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| Full name | Barnet Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bees[1] | ||
| Founded | 1888 | ||
| Ground | The Hive Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 6,500 (5,419 seated)[2] | ||
| Chairman | Anthony Kleanthous | ||
| Head coach | Dean Brennan | ||
| League | National League | ||
| 2023–24 | National League, 2nd of 24 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Barnet Football Club (/ˈbɑːrnɪt/) is a professional association football club based in London Borough of Harrow, North West London. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in Chipping Barnet in 1888. From 1907 until 2013 they played their home matches at Underhill Stadium, then moved to the new Hive Stadium, which is named based on the club's nickname of "The Bees".
Barnet became founder members of the North London League in 1892 and had success at a local level before ceasing to exist in 1902. Two other clubs, Barnet Avenue and Alston Works, merged and entered the Athenian League as Barnet and Alston in 1912, becoming simply Barnet F.C. seven years later. Barnet spent 53 years in the Athenian League, winning seven league titles and one FA Amateur Cup title, before turning semi-professional as they entered the Southern League in 1965. Crowned Division One champions in 1965–66, they went on to win the Southern League Cup in 1972 and the Division One South title in 1976–77. Barnet became founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and initially struggled, though finished as runners-up after the league was renamed the Conference in 1986–87.
Barnet were first promoted to the Football League in 1991 after manager Barry Fry led them to the Conference title in 1990–91. Promoted out of the Third Division in 1992–93, they spent just one season in the third tier before being relegated. They were relegated back to the Conference in 2001, but returned to the Football League four years later after winning the 2004–05 Conference National title. They then spent the next eight seasons in League Two before being relegated to the Conference once again in 2013. In 2015, they returned to the Football League for a third time, after winning the 2014–15 Conference Premier title. However, they survived for just three seasons in League Two before suffering another relegation in 2018.
- ^ "FA Cup first round: Guide to the 31 non-league teams taking part". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Stadium". Barnet F. C. Retrieved 10 January 2019.