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From the Manager GOOD EVENING ALL AND I HOPE EVERYONE IS KEEPING WELL AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURE WITH WREXHAM AT THE HIVE. I’D LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO ALL THE STAFF AND PLAYERS WHO HAVE MADE THE LONG TRIP DOWN TO NORTH LONDON THIS EVENING. I said it after the game last Tuesday, I don’t want the unfair red card decision to cloud over our faults in the early stages of the defeat to Yeovil. We’ve come out of the traps so slowly and that in the end set the tone for the match, on top of the fact we conceded two sloppy goals from set-pieces. I questioned the boy’s mentality when it comes to those situations and now, I want to see them answer those questions because we’ve worked tirelessly on the training ground to try to rectify those situations. But it means absolutely nothing to them, me or yourselves if come matchday we continue to make the same mistakes. You have been behind myself and the boys throughout this wretched run and I want nothing more than for our fans to have something positive to shout about. Wrexham are a very good side; they got a decent point down at Sutton on Saturday evening and will be very well drilled and organised this evening. We have to show how much we want it out there and match their efforts as a bare minimum. They of course harbour hopes of finishing in those play off places and we need to start to try to begin moving closer to the group immediately above us. It is by no means unachievable and I thank you for your continued support. All the best,

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From the Captain GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT’S FIXTURE WITH WREXHAM AFC. I want to welcome all of the players making the trip from our visitors this evening. It feels like De Ja Vu but yet again when it felt like we may have been able to turn a corner, we go back to square one with some pathetic performances in truth. We only have ourselves to blame for last week’s defeat to Yeovil Town, we concede from two sloppy set pieces to put us on the back foot right from the off. We of course got ourselves back into it with a good goal, before the red ultimately put us in a tricky position to try and find a way back into the game. However, there’s no excuse for the manor of the two goals we conceded, we have to take a long hard look at ourselves and put what we do in training into match action. The gaffer has us well drilled and we have all the tools in place to succeed so it’s down to us to show everyone we can do it. Wrexham are going well and tonight is another really tricky game, they are going to come thick and fast between now and the end of this month. We know we have the quality to go out there and make a game of it, so it’s important that we go and do that. Talk is cheap and we have to start doing our talking with our performances, which has to restart tonight. There’s a long way to go, but if we’re going to turn this round we have to start now. Please stick with us, like you always have and we’ll do everything to turn our fortunes around. Thanks for your support!

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HARTLEPOOL POSTCARD Growing up in Leeds with a Mum who’s from the North East, away days at Hartlepool have a special place in my childhood memories because they’ve been so easy for us to get to. I haven’t a clue when the first time I went was but in the last 15 years at least, I have certainly had a healthy number of trips. Hartlepool, like us, have been in both League Two and the National League, increasing our number of trips so at this point Victoria Park feels like a ‘comfort’ away day! We’ve had a large number of Tuesday night games at Hartlepool which were always an absolute blessing for us. The memory of spending my day at school excited for a drive up the A1 and A19 to sit in the cold for the evening is something I’m not sure many others can say! As Hartlepool is so close to us we usually have a trip to Redcar before or after the game for a pineapple ring and an ice-cream just to mark the feeling of properly being in the North East. Maybe much to my parent’s annoyance I insist on this trip regardless of the weather! Considering it’s an absolute trek from London, we have usually taken a pretty decent following and created a good atmosphere in the away end (although I could also be thinking that because they place us in quite a compact bit of the stand). However, there was one year in particular when our atmosphere was especially good and that was when Michael Nelson was playing for us. Nelse, like my Mum, is from Gateshead so a local lad to Hartlepool and when we were playing up that end of the country it was a nice opportunity for his family, friends and the kids he was coaching to come out and support him. They came in good numbers and the kids especially really added to make it a great atmosphere in our end. Probably the most special footballing memory I have from Hartlepool is back in 2017 when we played them towards the end of the season. It was a lovely sunny day and we won the game 2-0. However, what made it a particularly memorable occasion was John Akinde’s goal as it saw him become the all time top scorer for Barnet. Akinde was always brilliant for us and there was no doubting his talent, so to be in the away end for that one was a brilliant moment as everyone celebrated his amazing achievement. Despite Saturday’s result, I’m gutted we missed out on a day out to the North East. Saying that it was a relief not having to be dragged round Morrisons by my parents who refuse to use their car park unless we shop there as if we don’t have one at home!

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BARNET OVER 50’S It’s Friday it’s 2pm and it was once again zoom time! We were proud to have as our guests, Jackie James from Age UK Harrow, Hillingdon & Brent, as well as Ellen Cheshire from Inclusion Barnet as they became our community hero visitors.

There were Jon Attrill serenaded on his guitar and we discussed our jabs and whether anyone had any aftereffects, hopefully our GK , Tom Bentley will grow a 3rd arm! Ellen and Jackie talked about their favourite matches and 2 seconds later, Kevin Ziants updated us on our Zoom charity quiz night in aid of Bereavement care Harrow, which is going amazingly well with 20 teams entered to date. On the field of play, we wait for an announcement from The FA as to our return to play guidelines. To join our inclusive team please email Barnetwft@yahoo.com for full details.

