Club History

Barmond United were formed in April 2007 to provide an opportunity to play football for children who were not always being given a fair opportunity with other clubs in the Stevenage area.

Many people have asked where the name Barmond Utd comes from and the answer is quite simple. At the time the Club was formed there were no youth football teams in Stevenage with United in their name, so this was the first decision made. Most of the areas of the town are already utilised in clubs names (Pin Green, Bedwell, Broadhall etc) so a slightly different approach was required. Most of the players from the then U14 squad attended Barclay School and the U9's had played for the last 2 seasons at Almond Hill school. Merging the 2 school names together Bar(clay) (Al)mond resulted in Barmond.

In season 2007/8 two teams were entered into the Royston Crow Youth Football League. The U9's played non-competitive Saturday fixtures in Division F and although they didn't win a huge number of matches, they played with great spirit and desire to improve their footballing ability and always attempted to play a passing game.

The U14's played in Division 4 and were eliminated from the League and County Cups at the first hurdle. The first win of the season did not come until February, but when it did it was swiftly followed by 3 more. Eventually, the side finished 11th out of 13 teams.

Season 2008/9 saw the U9's move to U10 football, including the transition to playing on Sundays in competitive football, where results are kept and league tables published. The U15's moved into Division 3 in the new season as the league consolidated into just 3 divisions and games progressed to 40 minutes each way on full size pitches. Both teams started slowly, but gradually began to accumulate points which enabled them to progress up the table, although our interests in League and County Cups did not extend beyond our first matches.

For season 2009/10 an additional team to the existing two was started, enabling the underage players from the previous season's U10 team to continue playing mini-soccer at their own age. They had a very good first season, becoming the first team from the club to win a cup match when they won a League Cup First Round tie. A sixth place finish in the League didn't really reflect how close fought almost all their games had been. There was a big transition for the U11's as they moved up to 11-a-side football, initially with only 10 players and despite losing all matches except one draw, the season finished with a squad of 17 players. The U16's continued in Division 3 and had an excellent record against the top 3 teams in the division but eventually finished 5th.

2010/11 sees the three teams continue while Tim Parker and Mat Baldwin join the Club, bringing 2 additional teams at U8 and U10.