,000 spectators at the oldNational Stadium. Barry's reward for winning theWelsh Cup was aEuropean Cup Winners Cup tie againstŽalgiris Vilnius of Lithuania, but they crashed out 7–0 on aggregate. Greater glory was on the horizon.
After one season in theLeague of Wales, Barry opted to become the league's first fully professional club and, thereafter, won their first league championship in1995–96. The season was though marred by the deaths of chairman Neil O' Halloran and young midfielder Matthew Holtham, the latter in a motorway accident on the way back from an away match in April.
1996 saw the club create history as the firstLeague of Wales side to progress beyond the opening round of a European competition.
Following victory in Latvia overDinaburg, Barry ousted Hungarian sideBudapest Vasutas in one of several epic European nights atJenner Park. 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 memorable all-British tie withScottish Premier League sideAberdeen was their reward and, after losing 3–1 toRoy Aitken's side atPittodrie, the Welshmen were held to a pulsating 3–3 draw at a rain-sweptJenner Park; exiting the cup in thrilling fashion before a crowd of over 6,000.
On the domestic scene, Barry were all-conquering, clinching a first treble ofLeague of Wales championship,Welsh League Cup andWelsh Cup. The championship was claimed with a record 105 points and a goal difference of more than +100. In January 1997, the team was part of the firstLeague of Wales match to be broadcast live on television; a 5–2 win over visitorsCaernarfon Town that still holds the league's attendance record. Then, from March, Barry went 51 matches without tasting a single defeat in a league fixture.
1999 saw Barry become the firstLeague of Wales team to win theFAW Premier Cup, with a 2–1 win overWrexham at the club's ownRacecourse Ground. Pipped to the title in 2000 by the emergingTNS, Barry would regain their crown the following campaign, while European battles with the likes ofDynamo Kyiv andBoavista saw players of the highest calibre grace Jenner Park (among them, the likes ofAndriy Shevchenko andSerhii Rebrov.)
Then, in the2001–02 season, Barry notably became the firstLeague of Wales team to win a EuropeanChampions League tie, when they defeated the Azerbaijan championsFC Shamkir to set up a tie with Portuguese clubFC Porto. Barry lost the first leg in Portugal by an emphatic 8–0 margin, after conceding two early penalties in front of a partisan 55,000 crowd. However, the Town would win the home leg 3–1, recording a famous result that has grown in legend with the career success of Porto'sRicardo Carvalho,Helder Postiga and others.[1][2][3]
The golden era would not last forever, and the continual challenge of securing enough prize money to sustain their high standards set would eventually catch up with those running the club. After chairperson and backer Paula O' Halloran stood aside, formerScarborough andGrantham Town official Kevin Green came in as the club's new chief executive; yet his varying initiatives failed to stop the rot. In one move that garnered significant press, Green would recruit ex-footballer and celebrityJohn Fashanu as the club's high-profile chairman in the winter of 2002. Some saw Fashanu as the missing piece of the puzzle, and the man who would help sustain Barry's success going forward. Promising African and Chinese TV deals and an influx of Nigerian internationals, Fashanu made headlines, yet did little to steady a Barry ship in increasingly rough seas. Then, after success onITV reality showI'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.
In the summer of 2003, the club went into administration and the professional squad would quickly disintegrate. An interim management team was appointed, together with an amateur squad drawn primarily from local side N & M Construction of theSouth Wales Amateur League (five levels below the Welsh Premier). Within a month, Barry had gone from winning a match in Europe to losing 8–0 atCaernarfon Town. Though the professional-era bubble had well and truly burst, fans set about raising money to help keep the club alive. Eventually, mystery man Stuart Lovering arrived to purchase of the club on 10 December 2003. Few could have foreseen what was to come.