TODAY’S OPPOSITION Wales’ oldest football club and the third oldest professional club in the world, Wrexham AFC, celebrate the anniversary of their first match on October 22 – 156 years on from that first game in 1864. Two weeks on from the announcement in the Wrexham Advertiser that Wrexham Cricket Club were to form a football team, a match took place between ‘ten of the Prince of Wales Fire Brigade and ten of the club’. “On Saturday last a foot ball match was played on the ground at the Turf Tavern, between ten of the Prince of Wales Fire Brigade and ten of the club, which resulted in an easy victory for the fire brigade, they winning the first two goals out of three.” (Wrexham Advertiser, 29/10/1864) Wrexham’s first ever line-up was as follows: C. E. Kershaw, J. Taylor, T. Hanmer, E. Knibbs, T. Broster, G. R. Johnson, T. Sykes, Jos. Roberts, Sergt, Hearth, Sergt. Tootell.

Now, 156 years on, many things may have changed in football, in the town and in North Wales, but Wrexham, the Racecourse and the Turf Tavern remain. From those humble beginnings, Wrexham became the epicentre for North Walian football – and Welsh football as a whole. Indeed, the Football Association of Wales was formed in the town 12 years later. Previously used for horse racing and cricket, the Racecourse Ground hosted Wales’ first ever home international match on 5th March, 1877 – making the ground the oldest international football stadium in the world, still in continuous use. The Town then won the inaugural Welsh Cup the following year, beating Druids 1-0 in the final at nearby Acton Park with a last-minute goal. As with so many facets of the town and the club, Wrexham wrote the script for others to follow – their tactical innovations in that final later becoming the norm across the footballing sphere. More than a century earlier, Wrexham – previously known for its leather tanning industry – was put firmly on the map by its key role in the Industrial Revolution. “Iron Mad” John Wilkinson opened Bersham Ironworks in 1762 to kick-start the new age. Meanwhile, the strategic location of the borough on the North East Wales coalfield drove workers into the town and its surrounding areas. The population surged from the mid-19th century onwards, as brewing, tanning and coal industries laid the blueprint for the town’s identity.

Wrexham Lager became the United Kingdom’s first brewery to produce lager beer, with Wrexham and innovation continuously linked.

European Football arrived in the 1970s, with Welsh Cup successes now granting a place in the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

A large working-class population sought their entertainment from the action at the Racecourse and adopted the club that bore their town’s name.

Wrexham became fabled for its giantkilling feats as Belgian giants RSC Anderlecht could only draw at the Racecourse in 1976, while our greatest success was in beating the might of FC Porto over two-legs in 1984.

Already an integral part of the Town, The Advertiser newspaper carried reports of big crowds, home and away. Although it was crowd trouble, from a vociferous and partisan home support after a controversial FA Cup defeat to Oswestry Town in 1883, that led to Wrexham being briefly banned by the Football Association. A sign of the club’s importance to the town was reflected when Cllr John Stafford declared in 1909, upon being elected as Mayor, that he ‘would take as his war cry, “Play up Wrexham.”’ Former Grove Park student Horace Blew, capped 22 times by Wales, was an early icon and called on the Town in his testimonial speech to get behind the Club. The call was clearly heeded in future years as a derby with Chester City attracted 24,086 supporters in 1935 before 29,261 crammed in to watch the same fixture the next year. Such support had tragic consequences too – the Gresford Colliery disaster claimed the lives of 266 men in 1934, with many of those trapped underground having doubled up on shifts to watch Wrexham take on Tranmere later that day. One of Britain’s worst mining disasters, Wrexham AFC still mark each 22nd September to remember those lives lost on that tragic day. On the pitch, Wrexham had won the Welsh Cup 15 times by this point and had been elected to the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League in 1921. Tommy Bamford was one of the club’s star players and is still credited with holding Wrexham’s goalscoring record with 175 league goals during his time at the Racecourse. Embed from Getty Images After only briefly wearing red in previous seasons, Wrexham adopted their now iconic colours permanently in 1939 and have worn red shirts ever since. During the Second World War, the proximity of the Racecourse to the Hightown Barracks, home of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, meant a star-studded Wrexham team was cobbled together from the enlisted men stationed locally for their wartime league fixtures. Sir Stanley Matthews (Stoke City), Johnny Morris (Man Utd), Jack Haines (Liverpool) and Ronnie Dix (Derby County) were among the well-known players to line-up for Wrexham as hostilities raged. The very presence of the Barracks was further proof of Wrexham’s importance to North Wales as a whole. In the post-war years, the Kop was constructed at the Racecourse and in 1957 the stadium’s record crowd – 34,445 – were in attendance to watch Matt Busby’s Manchester United play the Town in the FA Cup.

