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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Ian Johnson

    Looking back at Barry Town's UEFA Cup first leg match against Aberdeen (opens the original)

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    Thirty years ago, in 1996, Barry Town travelled north to Scotland to face Aberdeen in the UEFA Cup First Round, writes Ian Johnson. A few years earlier, Aberdeen, under the management of Alex Ferguson, had won the European Cup Winners’ Cup as well as three Scottish Premiership titles. In front of a 13,600 crowd, including 300 from Barry, Town’s first eleven included Mark Ovendale in goal, Phil Johnson, Gary Lloyd, Ian French and Andrew York at the back, Colin Loss, Darren Ryan, Richard Jones and

  2. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Ian Johnson

    Thirty years on - Barry Town's win against Budapest Vasutas (opens the original)

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    BARRY TOWN 3 BVSC 1 (4-4 aggregate, Barry win 4-2 on penalties) One of Barry’s biggest European nights happened thirty years ago, when Barry knocked out Hungarians, Budapest Vasutas, 4-2 on penalties, to reach the UEFA Cup first round against Aberdeen. League of Wales Champions in 1996, Barry had already defeated FC Dinaburg of Latvia to reach the second preliminary round of the competition. Barry were then drawn against Budapest Vasutas Sport Club, a team full of Hungarian internationals, who h

  3. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Ian Johnson

    The night Barry Town FC defied the odds to beat Porto (opens the original)

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    This weekend marks 25 years since one of the biggest results in Barry’s history – a 3-1 home victory over Portuguese giants Porto in August 2001, beating the club who would go on to win the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) the following season, and the Champions League the season after that. Barry had already achieved one of their best European outcomes, with home and away victories over FC Shamkir of Azerbaijan in the Champions League first round, and were drawn to face Porto in the Champions Leagu

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