2003–04 was a difficult season, with champions Barry's first league win not coming until February 2004 when they beat fellow strugglersWelshpool Town 5–4 with a 98th-minute winning penalty from youngster Luke Sherbon. ManagerColin Addison was brought in resuscitate the team's ailing fortunes, yet the Dragons still ended up bottom of the division, four points off safety, and were relegated to theWelsh League Division One. Controversially, Addison was dismissed by Lovering on the eve of the new campaign, with assistantDavid Hughes replacing him; only to leave himself months later on finding his budget slashed. In the meantime, an independentdistrict valuer had determined that the club should pay £42,000 in rent and rates each season for the remainder of the lease. Judging the figure to be unfairly based on the club's relinquished professional status, Lovering refused to pay this amount and instead moved the senior side to the White Tips Stadium inTreforest from January 2005 to May 2006. During the absence, a number of staunch supporters formed breakaway clubBarry FC; the culmination of a series of disputes with chairman Lovering, who had banned them from fundraising at club.[4][5] With the Town relegated to their lowest-ever league status at the end of the2005–06 season, the future appeared bleak for this fallen giant of Welsh football.
While chaos reigned off the field for much of the decade, the roots of recovery began to grow in 2007, with the appointment of new manager Gavin Chesterfield. Chesterfield led Barry to promotion in 2008, with the hope that a winning run of form in the second tier would see the club's dwindling support return. After stumbling early on, Barry enjoyed a 21-match unbeaten streak and finished the season a credible third. Nevertheless, the team's achievements were continually overshadowed by events behind the scenes.
In December 2008, a crisis meeting at Jenner Park saw supporters come forward to pledge their commitment to operating the first team (forming a new company for this purpose), to allow Lovering to focus on finding a buyer. In one of a number of close calls, the club appeared on the verge of being sold in 2010, when businessman Clayton Jones appeared to strike a deal. However, this fell through at the eleventh hour, scuppering a plan to bring in Wales internationalJohn Hartson asDirector of Football.
Undeterred, 2010 saw theStand Up For Barry campaign launch, using new social media platforms such as Twitter to spread news of the club's plight with a wider online audience. The resulting support from across the football community proved an invaluable asset as supporters strived to keep the club alive.
Shortly after the close of the 2010–11 season, Lovering announced his fresh intent of withdrawing the first team from higher league competition. To prevent this, theBarry Town Supporters' Committee (BTSC) took complete control of all football and its funding; resulting in what became known to some supporters as the 'DIY Football' era. In the months that followed, the rejuvenated, fan-run Barry set-up enjoyed their most successfulWelsh Cup campaign in several seasons; defeating rivalsMerthyr Town atPenydarren Park and winning atHaverfordwest County in extra-time, before being edged out 3–2 atNewport County.
2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the club'sformation, with a series of events lined up to mark this and the subsequent centenary season. To launch the festivities, the BTSC hostedCardiff City in an August fundraising friendly attended by 2,000 spectators. However, Lovering's threats to withdraw Barry from theWelsh Football League would intensify in the weeks prior, threatening to cast a cloud over these celebrations. Nevertheless, the BTSC held a successful '100 Years of Barry Town' event at theAngel Hotel (attended by many past and present players), before the current team beat Welsh League championsCambrian and Clydach on the 100th anniversary itself.
In March 2013, following wins againstCaerleon,Penrhyncoch,Ely Rangers andPontardawe Town, Barry won 2–0 atFlint Town United to progress to theWelsh Cup semi-final for the first time in a decade. Eventually, the team narrowly lost 1–2 to eventual winnersPrestatyn Town, marking the first appearance of a fully amateur Barry side at the Welsh Cup semi-final stage.
On 7 May 2013, Lovering withdrew the senior team from theWelsh Football League, against the will of the BTSC, players and supporters; who were ready, willing and able to fulfill the remaining two league fixtures (both againstTon Pentre). Rejecting this perceived act of sabotage, those running the football outlined their intentions to continue as they were, adopting theBarry Town United suffix to emphasise their continuing unity and endeavour. However, a meeting of theFAW Council inBetws-y-Coed in June 2013 announced that the Barry side would have to play "recreational football" henceforth; a declaration that prompted significant outcry, both locally and further afield.