Real Zaragoza (Spain), 1FC Madgeburg (E Germany), Rijeka (Yugoslavia) and AS Roma (Italy) were all pushed to their limits, while we recorded wins against Hadjuk Split (Yugoslavia), Djurgårdens IF (Sweden), FC Zürich (Switzerland), Stal Rzeszów (Poland), Lyngby BK (Denmark) and Zurrieq (Malta). Not to mention our final two European adventures to date, a visit to Manchester United and FC Petrolul Ploiești (Romania). In domestic competitions, Wrexham reached the League Cup quarter-finals in 1960/61, and saw off both Middlesbrough and Southampton on their way to the FA Cup quarter-final in 1974. Iconic long-standing player Arfon Griffiths replaced John Neal as manager in May 1977 and led the club to the Third Division title in his first season in charge. Embed from Getty Images Goalkeeper Dai Davies, Gareth Davies, Griffiths, Mel Sutton, Mickey Thomas, Dixie McNeil, Bobby Shinton and Graham Whittle were all part of that title-winning squad, which also reached the quarter-finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup that season. Joey Jones then returned to the club for his second of three spells, as the Robins played in the Second Division (now renamed the Championship) for the first time. Wrexham spent four years in the second tier before a double relegation, in 1982 and then 1983 ended their best ever period. Against the backdrop of closed mines, leatherworks, brickworks, steelworks and breweries, it was a tough era for the town, the borough and the Football Club. Both were to rise again, however – Wrexham AFC doing so from literally rock bottom. Brian Flynn’s Wrexham side finished dead last in the Football League in 1991 but were spared relegation because of the league’s restructuring. That same year, Arsenal were crowned First Division champions and in a twist of fate the two clubs met in the FA Cup the following year. Embed from Getty Images In scenes now replayed whenever the FA Cup and giantkilling is mentioned, Wrexham earned one of the biggest scalps in the tournament’s history. Mickey Thomas’ rocket of a free-kick levelled the scores late in the second-half, before Steve Watkin slid in to earn a famous 2-1 win - a result that literally echoed around the sporting world.

Giant-killing Wrexham were back and won promotion back to the third tier the following year as Gary Bennett spearheaded the attacking charge.

In 2011, it was the supporters who rallied to raise more than £100,000 in just seven hours as the club stood on the brink of being booted out of the Conference.

A record-breaking 23rd and final Welsh Cup success arrived in 1995 – Bennett scoring twice in a 2-0 win against Cardiff City at the National Stadium.

Where other clubs, including historic rivals, were forced out of existence, it was Wrexham’s unique supporters who literally kept the club alive to preserve what is now 156 years of history. The club became supporter-owned in September 2011.

With the teams based in English competition no longer eligible to enter the competition after that year, Wrexham’s record stands to this day. Having beaten Ipswich Town thanks to Kieran Durkan’s goal in the FA Cup earlier that year, before Durkan also opened the scoring in an eventual 5-2 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford, more FA Cup giant-killing followed. Young midfielder Bryan Hughes was integral to the club’s run to the FA Cup quarter-finals in 1996/97, while Kevin Russell scored a dramatic injury-time winner at West Ham United. Hughes, captain Tony Humes and striker Karl Connolly all scored in a 3-1 win at Birmingham City in the fifth round. That FA Cup run ended against Chesterfield in the quarterfinals, before Hughes was sold for a club-record near £1 million fee to Birmingham. The core of the same team – Humes, Connolly, Gareth Owen, Brian Carey, Peter Ward and Russell among them – helped the club finish 8th, 8th and 7th in consecutive seasons between 1996 and 1998. Embed from Getty Images In the wider town, Wrexham was rising again too – Wrexham Industrial Estate is now one of Europe’s largest industrial areas - as well as boasting North Wales’ largest retail sector, the town is now ranked second in the UK for business start-up success too. Innovation remains at the heart of the area as the economy has transformed from its industrial past to high-tech manufacturing. Unfortunately, the Football Club’s renaissance did not last, as financial problems brough the club to its knees and nearly out of business. Wrexham supporters, however, showed why they have become so revered by rescuing the club from the rogue intentions of former chairman Alex Hamilton, saving both the Racecourse and Wrexham AFC.

Wrexham finished that season with 98 points but missed out on promotion with only one automatic spot available – when losing in the play-offs. The following season, Andy Morrell’s Wrexham side won the FA Trophy in front of 35,266 fans. Grimsby’s Shaun Pearson fouled Dragons captain Dean Keates in the area for Kevin Thornton to equalise in a 1-1 draw. In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Wrexham won 4-1 to lift the trophy. Wrexham were back at Wembley for the play-off final less than two months later, but again narrowly missed out on promotion, when two late goals sealed our fate. Off the pitch, however, Wrexham and innovation continued to go hand-in-hand. The Racecourse Ground hosted the United Kingdom’s first ‘autism friendly’ football match in 2013; Wrexham AFC became the first club in Wales to win an Autism-friendly award in 2018. Wrexham’s phenomenal support saw 8,283 supporters – almost all from the home team – watch the Dragons thrash Salford City 5-1 on Boxing Day 2018. The average attendance in the last completed season at the Racecourse was 5,154 – more than nearly 30 Football League clubs. In 156 years, plenty has changed on and off the pitch for Wrexham, but the club remains at the forefront of the town. I’ve said it many times. Wrexham AFC is the town, and the town is the Football Club. When the team is winning, there is a good feeling in the town. (Dean Keates, 2019) Whether it’s Wrexham as a town or Wrexham as a Football Club, the answer to ‘Why Wrexham?’ is a simple one. History, passion and innovation. Then as it is now.

