Barton Town Old Boys FC were formed at the start of the 1995/96 season
as a result of the almalgamation of the two longest established and
most successful clubs in the town of Barton Upon Humber, Barton Town
FC and Barton Old Boys FC.
Barton Town FC had been in existance for over 100 years, being fulfilled
in 1880 and playing out of their Marsh Lane Ground, still the home of
the new club, since 1927. "Town" were one of the founder members
of the Lincolnshire League, winning it in 1960/62 before embarking on
its golden era over the following 2 decades in the Midland League and
in particular the Yorkshire League. They returned to the Lincolnshire
League in the early 1980's winning the first division title in 1981./82.The
club remained in the league for the next 10 years before dropping out.
Barton Old Boys FC had been a member of the Scunthorpe & District
League since 1959, boasting 2 sides in the 1st and 2nd divisions. Over
the 10 year perios from the mid 80's "Old Boys" were the most
consistantly successful team in the league, culminating in the 1994/95
season with the at the time unique achievement of winning all four major
Scunthorpe League competitions. In order to progress the two clubs mergered
and started the 1995/96 season in the Lincolnshire League.
After a disastrous start the new Barton Town Old Boys FC finished a
very creditable 4th and won the County Senior B Cup. 1996/97 saw the
teams fortunes peak as they won the League and Challenge double since
then another County Cup triumph and two more Challenge Cup titles have
been added to the list of honours.
After 5 highly successful and enjoyable seasons in the Lincolnshire
League things were starting to become stale, on and off the pitch, so
the decision was made to move into the newly formed Humber Premier League
for the 2000/02 season. Despite being the only club from South of the
Humber, the team performed creditably, finishing third in the new league.
However the decision was taken to move on again to enable the club
to get a foot on the ladder of the Football Pyramid. Consequently Barton
Town Old boys joined the Central Midlands League for the start of the
2001/02 season. The club finished runners up in the Premier Division,
gaining promotion to the Supreme Division.
