- Which player holds the club
record for scoring the most League goals in a
season?
• Jimmy Shankly, 39 in Division
Three (North) in 1933-34
- Who is the club's record
goalscorer in the Football League?
• Billy Gordon, 145 between
1949-58
- Which club played their first
ever Football League match at Holker Street in the
1960s?
• Oxford United
- Who was the manager who led the
club to promotion to Division Three in 1966-67?
• Don McEvoy
- Who were Barrow's first opponents
in Division Three in the 1967-68 season?
• Bury
- Who kept goal for Leicester
City in their FA Cup Third Round tie at Holker St in
1968?
• Peter Shilton
- Who were Barrow's last home
League opponents in May 1972?
• Brentford
- Who holds the club record
for the number of Football League appearances?
• Brian Arrowsmith
- Who was the club's last
manager in the Football League?
• Jack Crompton
- Who was Barrow's first
player-manager in the Northern Premier League in
1972?
• Peter Kane
- Who kept goal in Barrow's
first ever Northern Premier League fixture?
• Harry Thompson
- Who scored Barrow's first ever
goal in the Northern Premier League?
• Steve Calvert
- Who were Barrow's first ever
opponents in the FA Trophy?
• Radcliffe Borough
- How many times have Barrow
conceded over a hundred league goals in a season in
non-League football?
• Once (1972-73)
- Name the two Vickers Sports
Club strikers who joined Barrow in 1973.
• Moxham and Quinn
- Which club did Ian McDonald
join when he left Barrow in 1973?
• Workington
- Which Welsh club did Barrow
defeat in the FA Trophy First Round in the 1973-74
season?
• Pwllheli
- Name the former Spennymoor United
winger who joined the club in 1975?
• Alan Cook
- Where was Barrow's biggest
defeat in the Northern Premier League?
• 8-0 at Boston United in
1976
- What was the first season
Barrow reached the First Round of the FA Cup since
becoming a non-League club and who were the
opponents?
• 1976-77 Goole Town
- Who was Barrow's top goalscorer
in Colin Cowperthwaite's first season (1977-78)?
• Rob Thomas
- How long was David Hughes
manager during the 1977 close season?
• Two days
- Who were Barrow's first
opponents in the Alliance Premier League?
• Yeovil Town
- Which club did Glen Skivington
join in the summer of 1980?
• Derby County
- Which club ended Barrow's
seventeen match unbeaten League run in 1983-84?
• South Liverpool
- Barry Knowles was transferred
to which club in 1984?
• Wigan Athletic
- When did Brian Kidd take over as
Barrow manager?
• December 1984
- From which club did Kevin
Proctor join Barrow in October 1985?
• Dalton United
- When was Ray Wilkie appointed
manager of Barrow?
• March 1986
- From which club did Mark Dobie
join Barrow in October 1987?
• Penrith
- Which goalkeeper joined
Barrow from Altrincham in 1987?
• Jeff Wealands
- From which club did Danny
Wheatley join Barrow AFC?
• Tow Law Town
- How many games did Barrow play
in the Northern Premier League between 14 April and 2 May
1988?
• Eleven
- Who beat the club on penalties
in the NPL Cup Final in 1988?
• Goole Town
- Where did Barrow clinch the 1989
Northern Premier League title?
• The Oval, Caernarfon Town
- How many times did Barrow
reach the final of the Lancashire Trophy in the
1980s?
• Three
- Which goalkeeper returned to
the club in 1990 as cover for Peter McDonnell?
• Lee Copeland
- Which striker joined the club
from Gateshead in 1991?
• Keith McNall
- To which club was Kenny Lowe
transferred in January 1991?
• Barnet
- Who joined Altrincham in part
exchange for John Brady and Paul Rowlands?
• Tony Chilton
- Who replaced Graham Heathcote
as manager in 1992?
• Richard Dinnis
- Which local goalkeeper made
his debut for Barrow in January 1993?
• Darren Hoyland
- From which club did Tony
Hesketh join Barrow as manager in 1994?
• Netherfield
- Name the Scottish club who
knocked Barrow out of the FA Cup in 1994-95.
• Gretna
- Which club knocked Barrow out
of the FA Trophy in both 1994-95 and 1995-96?
• Winsford United
- Who did the club play in the
Second Round of the FA Cup in December 1995?
• Wigan Athletic
- When did Tony Hesketh resign as
manager?
• March 1996
- What is the club's biggest
League victory in the 1990s and who was it
against?
• 7-0 against Knowsley United in
the first match of the 1995-96 season
- Which former Barrow goalkeeper
won a UEFA Cup Winners' medal?
• Tony Parkes
- Name the two Americans who have
played in goal for Barrow since 1972?
• Marine Cano (1975-76) and Jason
Pittman (1995-96)
Questions by Joanne Thornton
Originally appeared in various Holker St Newsletters in
April 1999
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