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Barnsley Town
Full name	Barnsley Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Kestrels
Founded	2023
Ground	Shafton Park, Shafton
League	Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two
	Home colours
	Home colours

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Barnsley Town is a football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

History[edit]

Barnsley Town were founded in 2023.^[1]

Colours and badge[edit]

Barnsley Town's home kit consists of an orange shirt with black shorts and black socks.

The club badge features a white rose in reference to their home county of Yorkshire.^[2] The badge also features crossed pickaxes due to the history of coal mining in the Barnsley area.^[3]

Stadium[edit]

The club play their home games at Shafton Park, located in Shafton, Barnsley.^[4]

Current squad[edit]

2023-24 season^[5]

Richard Alderson
Taylor Armitage
Connor Asquith
Jordan Bond
Ryan Brammer
Louis Butcher
Connah Caddick
Kai Clarke
Liam Egan
Daniel Freer
Luke Fry
Robbie Gainey
Patrick Gant
Owen Gladwell
Jordan Guy
Mitchell Haigh
Liam Holderness
Taylor Jenkins
Cameron Keenan
Dale Land
Matthew Love
Joshua Lovell
Brendan Lowe

Scott McCartney
Blade McNicholas
Joshua Metcalfe
Owen Moule
Ross Nowodny
Nathan Owen-Hill
Kane Reece
Aaron Reynolds
Alex Richardson
Callum Richardson
Levi Ripley
Wade Ripley
Matthew Robson
Kane Sanderson
Zak Sanderson
Bradley Simpson
Zack Speight
Thomas Street
Daniel Taylor
Fabian Tykfer
Jonathon Wilson
Rhys Wilson
Jack Wroe

Records[edit]

League victory: 2-20 v Thurcroft, 7 October 2023

Record goalscorer: Connor Asquith - 28 goals

References[edit]

[1] "Another Barnsley Town want fast progress with Reds' blessing".

[2] "White Rose of York".

[3] "Mining in the United Kingdom".

[4] ttps://twitter.com/BarnsleyTownFC/status/1692820083796570296

[5] "Barnsley Town | EV2 Sportswear Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League".

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