There appeared hope for beleaguered Barry as second meeting was arranged for July 2013 atMaesmawr Hall inCaersws to hear new evidence as why the team should be able to continue on. At this second gathering, 15 of the FAW Councillors voted against discussing Barry's future, thus concluding the meeting in no more than five minutes and at considerable expense. Notably, it emerged that this decision went against the recommendations of the FAW's own Domestic Committee and legal team.
With their immediate and long-term future unclear, Barry began their pre-season with wins atMoreton andElmore that same month, followed by a narrow 3–2 loss toPremier League newcomersCardiff City, watched by a home crowd of 1,650 supporters on Saturday 27 July. Remarkably, given the bizarre set of circumstances, Barry had led 2–1 at half-time.
Eventually, aHigh Court judge in Cardiff ruled in Barry's favour; stating that the FAW Council had acted unlawfully in denying them their licence to play Welsh League football. As a result, the fan-run Town side was entered back into the structure.
In the years that have followed, Barry would win two consecutive league titles, reclaiming their place in the second tier, while continuing to develop as a club, on and off the pitch. Today, the club competes at senior, development, youth and junior levels, along with various ladies' teams and pan disability sides in the over and under-16 age groups. In the 2016–17 season, the first team reached the final ofWelsh League Cup for the first time since 2001, becoming only the second side from outside the national top flight to achieve this feat since the competition was expanded several years prior. In April 2017, the club secured its return to theWelsh Premier as champions of theWelsh Football League, continuing this remarkable revival.
On Saturday 6 April 2019, a remarkable 5–2 victory at Bala Town, coupled with a 6–0 win for The New Saints away against Newtown, ensured Barry would finish at least third in the 2018–19 JD Cymru Premier and qualify for the preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League. This marked a remarkable transformation for the club, qualifying for European competition for the first time since winning the JD Cymru Premier in the 2002–03 season.
A second European appearance in as many years would follow, as Barry travelled to theFaroe Islands to playNSI Runavik in a one-legged tie, following the abandonment of the 2019–20 season in wake of theCOVID-19 pandemic. However, the club's league results had begun to decline and Barry were ultimately relegated to theCymru South in April 2022, having finished 11th out of 12 in the 2021-22 Cymru Premier. Nevertheless, the club would bounce back, with new managerLee Kendall, a former goalkeeper at Jenner Park, guiding the team to theCymru South championship with three games to spare.
On 25 July 2023, Kendall resigned as manager after just nine months in charge, despite signing a two-year contract with the club following their promotion back to the Cymru Premier.[6] Kendall would be replaced by former Wales international defenderSteve Jenkins.
For many decades, Barry wore green as their primary colour – thought to be due to officials securing the club's first kit fromPlymouth Argyle. On exile in 1992, Barri adopted a red and white strip, which would remain with them on their return to the Welsh pyramid. It was the following season that the club adopted its yellow change kit (deemed lucky for the success it brought inWelsh Cup competition) as a home strip – and it is this colour that has become synonymous with Town football, with variations including uses of blue.
Two of the club's most memorable home strips are the fluorescent lime and navy ordered in error in 2006, and the experimentalclaret and blue kit worn in the early 1970s – both of which saw the club simultaneously plummet in footballing fortune. Nowadays, the club tends to wear yellow at home and green on the road, though red and then grey-based kits were worn in the past few seasons.
        Example of a traditional Linnets green strip, worn with longevity. | Claret and blue strip, worn for a single disastrous season (1971–72). |  Green and blue strip, colour co-ordinated with Jenner Park seating. |  Red and white strip, worn in exile and upon return to the Welsh pyramid. |   Welsh Cup Final strip of 1994, worn in famous win overCardiff City. |     League of Wales strip, adopted from cup kit, associated with 1990s success. |  Fluorescent lime strip, worn in post-Millennium descent to lowest status. |
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Jenner Park occupies the space of land between Gladstone Road and Barry Road in centralBarry and has been the setting for the evolution of Barry's senior football club for more than 100 years.
