Barwell Football Club is a football club based in Barwell, near Hinckley in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Kirkby Road.
The club was established in 1992 as a merger of Hinckley of the Midland Combination Premier Division and Barwell Athletic of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division; the new club took Hinckley's place in the Midland Combination.
In 1994 Barwell were founder members of the Midland Alliance. They won the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup in 1996âÂÂ97 and the League Cup in 2005âÂÂ06, beating Leamington 3âÂÂ1 in the final. After finishing as runners-up in 2008âÂÂ09, they won the league the following season, earning promotion to Division One South of the Northern Premier League. Their first season in the division saw them win the title, earning promotion to step three of the National League System. Instead of playing in the Northern Premier League's Premier Division, the club were moved to the Premier Division of the Southern League. However, two seasons later, they were transferred back to the Northern Premier League.
In 2015âÂÂ16 Barwell reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 2âÂÂ0 at home to Welling United. The following season saw them win the Leicestershire and Rutland Challenge Cup, beating Coalville Town 3âÂÂ1 in the final. The club was transferred to the Premier Division Central of the Southern League at the end of the 2017âÂÂ18 season as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid.
The club play at Kirkby Road in Barwell. The sports complex also incorporates bowling facilities and a cricket pitch, which was once used for first class matches. Floodlights were installed prior to the 1992âÂÂ93 season, and a number of seats were obtained from the old main stand at Leicester City's Filbert Street ground. A new covered stand to accommodate five hundred spectators was built prior to the 1996âÂÂ97 season. Towards the end of the 2000âÂÂ01 season, a new 256 seater cantilever stand was erected, and the club have made further improvements to allow them to progress up the pyramid. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,500, of which 256 is seated and 750 covered.