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DEAN RE-JOINED WREXHAM AS MANAGER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN OCTOBER 2019 having taken up the offer to switch to his home-town club Walsall in March 2018 and kept the club in League One, but left a little over a year later in April 2019 – after 60 games in charge of the Saddlers. He was a junior at Walsall turning professional in 1995 and playing some 160 games before transferring to Hull City in 2002 and helping them towards promotion, although he left in February 2004, joining his former manager Jan Molby at Kidderminster Harriers for 18 months. Next he was onto Lincoln City in 2005, but this stay only lasted six months, as in January 2006 and it was back to Walsall, although he couldn’t help stop their fall to relegation. The following season it was different story, as under Richard Money they gained promotion, with Dean named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year. This run of form saw Peterborough United sign him on a three-year deal at London Road in 2007 – gaining successive promotions to the Championship, as he played 78 games and scored 11 goals. But he didn’t play under new manager Mark Cooper and left in December 2009, landing with

Wycombe Wanderers on a six-month contract. The following summer he headed north again and arrived at the Racecourse, being named captain and steering the Reds to the National League play-offs in the next two seasons – losing to Luton Town in the semi-finals on both occasions. In 2013, Dean lead the side to their first ever Wembley appearance, beating Grimsby Town on penalties in the FA Trophy Final, but a second trip to Wembley, just six weeks later, ended in disappointment as Newport County won the all-Welsh Play-Off Final. Dean left Wrexham for WPL side Rhyl in 2015, taking a degree at Glyndwr University in Wrexham and coaching the University’s Academy side. In October 2016, he replaced Gary Mills as Wrexham’s manager, following a period as interim, and lifting the club towards the promotion places a year later, which attracted Walsall to swoop and take him up two divisions.

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Fiacre Kelleher A LATE SUMMER SIGNING FROM MACCLESFIELD TOWN following the Cheshire club’s demotion into the National League, the Irishman switched after two seasons in the EFL Born in Cork, the tall central defender was spotted by scouts for Scottish giants Celtic and headed to Glasgow in as a 16-year-old in 2012, although not playing at Parkhead, he did enjoy a loan spell with Peterhead before signing for Oxford United in 2017. Although he didn’t feature for the U’s, there were season long loans with both Solihull Moors and Macclesfield Town, before joining the Silkmen in 2019. After some 80+ games at London Road, where he was captain, Fiacre moved over the border to north Wales to begin a new chapter of his career.

Luke Young OUR FIRST SIGNING OF SUMMER 2019 WITH THE MIDFIELDER AGREEING A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT, AFTER HE TURNED DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY WITH TORQUAY UNITED. Player of the Year at Plainmoor, he left following four years with the Gulls, after joining them from his hometown club Plymouth Argyle. He took up the option to head north on a two-year contract and his arrival was well received by supporters in Wrexham, who well recall his performances for Torquay against us.

Jordan Davies DAVIES CAME THROUGH THE YOUTH RANKS AT WREXHAM Was touted as one of the club’s most talented youngsters. At the beginning of the 2016/17 campaign, Davies was loaned out to Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League making 14 appearances for the Citizens before returning to the Racecourse in January 2017. The youngster appeared on the bench for the Dragons before midway through January was snapped up by Premier League outfit Brighton & Hove Albion, making his reserve team debut against Middlesbrough at the AMEX. Davies was integral to the Seagulls Under-23’s promotion to the PL2, and was handed starts in the EFL Trophy, making six appearances in the competition and scoring against League One side Peterborough United. In the summer of 2020 Davies departed the South Coast. Amidst interest from a plethora of clubs and trials in the EFL, he opted to sign for his hometown club on a two-year deal ahead of the 2020/21 campaign.

Kwame Thomas A FORMER ENGLAND YOUTH INTERNATIONAL WITH APPEARANCES AT U16, U17 AND U20 LEVELS. After loan spells with both Notts County and Blackpool, he was Born in Nottingham in 1995, Kwame signed for Derby County and worked his way through the Academy to become a Scholar at Pride Park, playing four times in the Championship during 2014/15. on the move to Coventry City for 15 games and then a switch to Solihull Moors for another two seasons. Doncaster Rovers came in for the striker in October 2019, after trials with both Port Vale and Carlisle United, before joining Burton Albion in early February 2020 on a six-month deal, but the pandemic restricted his time with the Brewers to just two substitute appearances. Recruited by Dean Keates in the summer of 2020, he scored his first goal in a Wrexham shirt away to Yeovil Town in early October.

