The club has arranged two further friendlies both at home:
Tuesday July 22nd vs Redbridge – Kick-off 7:45pm
Tuesday July 29th vs Ilford - Kick-off 7:45pm

Below is the complete list:
July
Saturday 19th home to Brentwood Town – Kick-off 3pm
Tuesday 22nd home to Redbridge – Kick-off 7:45pm
Saturday 26th home to Beckenham Town – Kick-off 3pm
Tuesday 29th home to Ilford – Kick-off 7:45pm
August
Saturday 2nd away to Dereham Town - Kick-off 3pm

Another home friendly has been confirmed - we will entertain for the second season running Brentwood Town. The Ryman Division 1 North side for the coming season will be managed by Carl Griffiths who played for the Blues last season.

The game will take place on Saturday July 19th kick-off 3pm

The club have arranged to play a pre-season friendly against Dereham Town. Dereham finished last season fourth in the Ridgeon's Premier league and will be the first occasion that we have met them in any competition. The game will be played on Saturday August 2nd kick off 3pm.  Dereham play at Aldiss Park and their full address is:
Aldiss Park
Norwich Road
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 3PX

Dereham’s website can be found by clicking here

Our first pre-season friendly has been confirmed. We will entertain Beckenham Town of the Kent League Premier Division on Saturday July 26th. Beckenham last season finished third in the KLPD taking 70 points from 32 games and only losing four matches all season. The match will kick off at 3pm.

Beckenham's website can be found by clicking here

Despite their final game of the season not taking place the Reserves did receive mementos as recognition in finishing runners up in the EHBCC. Photographer Lorraine Marraige kindly came along and took a number of individual and team line-up photos. These can be found by clicking here

We would like to thank Lorraine Marriage for coming along to Mayesbrook Park on April 26th and wish her well with her future photographic ambitions.

As a club we are aware of our roots and the forerunners of the current team. Recently on E-bay a fixture card for Barking Working Lads Institute season 1898-99 surfaced and was purchased by our Press Officer Derek Pedder. It was Barking Institute (as they were then known) who assumed the mantle of the town's senior football team in 1900 taking over from Barking Woodville and from March 1901 played their matches at the Vicarage Field.

Despite its age, the card is in good condition and thankfully the majority of results have been dutifully recorded. The BWLI team competed in two competitions the LF (London Federation) of Boys Clubs and the Leyton League. It would appear from the results of 18 league games played, 16 were won with two being "scratched", included in the scores were two that stand out – two of 16-0 and another of 13-0 and it would appear that they were well placed to win the Leyton league. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find any league tables to confirm this – however, the following season (1899-1900) they were indeed Leyton League champions. On the front page of the card two honours are listed which indicate that the BWLI side was in existence for season 1897-98. The results have now been incorporated into the archive section of this website.

To view the front of the card click here
To view the fixture list click here

We are always interested in archive items relating to the club and to complete a number of missing records that we have. Of particular interest at the moment are team line-ups from prior to season 1969-70 and team photos
from days gone by.
If anybody has any press cuttings, photos or other material they would like to lend or donate we will be happy to hear from you. Please e-mail archive@barking-fc.co.uk for further details.

The Reserves were unable to play their final league game of the season against Billericay Town as the opposition were unable to fulfill the fixture. We heard this week that the official result will be recorded as 0-0 draw but three points will be awarded to Barking. Thankfully this had no bearing on our clinching second place with 70 points, ten behind champions Heybridge Swifts.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Manager John Bowling and his Assistants Steve Toms and Michael Thompson for all their hard work since assuming responsbibilty for the Reserves last November. Also, as John and Steve have decided to move on we wish them well with their future endeavors.

The club is pleased to announce their team management line-up for the forthcoming season:
First Team – Manager: Dave Ross, Assistant Managers: Steve Munday and Bert Hoyte, which is unchanged from, last season

Reserve Team – we are still to name a Manager. However, they will be assisted by Michael Thompson who contnues his association with the club.

We will also be fielding an Under 16 team – Stuart Cook will manage the team and he will be assisted by Michael Thompson and Dane Francis.

More details of the Under 16’s will appear here as they become available

Pre season training for the first team commences on Tuesday July 1st at 7pm – anybody interested in a trial for the first team should contact Dave Ross on 0795 8967116 – all welcome.

Barking Ladies held their second football festival last Sunday. Working alongside the Essex FA, Barking Ladies are promoting football for girls aged 9 and 10 in an effort to set up a local league for under 10 girls this coming September. Sharon Brownlie the Essex FA Football Development Manager for Barking and Dagenham and surrounding boroughs has been working hard to set up a local league ready for the start of the season. By holding these festivals (the last one was in April) it gets local girls interested in the game. Six teams played 4 x 4 football in Mayesbrook Park and all received a certificate from the Essex FA. The Ladies plan to hold another festival in July.

Any girl interested in joining in with the festivals should contact Debbie Moore on 07778 384478.