# Barry Baggley

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.

## Early and personal life

Baggley is from the Turf Lodge area of Belfast. His father Barry Snr is an amateur football manager.

## Club career
### Youth career

Baggley began his career at Linfield and Glentoran, moving to English club Fleetwood Town in September 2018 following two trial periods.

### Fleetwood Town

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. In doing so he became Fleetwood's youngest ever league player, at the age of 17 years and 57 days. He was later praised by manager Joey Barton. In July 2021 he signed a new three-year contract with Fleetwood.
On 26 October 2021, Baggley joined National League side Altrincham on loan for one month. He scored on his debut for Altrincham against Solihull Moors, and returned to Fleetwood in November 2021 having made a further two appearances during the loan spell.
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.
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. He returned to Fleetwood Town in November 2024 following the end of his loan spell.

### St Patrick's Athletic

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. 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.

## International career

Baggley has represented Northern Ireland at youth level up to the under-21 level.

## Career statistics

    As of match played on 14 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Fleetwood Town | 2018–19 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2019–20 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2020–21 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2021–22 | League One | 7 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2022–23 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2023–24 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | 2024–25 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleetwood Town | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Altrincham (loan) | 2021–22 | National League | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Waterford (loan) | 2023 | LOI First Division | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Waterford (loan) | 2024 | LOI Premier Division | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2025 | LOI Premier Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 67 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 81 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 Appearance in EFL Trophy
* ↑ 1 appearance in Munster Senior Cup and 4 appearances in 2023 League of Ireland First Division Playoffs
* ↑ Appearance(s) in the Leinster Senior Cup