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Isthmian League North side Romford have announced that Glenn Tamplin has left the club. The 42 year old businessman, who owns AGP Steel and was ranked as the second most powerful person in Essex in 2017, took over the Boro in November 2019, initially as an investor, but soon became the club owner and manager. Tamplin became well known in the football world in December 2016, when he took over Billericay Town, and over the next three years would bring lots of publicity to the club – for right and wrong reasons, from hiring himself as manager (and later sacking then rehiring himself), investing over £2,000,000 into stadium improvements, and signing several high profile players, including former Premier League stars Paul Konchesky, Jamie O’Hara, and Jermaine Pennant. He reportedly leaves Romford, who currently groundshare with Barking at Mayesbrook Park, as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic.

League Two side Salford City been handed a £1,500 fine by the FA for failing to ensure that their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. This comes after an incident that occurred in the sides’ 2-1 away defeat to Morecambe at the Globe Arena on Tuesday 23rd February. The Ammies, who are currently in seventh place in League Two, were beating the Shrimps 1-0, but conceded in the 90+4th and 90+6th minute to eventually lose the match. The side thought that they had scored a last minute equaliser, but the referee ruled this out for a foul in the build up, causing some controversies amongst the visiting players.

In a seemingly strange and unusual scenario, the Montserrat national team have agreed a deal with Stamford AFC to use their facilities. The Caribbean island nation, who sit in 183rd place in February’s FIFA World Rankings, have recently been utilising the facilities of the Lincolnshire side, who currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One South East, the eighth tier of English football. This is in preparation of their first two matches of their 2022 World Cup qualifiers, in the CONCACAF first round group A fixtures, against Antigua and Barbuda and El Salvador, both set to be played at Willemstad, Curacao. The Emarald Boys are training in England as many of their squad are based in the country. Recent call ups to the side include Alex Dyer of Wealdstone, James Comley of Maidenhead United, Brandon Comley of Bolton Wanderers, Jamie Allen of FC Halifax Town, and former Bee Bradley Woods Garness.

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Northampton Town caretaker manager Jon Brady has been appointed manager for the rest of the season. Brady was appointed as caretaker last month, after former manager Keith Curle was sacked on 10th February. The 46 year old Australian has previously spent time managing Northampton’s academy sides, notably their under 16s and 18s. He also spent six years managing Brackley Town, where he also played. His playing career took him from FK Mjolner in Norway to Hayes, Rushden and Diamonds, Woking, Chester City, Stevenage Borough, Hereford United, Cambridge United, Kidderminster Harriers and Kettering Town.

Having unfortunately picked up a groin injury just 12 minutes into his return to professional football, Nile Ranger is set to be sidelined for another period of time. The 29 year old, from Wood Green, re signed for Southend United last month, having previously scored 10 goals in 49 games for the side between 2016 and 2018. He has also played for Newcastle United, including in the Premier League and Europa League, before playing for Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday on loan, then transfers to Swindon, Blackpool and Southend. When he was 15, he was sentenced to 11 weeks in a young offenders institute for participating in a street robbery in Muswell Hill, and was questioned by Newcastle in 2011 for posing in a photograph with a fake gun. Also in 2011, he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man in Newcastle city centre, leaving him unconscious, as well as a host of other offences committed throughout the years. After having his contract cancelled by Southend in January 2018, he spent some time playing for AC United in the Barnet Sunday League, then Spalding United.

The FA have revealed their intentions to continue the FA Vase next month. The competition is played between clubs at step five and below on the pyramid, all of which have been curtailed because of the pandemic. The competition is currently at its’ fourth round stage, which has been postponed from 9th January, as well as there being several postponed fixtures from round 3 still to be played. Our only local side still in the competition is Hadley, who face an away game at Sutton Common Rovers.

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Commercial Pitch Welcome to The Hive for this evening’s Vanarama National League match, as the Bees take on Wrexham AFC

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Best seats in the directors’ box

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Use of directors’ entrance

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A meal in the boardroom overlooking the pitch

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Half-time tea and coffee plus cake

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Full-time tea and coffee

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Waiting staff service

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Two VIP parking spaces

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Complimentary matchday team-sheet

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Half-page advert in matchday programme and logo on the cover

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Four public address announcements

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Electronic scoreboard display of your company logo

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Company logo on the official team-sheet

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Complimentary house drinks

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Sky Sports & BT Sport television

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Dress code – smart casual. No jeans, trainers or football shirts.

You will be able to watch the action from the best seats in the house and you will also be treated to a two-course meal, complimentary house drinks plus tea and coffee.

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Doors open an hour-and-a-half before kick-off.

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Doors close forty-five minutes after the full-time whistle.