Named after the Jenner family who had gifted the land, the ground was built by the Barry football enthusiasts for their representative side to compete at the highest possible level and was completed between the landmark meeting of 1912 and the opening fixture of1913–14.
Among the most notable Barry matches played at Jenner Park have been European ties, domestic cup finals, major semi-finals and quarter-finals,FA Cup fixtures, televised matches, testimonials, high-scoring thrillers and friendlies against high-profile opposition.
Comprised initially of two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923 and floodlights added in the 1940s, allowing Jenner Park to host Wales' first floodlit football match between Barry andNewport in1949–50.
During the 1980s, the local council rebuiltJenner Park, installing a synthetic running track, a new all-seater stand and improved floodlights.
To bringJenner Park up toUEFA standards, a second covered stand was built in the mid-1990s, boosting theseating capacity to 2,500. This was temporarily increased to 6,000+ for the visits ofAberdeen andManchester United with the use of temporarybleachers.
Recent years have seen the addition of a special viewing area for wheelchair users in the grandstand (known colloquially as the 'Old Stand'), accessible via the stadium's Devon Avenue entrance. Meanwhile, October 2015 saw work completed on a new, state-of-the-art3G pitch, with its inaugural game, aWelsh Cup match againstAberdare Town.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Steve Jenkins |
| Assistant Manager | Andrew Whittington |
| Coach | Mike Cosslett |
| Coach | Damian Flynn |
| Fitness Coach | Gavin Beddard |
| Kitman | Matthew Case |
For all players with a Wikipedia article seeCategory:Barry Town United F.C. players.
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League of Wales /Welsh Premier League /Cymru Premier (7)
1995–96,1996–97,1997–98,1998–99,2000–01,2001–02,2002–03
Welsh League Division One /Cymru South (10)
1926–27, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2016–17, 2022–23
Welsh League Division Two (3)
1951–52, 1957–58, 2014–15
Welsh League Division Three (1)
2013–14
Southern League, Welsh Section (1)
1920–21
| Season | Competition | Date | Country | Club | Score | Scorers | Attendance | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–21 | Southern League | 22/09/21 19/10/21 |  | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 1–2 | Sanders Beaumont | 2,000 Unknown | Millwall |
This match pitted the winners of the Southern League's English and Welsh sections against each other to determine an overall champion.
| Season | Competition | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers | Attendance | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–27 | South Wales Senior Cup | 02/05/27 | Ebbw Vale | 4–0 | Brittan (2),Cowie (2, 1P) | Unknown | Barry |
