| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry Thomas Crowe [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 2002 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Linfield | ||
| 2018 | Glentoran | ||
| 2018–2019 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Altrincham (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Waterford (loan) | 30 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Waterford (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2025– | St Patrick's Athletic | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Northern Ireland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Northern Ireland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Northern Ireland U21 | 7 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:34, 30 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:59, 12 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Barry Thomas Crowe (born 11 January 2002), known as Barry Baggley, is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic.
Baggley is from the Turf Lodge area of Belfast. [4] His father Barry Snr is an amateur football manager. [4]
Baggley began his career at Linfield and Glentoran, [5] moving to English club Fleetwood Town in September 2018 following two trial periods. [4]
After initially playing for the club's youth team, Baggley made his senior debut for Fleetwood Town on 9 March 2019, appearing as a late substitute in a 2–0 league defeat away at Walsall. [6] [7] In doing so he became Fleetwood's youngest ever league player, at the age of 17 years and 57 days. [8] He was later praised by manager Joey Barton. [9] In July 2021 he signed a new three-year contract with Fleetwood. [10]
On 26 October 2021, Baggley joined National League side Altrincham on loan for one month. [11] He scored on his debut for Altrincham against Solihull Moors, [12] and returned to Fleetwood in November 2021 having made a further two appearances during the loan spell. [13]
In January 2023, he was loaned out to Fleetwood's sister club Waterford for a season long loan until the end of their League of Ireland First Division campaign in November. [14] [15] After returning to Fleetwood Town and featuring in a friendly against Waterford, it was announced on 18 January 2024 that Baggley would be returning to Waterford on a second loan spell for their 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division season following their promotion. [16] He returned to Fleetwood Town in November 2024 following the end of his loan spell. [17]
On 3 December 2024, it was announced that Baggley had signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. [18] [19] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 January 2025, in a 2–1 win at home to Bray Wanderers in the Leinster Senior Cup. [20] On 10 July 2025, Baggley made the first appearance in European competition of his career in a 1–0 win over Hegelmann of Lithuania in the UEFA Conference League at Richmond Park. [21]
Baggley has represented Northern Ireland at youth level up to the under-21 level. [5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fleetwood Town | 2018–19 [6] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 [22] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 [23] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 [24] | League One | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 [25] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 [26] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 [26] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Altrincham (loan) | 2021–22 [24] | National League | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Waterford (loan) | 2023 [27] | LOI First Division | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 [b] | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Waterford (loan) | 2024 [27] | LOI Premier Division | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2025 [27] | LOI Premier Division | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [c] | 0 | 3 [d] | 1 | 35 | 1 | |
| Career total | 87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 108 | 5 | ||
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