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Complimentary house drinks limit per person:

Why not celebrate a match day in the Directors Studio where you are sure to enjoy a day to remember.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Half bottle of wine;

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THE COST FOR THIS UNIQUE PACKAGE IS £450 PLUS VAT FOR 8 GUESTS For more on all of our sponsorship packages in the Directors Studio please go to the Commercial pages on the website www.barnetfc.com/commercial/matchday-hospitality/ or call John Meir on 020 8381 3800 (ext 1030)

Date

Team

KO Result Att

Sat Oct 3 Tue Oct 6 Sat Oct 10 Tue Oct 13 Sat Oct 24 Tue Oct 27

EASTLEIGH Dagenham & Redbridge Notts County WEYMOUTH Leiston FC Wrexham

H 3pm A 7:45pm A 3pm H 7:45pm A 3pm A 7:45pm

Sun Nov 8 Sat Nov 14 Tue Nov 17 Sat Nov 21 Tue Nov 24 Sun Nov 29

BURTON ALBION BROMLEY KING'S LYNN TOWN Woking HARTLEPOOL UNITED MK Dons

H 12:45 H 3pm H 7:45pm A 3pm H 7pm H 1:30pm

Tue Dec 1 Sat Dec 5 Tue Dec 8 Sat Dec 12 Sat Dec 19

FC Halifax Town WEALDSTONE STOCKPORT COUNTY Chesterfield Dorking Wanderers

A 7:45pm H 3pm H 7:45pm A 3pm A 3pm

Sat Jan 2 Sat Jan 23 Tue Jan 26 Sat Jan 30

BOREHAM WOOD ALTRINCHAM Dover Athletic TORQUAY UNITED

H 5:20pm H 3pm A 7:45pm H 3pm

Tue Feb 2 Tue Feb 9 Sat Feb 20 Tue Feb 23 Sat Feb 27

Aldershot Town FC HALIFAX TOWN WOKING King's Lynn Town Hartlepool United

A 7pm H 7pm H 3pm A 7:45pm A 3pm

Tue Mar 2 Tue Mar 9 Sat Mar 13 Tue Mar 16 Sat Mar 20 Tue Mar 23 Sat Mar 27

YEOVIL TOWN WREXHAM Bromley Stockport County CHESTERFIELD MAIDENHEAD UNITED Yeovil Town

H H A A H H A

Fri Apr 2 Mon Apr 5 Sat Apr 10 Tue Apr 13 Sat Apr 17 Tue Apr 20 Sat Apr 24 Tue Apr 27

SOLIHULL MOORS Wealdstone Maidenhead United DOVER ATHLETIC ALDERSHOT TOWN Boreham Wood Altrincham Sutton United

H 3pm A 3pm A 3pm H 7:45pm H 3pm A 7:45pm A 3pm A 7:45pm

Sat May 1 Mon May 3 Sat May 8 Sat May 15 Tue May 18 Sat May 22 Sat May 29

DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE Weymouth NOTTS COUNTY Eastleigh Solihull Moors Torquay United SUTTON UNITED

H 3pm A 3pm H 3pm A 3pm A 7:00pm A 3pm H 3pm

7:45pm 7:00pm 3pm 7:45pm 3pm 7:45pm 3pm

1-5 2-1 2-4 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-0 1-3 1-2 1-4 0-0 0-1 2-5 0-0 1-2 0-6 1-3 0-3 1-2 1-3 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 1-5 0-1 1-4

Away

ANTHONY WORDSWORTH

LIAM DALY

RICHARD TAYLOR

LOIC HERNANDEZ

SAM GRANVILLE

ANTONIS VASILIOU

JACK TOMPKINS

BEN NUGENT

MYLES JUDD

EPHRON MASON-CLARK

JEROME BINNOM-WILLIAMS

BEN FOX

AYMEN AZAZE

JOSH WALKER

TOMI ADELOYE

COURTNEY BAKER-RICHARDSON

XANDER McBURNIE

WES FONGUCK

HARRY TAYLOR

THEMIS KEFALAS

MUHAMMADU FAAL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 40 5 8

8 27 18

10 11 14

18 18 10 10

717

JAMES CALLAN

JJ HOOPER

MICHAEL PETRASSO

ALFIE PAVEY

ELIOT RICHARDS

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

JAMES DUNNE

MATT PRESTON

TYRONE DUFFUS

JACK CONNORS

Player Started Match Playing Substitute Unused Substitute FA CUP FIXTURES FA Trophy FIXTURES

SCOTT LOACH

1 S

DWIGHT PASCAL

KEY

BEN RICHARDS-EVERTON

2020/21 Playing Statistics

27 10 7

2 9

26 3

14 27 15 20 27

18 3 7 9

10 11 6

11 27 40 16 16 40

10 10 19 20 10 10

barnet players

A-Z OF FORMER

Trésor Kandol KANDOL STARTED HIS CAREER AT LUTON TOWN WHERE HE WAS VOTED YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR TWICE broke the record of the youngest player to play in the first team and then went to Bournemouth where he scored once in the Football League Trophy against future club Barnet Fc. He then dropped to non-league football and became a highly prolific goal scorer at Thurrock, his tally of 79 goals in 110 games got him noticed back at a higher level of football and he joined Dagenham & Redbridge in the conference where he scored 9 goals in 13 games. Kandol’s football career was really getting back on track. On the 31st on January he decided to bring his talent to North London, to Barnet FC. Kandol’s impact for Barnet saw him topping up the chart as the top scorer in FA Cup that season with 6 goals to his name, he really made a name