| 1927–28 | West Wales Senior Cup | Unknown | Swansea Town | 3–0 | Condon, Brown, B. Davies | Unknown | Barry |
| 1929–30 | Welsh League Cup | 28/04/30 | Llanelly | 0–1 | N/A | Unknown | Barry |
| 1934–35 | Welsh League Cup | Unknown | Gelli Colliery | 2–0 | Unknown | Unknown | Treorchy |
| 1935–36 | South Wales Senior Cup | 09/05/36 | Swansea Town | 3–0 | Whitlow (2),Carless | 4,500 | Barry |
| 1937–38 | South Wales Senior Cup | 07/05/38 | Lovells Athletic | 3–0 | Carless (2), W. Jones | 3,000 | Barry |
| 1938–39 | South Wales Senior Cup | 03/05/39 | Swansea Town | 2–0 | Carless, Green | 4,000 | Barry |
| 1946–47 | Welsh League Cup | 05/10/46 | Milford United | 1–0 | Clayton | Unknown | Haverfordwest |
| 1952–53 | South Wales Senior Cup | 09/05/53 | Cardiff City | 3–0 | Richards,Tapscott, Dyke | 4,500 | Barry |
| 1953–54 | South Wales Senior Cup | 08/05/54 | Tonyrefail | 7–0 | Dyke (2),Allen, Powell, Foxton,Richards, Bright | 2,600 | Barry |
| 1954–55 | Welsh Cup | 15/05/55 19/05/55 | Chester City | 1–1 4–3 (R) | Niblett Niblett (2), Goodfellow, Dyke | 6,766 8,450 | Wrexham |
| 1958–59 | South Wales Senior Cup | 09/05/59 | Gwynfi Welfare | 3–2 | Sheffield (2), Bowkett | Unknown | Ton Pentre |
| 1959–60 | South Wales Senior Cup | 07/05/60 29/08/60 | Ton Pentre | 2–2 (A) 1–0 (H) | Sheffield, Loader | Unknown Unknown | Ton Pentre Barry |
| 1965–66 | South Wales Senior Cup | 23/08/66 07/09/66 | Abergavenny | 3–2 (A) 2–0 (H) | Clark (2), Watkins Curtin, Bright | Unknown Unknown | Abergavenny Barry |
| 1975–76 | South Wales Senior Cup | 27/04/76 03/05/76 | Ferndale Athletic | 1–1 (H) 2–1 (A) | D. Batt Evans (2) | Unknown Unknown | Barry |
| 1976–77 | South Wales Senior Cup | 16/05/77 23/05/77 | Merthyr Tydfil | 3–3 (H) 1–2 (A) | Ayres, D. Batt, Smith Ayres | Unknown Unknown | Barry |
| 1977–78 | South Wales Senior Cup | 15/05/78 18/05/78 | Cardiff City | 2–0 (H) 2–0 (A) | D. Batt, Hancock D. Batt, Ayres | Unknown Unknown | Barry |
| 1978–79 | Welsh League Cup | Unknown | Pontllanfraith | 0–0 AET* | N/A | Unknown | Ton Pentre |
| 1982–83 | Welsh League Cup | 24/03/83 | Merthyr Tydfil | 2–1 | Green, Griffiths | Unknown | Bridgend |
| 1983–84 | South Wales Senior Cup | 30/04/84 05/05/84 | Ton Pentre | 7–1 (H) 2–1 (A) | Redwood (3P), Foley (2), McNeil, Griffiths Redwood (P), Smith | Unknown Unknown | Barry Ton Pentre |
| 1986–87 | Welsh League Cup | 30/04/87 | AFC Cardiff | 2–0 | Waddle, Giles | Unknown | Maesteg |
| 1986–87 | South Wales Senior Cup | 18/05/87 21/05/87 | Ton Pentre | 2–0 (N) 2–1 (A) | Sullivan, Randall Dowd, Smith | Unknown Unknown | Cardiff Ton Pentre |
| 1987–88 | Welsh League Cup | 07/04/88 | Bridgend Town | 0–2 | N/A | Unknown | Ton Pentre |
