Barton FC

Barton
Full name	Barton
Founded	1884
Ground	Allend Road, England
Manager	Peter Gray (1984-85)
League	First Division

Barton are a fictional football team in the Bristish comic Champ. It first appeared in 1983-84 in the We are United strip. Club’s nickname is The Eagles.

History

The club won the 4 league titles with the first being in 1903. Last title was the League Cup in 1970. For the first half of the 1970s Barton dominated English football: 1970 League Cup, 1971 and 1975 FA Cup, 1973 league. But since then Barton have struggled. They dropped into the Second Division in 1976 and took them 8 years to return. In 1983/84 they won promotion with United (4 points up from United with 2 wins over them with 2-0). They had conceded only 27 goals in 37 games, the best record in the second division (by 28/04/84), a superb defence marshalled by ex England sweeper Colin Thomson.

Barton were an opponent for Riverton United, playing in the First Divsion in 1984/85. Danger man was veteran winger Alex Speedy Brady and free-scoring striker Jim Gardiner in 84/85. By January 1985 they both have scored 22 goals. In 83/84 they had scored 30 goals.

Honours

Note that all records are fictional, as of the 1984/85 season.

League

First Division: 4 titles
- 1903, 1923, 1963, 1973
Second First Division:
- Runners up: 1984

Cups

FA Cup: 4
- 1952, 1960, 1971, 1975
League Cup: 1
- 1970 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Colours and kits

The club colours were blue and white.

Stadium

Villa played at Alliend Road.

Records

Note that all records are fictional, as of the 1984/85 season.

Highest record fee paid: £900,000 for Paul Farnes in 1981
Highest record fee received: £700,000 for Billy Giles in 1980

Notable players

Paul Farnes
Billy Giles
Alex Speedy Brady
Jim Gardiner
Colin Thomson

Notable managers

Peter Gray

Sources

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Notes

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