for himself with an extraordinary shot that beat the goalkeeper from the halfway line against Cardiff City and a header to take them out of the cup, followed by another two against Cheltenham Town. He also scored another at Elland road where he really shined. Although Kandol was in incredibly good form, whilst at Barnet in 2006, Kandol was sent to prison for 13 weeks for a series of driving offences. After scoring 18 goals from 21 games for Barnet at the start of the 2006–07 season, Kandol went up north to Championship side Leeds on a two-month loan deal on 23rd November 2006. He made his debut two days later as a substitute in the 2–1 victory over Plymouth Argyle. His full home debut came with a debut goal in front of his new fans against Barnsley. When the January 2007 transfer window opened, his move was made permanent by Dennis Wise for an initial fee of £320,000. After Leeds were relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history, Kandol scored a last-minute winner against Tranmere Rovers in the opening game of the 2007–08 season. He formed a successful strike partnership with Jermaine Beckford in the first half of the season, winning him player of the August and September month award but loss of form and the arrival of Dougie Freedman meant Kandol lost his place in the starting eleven despite scoring 15 goals, as Leeds went on to reach the League One playoffs. He came on in their 1-0 loss to Doncaster Rovers. Leeds signed forwards Luciano Becchio and Enoch Showunmi during the 2008 close season, and Kandol was allowed to join Millwall on loan until January 2009. He opened the scoring just 13 seconds into his “Lions” debut, in a 4-3 loss to. During his time at The Den, he became the top scorer at the club and helped Millwall to rise to 2nd in the League. After his loan expired, he went straight back out on loan again, joining Championship side Charlton Athletic on 30th January 2009 until the end of the season. His first and only goals for the club came in against Watford and after a successful loan spell at a struggling club, Charlton made an offer of £400,000 for Kandol’s services the next season but were turned down due to his transformation in form gathering the attention of Leeds manager Simon Grayson who now wanted to include him in his club’s plans. Before the 2009–10 season, Kandol was told he had no future at Leeds, but after playing well for the reserve team – he scored a hat trick in a 6–1 defeat against Scunthorpe United reserves – and when given an opportunity in the Football League Trophy, he returned to the league team in place of the injured Becchio against Norwich City on 19 October.

Two weeks later, he came on as a late substitute to score the last of Leeds’s four goals against Yeovil but was charged with violent conduct in an incident after the final whistle and received a three-match ban. He scored against Bristol Rovers, Kettering, and Darlington, all by coming off the bench, but still did not seem enough for the manager. Maybe he had disciplinary problems? His season was interrupted by injury, and he rarely appeared off the bench afterwards, until what proved his last game for the club, a 1–0 defeat at Norwich City. Only 20 seconds after entering the game as a late substitute, he took hold of opponent Daren Russell by the throat, was sent off and received a four-match ban. Kandol was initially made available on a free transfer after several meetings with Leeds boardroom staff he decided the time was right for him to look for new challenge. On the 4th August 2010, the decision was made by Kandol and his representatives to leave the club by mutual consent. After becoming a free agent and able to sign for a club outside the transfer window on 5 September Kandol signed for Spanish team Albacete. However, his spell in Spain was short lived because of injuries and he left the club by mutual consent in November 2010 after the club President described him as great lad with superb sense of humour. In August 2011, Kandol held talks with League 2 side Plymouth about joining the club. However, after seemingly agreeing terms on a one-year contract he failed to turn up to training as arranged on 4 August and a scheduled press conference. As of 5 August 2011, Plymouth Argyle manager Peter Reid was unsure of Kandol’s whereabouts and whether the deal will be signed. In interview, Reid was understandably frustrated and stated that the club had sent a car to the railway station to collect Kandol, but he did not turn up. In October 2012, Kandol signed for Hampton and Richmond Borough buy Kandol was released on 30th November when they said they could no longer afford Kandol’s wages. Overall Kandol had a lot of potential but never lived up to it. It is safe to say that his disciplinary problems did not help which I would have thought would have been sparked by him performing well off the bench at Leeds but never really getting that deserved chance. Nowadays Tresor owns two businesses Future Pro Academy and ChatboxParis.