| 1987–88 | South Wales Senior Cup | 07/05/88 14/05/88 | Cardiff City | 3–0 (H) 2–1 (A) | Davies (2), Preece Davies,Pontin | Unknown Unknown | Barry Cardiff |
| 1988–89 | Welsh League Cup | 09/05/89 | Haverfordwest County | 0–3 | N/A | Unknown | Ebbw Vale |
| 1991–92 | South Wales Senior Cup | 06/05/92 | Maesteg Park | 2–1 | Ph. Evans, R. John | 210 | Bridgend |
| 1993–94 | FAW Trophy | 07/05/94 | Aberaman Athletic | 2–1 | Sanderson, Threlfall | Unknown | Porth |
| 1993–94 | Welsh Cup | 15/05/94 | Cardiff City | 2–1 | D'Auria, Hough | 16,000 | Cardiff |
| 1993–94 | Welsh League Cup | 17/05/94 | Treowen Stars | 4–1 | Wimbleton (2), Sanderson (2) | Unknown | Bridgend |
| 1995–96 | Welsh Cup | 19/05/96 | Llansantffraid | 3–3 AET** | Lloyd,Pike,Bird | 3,500 | Cardiff |
| 1996–97 | League of Wales Cup | 10/05/97 | Bangor City | 2–2 AET* | Ryan (2) | 1,000 | Aberystwyth |
| 1996–97 | Welsh Cup | 18/05/97 | Cwmbran Town | 2–1 | Griffith (2) | 1,590 | Cardiff |
| 1997–98 | League of Wales Cup | 04/05/97 | Bangor City | 1–1 AET* | Jones (P) | 1,000 | Bangor |
| 1998–99 | League of Wales Cup | 03/05/99 | Caernarfon Town | 3–0 | Jones (3) | Unknown | Aberystwyth |
| 1998–99 | FAW Premier Cup | 23/05/99 | Wrexham | 2–1 | Perry, Barrow | 3,142 | Wrexham |
| 1999–00 | League of Wales Cup | 01/05/00 | Bangor City | 6–0 | Jones, P. Evans, Perry (2), Ja. Jenkins | Unknown | Aberystwyth |
| 2000–01 | League of Wales Cup | 07/05/01 | Caersws | 0–2 | N/A | 820 | Aberystwyth |
| 2000–01 | Welsh Cup | 25/05/01 | TNS | 2–0 | Moralee, Lloyd | 1,022 | Wrexham |
| 2001–02 | Welsh Cup | 05/05/02 | Bangor City | 4–1 | Moralee (2),French,Flynn | 2,560 | Aberystwyth |
| 2002–03 | Welsh Cup | 11/05/03 | Cwmbran Town | 2–2 AET* | Ramasut (P),Phillips | 852 | Llanelli |
| 2016–17 | League of Wales Cup | 21/01/17 | The New Saints | 0–4 | N/A | 1,116 | Cardiff |
| 2022-23 | WBS Cup, Southern | 10/04/23 | Briton Ferry Llansawel | 1-0 | Press | 926 | Trefelin |
| 2022-23 | WBS Cup, National | 29/04/23 | Colwyn Bay | 6-0 | Greening, Graham, McLaggon, K. Jones, McDonald, A. Lewis | 157 | Newtown |
Barry have played 27 competitive games in European club competitions; in theUEFA Champions League,UEFA Cup andCup Winners Cup. The team has won three full qualifying ties, defeating opposition from Latvia, Hungary and Azerbaijan, in addition to single victories againstFC Porto andVardar Skopje and draws withAberdeen,Valletta andCliftonville. The club has scored 22 goals in regular European play, as well as four shootout penalties. Their return to European football came in the summer of 2019, after an absence of 16 seasons. They followed this up with another European tie the following summer, this time against Faroese oppositionNSÍ Runavík whereKayne McLaggon became the first Barry player to score in Europe for 17 years.
