Barnet

Barnet are north London's proudest non-league survivors, a black and amber club from Chipping Barnet whose giant-killing spirit and community loyalty have kept them alive for well over a century. Founded in 1888 and reconstituted as Barnet FC in 1919, the Bees spent decades as one of England's top non-league sides before earning Football League status in 1991 under the charismatic Barry Fry. The old Underhill Stadium, tucked into a sloped hillside in north London, became one of the most loved and atmospheric grounds in English non-league football.

Founded in 1888 and reconstituted in 1919, Barnet FC compete in the English Football League. Their home is the Hive Stadium in Edgware, north London. Key honours include 7 Athenian League titles, 1 FA Amateur Cup (1946), and Football Conference championships that earned their League Football place under Barry Fry.

Barnet's black and amber combination is one of the most distinctive in non-league and lower-league English football, a colour scheme consistent since 1919. The amber and black stripes carry a real working-class north London identity, fitting for a club that earned its Football League place the hard way through the Conference. Their early 1990s kits, worn as the Bees made the step up to the League for the first time, are fondly remembered by supporters as shirts that captured a genuinely historic moment for the club.