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BARNET FOOTBALL CLUB AT THE BARNET MUSEUM

By Christopher Nash

Having brought his Peterborough team down the week before, Barry Fry rolled back into town on Friday night to support his favourite club, by opening the new Barnet Football Club exhibition at the town museum.

After speeches by the museum curator and KBA chair Janet Matthewson, Fry was left to do the honours and declare it open - albeit after a slight delay as his scissors were blunt.

The exhibition charts the 115-year history of the club from the nineteenth century to the present day. Older supporters may remember the 1946 Amateur Cup final, the matchball of which is here. Even older ones, the Barnet Alston fans of 1912 might chuckle at the teamsheets - they request supporters not to litter the terraces with their programmes! The memorabilia isn't all ancient though. There is plenty to interest the younger fan, my favourite being the giant fluffy bee.

The display shows how Barnet Football Club have been an integral part of our town and borough for over a century, and so it is only fitting that club should have their place in the museum. Many thanks should go to the museum staff for housing it, just one of several fantastic exhibitions on show here.

The museum is located at 31 Wood Street, not far from Barnet Church. The opening hours are as follows:

Tuesday to Thursday: 2.30- 4.30pm
Saturday: 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2.00 - 4.00pm

The Barnet FC display runs until October and entry is free. So when you are next in town, take a look back at the history of the club and here's hoping that the next hundred years are just as good as the last.