| Season | Competition | Round | Date | Country | Club | Score | Scorers | Attendance | City/Town |
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| 1994–95 | European Cup Winners' Cup | Q | 11/08/94 25/08/94 |  | Žalgiris Vilnius | 0–1 0–6 | N/A N/A | 1,914 2,900 | Cardiff |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | 17/07/96 24/07/96 |  | Dinaburg | 0–0 2–1 | N/A Pike, T. Evans | 2,500 2,250 | Barry |
| 2Q | 06/08/96 20/08/96 |  | Budapest Vasutas | 1–3 3–1* | T. Evans Pike (P), O' Gorman, C. Evans | 2,000 2,500 | Budapest Barry | ||
| 1R | 10/09/96 24/09/96 |  | Aberdeen | 1–3 3–3 | Jones | 13,500 6,500 | Aberdeen Barry | ||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 23/07/97 30/07/97 |  | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–2 0–4 | N/A N/A | 12,000 2,380 | Kyiv Barry |
| 1998–99 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 22/07/98 29/07/98 | | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–8 1–2 | N/A | 11,800 890 | Kyiv Barry |
| 1999–00 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 13/07/99 21/07/99 |  | Valletta | 0–0 2–3 | N/A Sloan (2) | 2,005 2,996 | Barry |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | Q | 10/08/00 24/08/00 |  | Boavista | 0–2 0–3 | N/A N/A | 3,039 1,372 | Porto Barry |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 11/07/01 18/07/01 |  | FK Shamkir | 2–0 1–0 | York,French | 1,992 7,000 | Barry |
| 2Q | 25/07/01 01/08/01 | | FC Porto | 0–8 3–1 | N/A | 55,000 2,377 | Porto Barry | ||
| 2002–03 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 17/07/02 24/07/02 | | Skonto Riga | 0–5 0–1 | N/A N/A | 3,500 1,507 | Riga Barry |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 16/07/03 23/07/03 |  | Vardar Skopje | 0–3 2–1 | N/A | 5,000 1,400 | Skopje Barry |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | PR | 27/06/19 05/07/19 |  | Cliftonville | 0–0 0–4 | N/A N/A | 2,106 1,946 | Cardiff |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | PR | 20/08/20 |  | NSÍ Runavík | 1–5 | McLaggon | 0 | Toftir |
The club competed regularly in theFA Cup, prior to 1993. The table below denotes the occasions on which the team progressed through the qualifying rounds to the first round. Barry's sole second round appearance came in 1929 againstBrighton and Hove Albion, after a replay win overDagenham Town at theBoleyn Ground, home ofWest Ham United.
| Season | Date | Round | Country | Club | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
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| 1929–30 | 30/11/29 04/12/29 | 1 | | Dagenham Town | 0–0 1–0 | N/A Jones | Unknown 6,000 |
| 14/12/29 | 2 | | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–4 | Ward | Unknown | |
| 1934–35 | 24/11/35 | 1 | | Northampton Town | 0–1 | N/A | 5,327 |
| 1951–52 | 24/11/52 | 1 | | Newport County | 0–4 | N/A | 11,844 |
| 1961–62 | 04/11/62 07/11/62 | 1 | | Queen's Park Rangers | 1–1 0–7 | Sheffield N/A | 7,000 11,328 |
| 1984–85 | 17/11/84 | 1 | | Reading | 1–2 | Love | 3,850 |
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The club's Hall of Fame was established by the Barry Town Supporters Committee in the2011–12 season to celebrate the achievements of past players, managers and other influential figures. Further additions are set to be made each year.
| Year | Name | Position | Significant achievements | Years of service | Other notable clubs |
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| 2012–13 | Chris Mason | Defender | A POW in WW2, amassed 400+ appearances either side of war. | 1937–1951 | |
| 2012–13 | Ashley Griffiths | Defender | 22-year association, appearances in finals, Europe and FA Cup | 1973–2005 | Bristol Rovers |
| 2014–15 | James Wightman | Captain | First club captain and decorated victim of World War I. | 1913-14 | |
| 2012–13 | Neil O' Halloran | Various | Player, boss and chairman, launched an era of success | 1958–1996 | Newport County,Cardiff City |
