The Town is delighted to announce the signing of Ryan Kavanagh. 21 year old Ryan joins from his boyhood club Cardiff City where he played his football from the age of 7.
A dynamic midfielder, Ryan will compliment hugely the skill set of midfielders already at the club and we’re excited to see him in a Barry Town shirt.
Ryan’s home and away shirt are now available to sponsor.
Barry Town United is delighted to announce the signing of Robbie Willmott subject to International Clearance.
A Versatile midfielder Robbie will be well known for his time at EFL neighbours Newport County where he spent 9 seasons making a staggering 292 appearances.
The 34 year old was a huge part of the Exiles incredible run to the Emirates FA Cup fifth round during the 2018-2019 season where he scored important goals and created assists against Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.
Willmott started his career in the academies of Buntingford Town and Cambridge United. In 2007, at the age of 17, he made his debut for the U’s in the then-Conference Premier.
Over five seasons and two spells – with two seasons and 67 appearances at Luton Town in between – he made 139 appearances for Cambridge.
Robbie’s home and away shirt are both now available for sponsorship.
Barry Town United is delighted to announce that NAPA Auto Parts will continue as one of our key club sponsors for the 2024/25 season.
Formerly known as LDS Motors, NAPA Auto Parts has been an integral part of Barry Town for over a decade. Deeply embedded in our local community, they are a global leader in automotive parts.
Chairman Mark Barrett commented: “We are extremely pleased to welcome NAPA Auto Parts to the club for another season. Their contribution and support to the club over the last ten years under the LDS brand has made a significant impact both on our club and the local community. We look forward to further developing our relationship with the parent brand Napa and rolling out new exciting initiatives in the future.”
Adam McNaney – UK Group Marketing Manager – NAPA Auto Parts commented – “ We recognise the community feel Barry Town United has created in the local area and servicing the local market is what NAPA Auto Parts values at its core. We feel this is a great partner to have on board and look forward to building this partnership in the future.“
Barry Town United is delighted to welcome winger Rhys Schwank to the club. Town’s new number 11 becomes our fifth summer signing ahead of the 2024/25 Cymru Premier Season.
Youngster Rhys joins the club from Abergavenny Town and has worked under Stephen Jenkins previously at Cardiff City.
Rhys is a naturally gifted quick player, whose sharpness and speed makes him a danger out wide.
Rhys grabbed 12 goals in 26 games for Abergavenny last season and has been on the clubs radar since for some time.
Welcome to the club Rhys.
Barry Town United is delighted to welcome new midfielder Eliot Richards to the club
The Town’s new number 8 becomes the 4th summer signing ahead of the upcoming 2024/25 Cymru Premier Season.
32 year old Eliot joins the club from Pen-y-Bont and brings much experience to the squad as he boasts Bristol Rovers, Hereford, Barnet, Merthyr Town and Pontypridd United amongst his former clubs.
The former Wales U21 International will bring a wealth of experience to the Town, and Eliot is looking forward to the challenge as well as working with Stephen Jenkins once again.
Welcome to the club, Eliot.
Barry Town’s Phase One league campaign gets underway on Saturday 10 August at home against Bala
The Town’s JD Cymru Premier season 2024/25 begins at Jenner Park against Bala on Saturday 10 August in a 2:30pm kick-off.
The festive period sees the club at home against Penybont on Boxing Day in a 12:30pm kick-off, while New Year’s Day takes us away to Briton Ferry.
Phase One will conclude at home on Saturday 11 January with a visit from Haverfordwest County.
24 year old Liam becomes our second summer signing ahead of the 2024/25 Cymru Premier Season.
Barry Town United are delighted to welcome Goalkeeper Liam Armstrong to the club. 24 year old Liam becomes our second summer signing ahead of the 24/25 Cymru Premier Season.
Our new number 25 will be an exciting addition to the Town’s squad having played professionally at Bristol Rovers
Liam also enjoyed a respectable career at Gloucester City with loans at Swindon Supermarine, Bristol Cleeves and most recently Corsham Town where Liam won the Hellenic League Challenge Cup.
Liam has previously worked with goalkeeper coach Matthew James and is excited for the new challenge the Town can offer him.
Welcome to our club, Liam.
29 year old Josh becomes our first summer signing ahead of the 2024/25 Cymru Premier Season.
Barry Town United are delighted to welcome Central Defender Josh Yorwerth to the club. 29 year old Josh becomes our first summer signing ahead of the 24/25 Cymru Premier Season.
The former Wales U21s International will add much experience to the Town’s squad having played professionally at Ipswich, Crawley and Peterborough United.
Josh spent last season at Penybont and Merthyr Town. The Bridgend born centre-back and Town’s new number 6 began his career at Cardiff City and can be described as a gifted player.
All at the club are excited to see what Josh can achieve in a Barry Town shirt.
Welcome to our club Josh.
Barry Town’s retained players list for the upcoming 2024-25 Cymru Premier season is as follows
Retained players:
Mike George
Callum Huggins
Ollie Hulbert
Aiden Lewis
Kayne McLaggon
Keenan Patten
Evan Press
Luc Rees
Will Richards
Drew Perrett
Callum Sainty
Sam Snaith
And with thanks to players who have now departed the club:
Ben Blythe (end of loan)
Jordan Cotterill
Rhys Davies
Chris Hugh
Mike Lewis
Lee Lucas
Curtis MacDonald
Lucas Tomlinson
Jamie Veale
We appreciate the effort and commitment to all those players.
The squad returns to training next week and new signings will be made over the coming weeks.
You can see the lads in action in our upcoming pre-season friendlies:
6 July: Oxford City (3pm at RAW Charging Stadium, Oxford)
13 July: Yate Town (2:30pm at Jenner Park)
16 July: TBC (7:45pm at Jenner Park)
20 July: Newport County (2:30pm at Jenner Park)
23 July: Hereford Pegasus (7:45pm at Old School Lane, Hereford)
27 July: Swansea City U21s (2:30pm at Jenner Park)
Following 8 very successful years with Barry Town, Chris Hugh will depart the club
Chris, a pivotal signing in the summer of 2016, made 218 appearances, scored 14 goals, lifted 4 trophies, secured 2 promotions and qualified for European football on two occasions.
Chris also enjoyed a successful Futsal career, where he captained the Wales national side – scoring the winning goal for Wales in a 3-2 away win over Sweden in Visby in 2017.
Of course, Chris also frequently represented his club at Wales ‘C’ level, and was first selected for Wales ‘C’ duty in March 2018 – in a match against England at Jenner Park.
His competitive debut for Barry was in the 2-0 league win over Undy Athletic on 18th August 2016 at Jenner Park. Winning promotion to the Cymru Premier for 2017-18, Chris featured in our first league win over The New Saints in over 18 years.
Our 1-0 victory on 4 November 2017 was a long time coming, following our previous victory in Llansantffraid over the then named Total Network Solutions way back in August 1999.
Indeed, Hugh’s eight away matches at Park Hall include our two victories, and the three 2-2 draws.
Chris has been an ever present player at Left Back during his time, scoring some wonderful goals. Not only an exceptional footballer but a fantastic person who is idolised at our club.
Seen by many as the best left back at the club since Gary Lloyd, it’s a pleasure to call him one of our own.
Thanks for everything Chris, we have been blessed to have you at our club for so long.
A presentation will be made to Chris at tonight’s awards evening; you can purchase tickets here for an opportunity to say goodbye.
Watch: Chris Hugh with the assist for Kayne McLaggon’s goal as we topped the table in December 2018.