B Y B I L LY B A R K E R

2020/21 Appearance & Goals LEAGUE STARTS

SUBS

CUP

UNUSED GOALS

STARTS

SUBS

TOTALS

UNUSED GOALS

STARTS

SUBS

UNUSED GOALS

Scott LOACH

Dwight PASCAL

Jack CONNORS

Tyrone DUFFUS

Matt PRESTON

James DUNNE

Alexander McQUEEN

Eliot RICHARDS

Alfie PAVEY

Michael PETRASSO

JJ HOOPER

James CALLAN

Muhammadu FAAL

Bilel MOSHNI

Themis KEFALAS

Harry TAYLOR

Inih EFFIONG

Ben RICHARDS-EVERTON

Wesley FONGUCK

Xander McBURNIE

Dean PARRETT

Courtney BAKER-RICHARDSON

Tomi ADELOYE

Josh WALKER

Aymen AZAZE

Ben FOX

Jerome BINNOM-WILLIAMS

Ephron MASON-CLARK

Myles JUDD

Lee VAUGHAN

Ben NUGENT

Jack TOMPKINS

Antoni VASILIOU

Sam GRANVILLE

Loic HERNANDEZ

Richard TAYLOR

Liam DALY

Anthony WORDSWORTH

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TEAMS

MATCHES PLAYED HOME WIN HOME DRAW HOME LOSE AWAY WIN AWAY DRAW AWAY LOSE WINS DRAWS LOSES GOALS SCORED GOALS CONCEDED DIFFERENCE POINTS

POSITION

Vanarama national League Table

Torquay United

Sutton United

Hartlepool United

Stockport County

Wrexham

Notts County

Eastleigh

Bromley

Chesterfield

10. Boreham Wood

11. Altrincham

-3

12. Yeovil Town

-1

13. FC Halifax Town

14. Aldershot Town

15. Maidenhead United

16. Solihull Moors

17. Dagenham & Redbridge

-9

18. Woking

19. Wealdstone

-19

20. Weymouth

-13

21. King's Lynn Town

-17

22. Barnet

57 -39 12

23. Dover Athletic

35 -23 10

Match Report 1 BARNET FC

THE BEES SLIPPED TO A HEAVY DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF YEOVIL TOWN AFTER PLAYING A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE MATCH WITH TEN PLAYERS.

HOW IT HAPPENED The Glovers had the first chance of the evening, as Albi Skendi picked up on a loose ball before having a low drive tipped away by Scott Loach. After some more Glovers pressure, they took the lead just after ten minutes, as the Bees failed to clear their lines and Jimmy Smith fired into the back of the net. It was soon two and it was another set piece for the Glovers that undone the Bees, as a corner was headed home from six yards out by Billy Sass-Davies. But it only took a minute for us to find our way back into the contest, as JJ Hooper scored a spectacular volley to halve the deficit following a great delivery from Michael Petrasso. The game had a very controversial incident on 35 minutes, as the already booked Tomi Adeloye was

4 YEOVIL TOWN FC

shown a second yellow for allegedly illegally blocking a free-kick on the halfway line. The red card ultimately took the sting out of the game and the Glovers were side with the advantage at the break. Darren Sarll’s side started the second half on the front foot and forced Loach into two early stops, as first smith stung the knees of Loach as he danced into the penalty area. Then Tom Knowles had a strike from the edge of the area beaten away by the Bees number one. Eventually, the Glovers pressure told, as Rhys Murphy touched home from yet another Yeovil set-piece, despite the best efforts of Loach. The Bees never really managed to come close to carving a route back into the match, as our visitors were tidy in possession and patient in their buildup. That composure was soon rewarded, as Josh Neufville found the space to curl home into the top corner from 22 yards.

Barnet FC Team: LOACH, DUNNE (KEFALAS 45’), MCQUEEN, PETRASSO (MASON-CLARK 79’), HOOPER (FAAL 68’), H TAYLOR, RICHARDS-EVERTON, ADELOYE, JUDD, R.TAYLOR, DALY. Subs not used: AZAZE, MCBURNIE.

BARNET FC

WREXHAM AFC

MATCH OFFICIALS

MANAGER. DEAN KEATES

MANAGER. TIM FLOWERS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 40

Scott Loach Dwight Pascal Jack Connors Tyrone Duffus Matt Preston James Dunne Alexander McQueen Eliot Richards Alfie Pavey Michael Petrasso JJ Hooper James Callan Muhammadu Faal Themis Kefalas Harry Taylor Ben Richards-Everton Wes Fonguck Xander McBurnie Courtney Baker-Richardson Tomi Adeloye Josh Walker Aymen Azaze Jerome Binnom-Williams Ephron Mason-Clark Myles Judd Lee Vaughan Ben Nugent Jack Tompkins Antonis Vasiliou Sam Granville Loic Hernandez Richard Taylor Liam Daly Anthony Wordsworth

REFEREE: ROBERT WHITTON

ASSISTANT: JACK BLOXHAM

ASSISTANT: HUGH GILROY

FOURTH OFFICIAL: AYRTON HURSEY

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V CHESTERFIELD FC

20 • 03 • 2021 K.O. 15:00

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 25 26 29 39

Rob Lainton Reece Hall-Johnson Jamie Reckord Theo Vassell Shaun Pearson Jay Harris Elliott Durrell Luke Young Jordan Ponticelli Devonte Redond Dan Jarvis Mark Carrington Paul Rutherford James Horsfield Dior Angus Christian Dibble Fiacre Kelleher Ryan Austin Tyler French Jordan Davies Kwame Thomas