| 2012–13 | Charlie Dyke | Right-wing | Welsh Cup winner in 1955, associated with club forty years on. | 1951–1964 | Chelsea |
| 2012–13 | The Batt Brothers | Various | John/"Percy" and Richard/"Dicky", the club's most famous siblings. | 1972–1980 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 2012–13 | Bill Bowen | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper, manager and secretary in inaugural era of success. | 1919–1927 | |
| 2012–13 | Derek Tapscott | Forward | Barry-born Welsh international who found fame with Arsenal. | 1949–1953 | Arsenal,Cardiff City |
| 2011–12 | Bill Jones | Manager | Manager in the golden 1950s, played before and after war. | 1934–1953 | Notts County,Worcester City |
| 2011–12 | Mark Ovendale | Goalkeeper | Record-setting keeper, 1000+ league minutes without conceding. | 1995–1998, 2003 | AFC Bournemouth,Luton Town |
| 2011–12 | Eifion Williams | Forward | Record signing, dynamic firstChampions League goalscorer. | 1997, 1999 | Torquay United,Hartlepool United |
| 2011–12 | Fred Whitlow | Forward | Three stints, with two-season spell of 13 hat-tricks and 100+ goals. | 1922–23, 24–25, 35–37 | Charlton Athletic,Exeter City |
| 2011–12 | Ernie Carless | Forward | Barry-born footballer and cricketer, played in four decades. | 1929–1953 | Cardiff City,Plymouth Argyle |
| 2011–12 | Dai Ward | Forward | Top marksman for eight seasons with over 300 goals. | 1926–1935 | Cardiff City,Newport County |
| 2011–12 | Johnny Gardner | Defender | 500+ appearances, including inFA Cup first and second rounds. | 1921–1932 | |
| 2011–12 | Clive Ayres | Forward | Goalscorer. 46 goals in one season and three straight hat-tricks. | 1972–1978 | Cheltenham Town |
| 2011–12 | Basil Bright | Manager | One-man dynasty as player/coach, signed many key players. | 1951, 1952–67, 1971–78 | Stoke City,Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2011–12 | Stan Richards | Forward | 130 goals in 174 outings, set scoring records everywhere. | 1952–1955 | Cardiff City,Swansea City |
| 2011–12 | Gwilym Cain | Forward | Dubbed 'Cannonball' for penalty prowess, scored over 150 goals. | 1947–1956, 1960 | Cardiff City,Haverfordwest County |
| 2011–12 | Stanley Cowie | Defender | Key part of Barry's onlySouthern League title-winning side. | 1920–1927 | Blackpool,Exeter City |
| 2012–13 | Steve Williams | Forward | Trophy-winning goalscorer, netting 166 times in 230 appearances. | 1982–85, 89–90, 94–95 | Bristol Rovers,Bideford |
| 2012–13 | Gary Barnett | Manager | Player-manager for European wins, brought passing philosophy | 1996–99 | Coventry City,Fulham |
| 2012–13 | Gary Lloyd | Defender | Free-kick specialist, with European appearances and Wales call-up | 1994–2003 | Llanelli,Carmarthen Town |
| 2012–13 | Ken Gully | Forward | Prolific Barry goalscorer in Welsh and English leagues alike. | 1960–65 | Kettering Town |
| 2012–13 | Mike Cosslett | Defender | Defender and coach, 40+-year association with the club. | 1974– | Aberystwyth Town,Weymouth |
| 2012–13 | Bobby Smith | Midfielder | True clubman, over 500+ outings across a 20-year stint. | 1975–94 | |
| 2013–14 | Billy Jennings | Manager | First Barrian to be capped for Wales, managed Barry twice. | 1930–49 | Bolton Wanderers,Cardiff City |
| 2013–14 | Derek Redwood | Defender | All-time leading penalty taker, won much silverware in the 1980s. | 1980s | |
| 2016–17 | George Green | Defender | International, Wembley goalscorer, first Welshman to play in Spain. | 1930s | Espanyol,Charlton Athletic |
| 2022–23 | Idris Niblett | Forward | Town's only Barry-born Welsh Cup Final goalscorer, netting three in 1955. | 1951-1962 | Cardiff City,Hereford United |
| 2017–18 | Dan Bradley | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper, Barry's all-time record Welsh League appearance holder. | 2006–2017 |
Barry Town United Women play in theAdran Premier League, the highest tier of league competition in Welsh women's football. They are also based atJenner Park Stadium.
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