Here are 10 things about Barrow Raiders
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1, Formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club, the club is the oldest of the current professional sports teams in Cumbria.

2, Barrow have reached the Challenge Cup final on 5 occasions, winning only once in 1955 v Workington Town
1938 – Lost to Salford 4-7, 1951 – Lost to Wigan 0-10
1955 – Won against Workington 21-12, 1957 – Lost to Leeds 7-9
1967 – Lost to Featherstone 12-17

3, Willie Horne played 461 matches for Barrow, scoring 113 tries and 739 goals which was the club record, until it was surpassed by Darren Holt.

4, Most tries in a season: 50 by Jimmy Lewthwaite in 1956–57.

5, Lancashire Cup Winner, 1954-55, 1982-83.

6, Barrow have played at 3 ground,
1883–1914, Cavendish Park
1914–1931, Little Park
1931– Craven Park (7,600)

7, Barrow frist match at Little Park, was a 31–2 victory over Bramley.

8, On Saturday 27 October 1951 13,319 spectators were at Barrow to watch the home side beat New Zealand 9–5.

9, In 1973 saw Barrow appoint former player, Frank Foster, as coach. He built a side which won the Second Division championship in 1975–76 and reached a John Player Trophy final in 1981 only to lose 5–12 to Warrington.

10, Most goals and points in a career: goals 1,036, points 2,403 by Darren Holt

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11. They featured in the second ever live rugby league game I saw. They won't thank me for reminding them that they were the first team to lose to Prescot Panthers for something like a year. The one Barrow fan looked on in dismay, the rest of us in disbelief.