Issue 1 - A return home for Half-Back

The Half-BackDelivery Issue 1 - 24/10/17Your Football Manager Fix - A new eraa return home for half-backit’s a new era in the world of football as we enter anew season and times are changing in the vanarama na-tional football league. experienced from his previouscampaigns in italy and with salford city, half-back willbe returning home to south cumbria to take charge ofthe bluebirds. barrow afc with some mixed history in afootball deprived area were a club close to half-back’s heart....

Barrow afc: A look back in time Barrow AFC V Wolves in 1959 FA Cup action Barrow AFC a club steeped in football league history. Following their formation in 1901 they entered the Lancashire Combination division where they competed for 20 years before becoming a founder member of the Football League third division north. Following the Second World War Barrow were notably a club with no achievements in this division and eventually became a founding member of the Football League fourth division north. Barrow then hit financial dificulties and saw themselves be put up for re-election where they were replaced by Hereford united, seeing the Bluebirds slip back into the Northern Premier League. Years later they hit a purple patch under Ray Wilkie and Club Legend Colin Cowperth- waite (Club appearance and goal scoring leader) which saw them into the Vaux- hall Conference. In 1990 Barrow won their first major honour as they won the FA trophy at Wembley. In more recent times Barrow became the first club to win the FA trophy at the Old Wembley and New Wembley when securing the trophy in 2010. Barrow now sit in a competitive Vanarama National League....The story to be continued at Holker Street. The home of Barrow AFC since 1901. Can Half-Back bring the success for Dallas born owner Paul Casson?Page 2

Half-Back: So why Barrow AFC?Growing up in South Cumbria as a kid, professional football was not the mostaccessible with the nearest teams being Carlisle United and Morecambe, bothof which weren’t actually that nearby. Half-Back played his trade as a youngsterfor nearby town, GSK Ulverston Rangers. Funnily enough in this tale, Ulverstonwere one of the leading teams in the area and made regular trips to Holker Street(Barrow AFC’s ground) for cup finals prior to Half-Back joining. A resurgence inother teams and age brackets changing saw Ulverston fail to make it for a fewyears until finally Half-Back got his chance and netted a brace to secure the cup for Ulverston Rangers at Holker Street.The time came when Half-Back was too old for junior football and he progressedonto Senior Football where he found himself at Cartmel & District AFC Reserves.Irrelevant you say? Funnily enough this was the home team of Barrow AFC leg-end Colin Cowperthwaite who also happened to manage the team. Colin men-tored Half-Back before Half-Back stepped out playing and into management...Skip a few years on, many countries and many teams later and Half-Back re-turns to South Cumbria, with Barrow AFC at Holker Street. Can he bring pro-fessional football to South Cumbria and upgrade Holker Street, the very ground where he had once scored? Page 3

The Half-BackDelivery Issue 1 - 24/10/17and in other news...targetsbring professional footballto south cumbriawin the fa trophy for a thirdtimebuild a new stadiumbecome a club legendPlease interact with us on twitter at @The_half_Back