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Darren Currie

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to The Hive London for this afternoon’s FA Trophy clash with Barrow. First of all, as always, I want to extend my welcome wishes to all of the players, staff, directors and supporters who have made the extremely long journey this afternoon. Last time out we got ourselves a massive three points against Hartlepool and it was very pleasing to see us have the character to go on to win the game. It was the perfect start for our new striker as well and I was delighted with the impact Paul made from the bench. However, it’s just another win and we need to continue this form in the league to push on to those play-off places. We do have some big league games to come, but it’s full focus on progressing in the trophy this afternoon. Barrow are a very good side and they have played some brilliant football this season, their league position most certainly reflects that. We lost out to them up at their place

and they were the better side that day, so it’s important we put things right, starting this afternoon. They have some very dangerous players and play the right way, so it’s set to be a cracking cup tie here at The Hive London. I thought the atmosphere was brilliant in the last match here and your support really helped push the team on. The next few weeks are of course massive, so your support is going to be absolutely vital as we push forward.

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History 1: The Early Years Founded in September 1901, the club began playing competitive football in the Lancashire League at its first home ground ‘The Strawberry’. They then moved to a new ground at Ainslie Street in the town in 1903. A further move to Little Park, Roose in 1905 saw the club enjoy their first success, winning promotion to Division One of the Lancashire Combination in 1908. The following year saw the club move to its current home, Holker Street, and the first game saw a 5-2 success over Eccles Borough. There was no major success before the outbreak of the First World War apart from an F.A. Cup run which ended at the hands of then Football League Division Two outfit, Bradford Park Avenue. The club ceased paying as a result of World War One in early 1917 because of transport difficulties.

2: Joining The Football League. The club resumed playing for the 191920 season and won Division A of the Lancashire Combination the follwoing 11

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season and was duly elected to the Third Division North of the Football League. Their League career began with six straight defeats which were representative of many of the struggles to come. Over the seasons up to the Second World War, the club’s best finish in the Division Three North was eighth in the 1933-34 season. On the final day of that season, the club recorded its highest ever League victory with Jimmy Shankly scoring five of the goals in a 12-1 win over Gateahead. That season also saw the club score over 100 League goals with 78 of those coming in just 21 home games.

3: After World War Two Little changed immediately after the Second World War as the team continued to struggle in Division Three North although in January 1954 an F.A. Cup 3rd Round tie with Swansea Town attracted a record crowd of 16,874 to Holker Street. The Town side included a number of Welsh internationals; the game finished 2-2. When the League was reorganised in 1958, the club found itself placed in Division Four. In January 1959, the eyes of the football world turned to Holker Street as the club entertained the mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers in an F.A. Cup 3rd Round

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the club reached the F.A.Cup 1st Round Proper for the first time since losing League status but, the side led by former Scotland international and Liverpool star Ron Yeats lost 2-0 at home to fellow NPL outfit Goole Town. The crowd of 3,255 showed that the town still wanted football success. In 1979, despite a lack of playing success, the club joined the APL (now the Vanarama National League) and the opening home game saw a crowd of 2,027 watch as the team defeated Yeovil Town 2-0.

5: Trophies and Success. In April 1981, the club won its first Trophy since losing League status as manager Mickey Taylor led the side to a 2-1 ATS Trophy success over Chorley at Wigan. However, two years later, the club was relegated back to the NPL.

tie. On a frozen pitch, a crowd of 16,340 saw the team put up a tremendous performance; the 4-2 winning margin flattered Wolves.

Former Sunderland star Vic Halom was appointed as player/manger in the summer of 1983 and he took the club to the NPL title at the first attempt. However, his talents were noted in the Football League and one year after his arrival, he departed, along with top scorer Barry Diamond to join Rochdale. Over the next two seasons, the club had a succession of managers, including former Manchester United star Brian Kidd before being relegated again.

The club continued to struggle in Division Four. In 1963, the club erected floodlights and the official opening saw Scottish First Division outfit Dunfermline Athletic visit. Fortunes slowly improved and in 1967, with Don McEvoy in charge and a side including such well known names as goalkeeper Fred Else, defender Brian Arrowsmith who holds the club record for Football League appearances and striker Jim Mulholland finished third in the Division to win promotion to Division Three.

Just before relegation was confirmed, in March 1986, Ray Wilkie was appointed as manager and the next five and a half years saw the club enjoy unparalleled success. The 1987-88 season saw the club reach the F.A. Trophy semi-finals where the club lost to Enfield. However, the following two seasons saw the NPL title captured and with it promotion to the Conference. Then, in May 1990, the club captured the F.A. Trophy with a 3-0 win over Leek Town at Wembley thanks to two goals from Kenny Gordon and one from club appearance and goalscoring record holder Colin Cowperthwaite. Two other members of that side enjoyed further recognition with Glenn Skivington going on to win five England semi-professional caps whilst midfielder Kenny Lowe was to earn a transfer to Barnet for a club record fee.

McEvoy left the club that summer and was replaced as manager by Colin Appleton who led the team to eighth place in Division Three the following season. Ill health saw him step down in January 1969 and the club slid back to the bottom of Division Four in just over two years. At the end of the 1971-72 season, the club finished third bottom of Division Four and required to make its eleventh re-election application. In June 1972, they were faced in the ballot by Southern League Hereford United who had come to the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention after a spectacular F.A. Cup success over First Division Newcastle United. The first ballot saw the votes tied at 26 each. The second ballot saw United collect 29 votes to Barrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20 and, after 51 years the club had lost its much prized Football League status.

6: Slipping Back The club failed to build on that success and the club lost the services of Ray Wilkie as manager in November 1991 when he was taken seriously ill and, six months later the club was relegated. The club failed to make an immediate impact in the NPL. In the spring of 1995, Liverpool based businessman Stephen Vaughan joined the Board and took over as chairman. The 1997-

4: The Early Non League Years. The club joined the Northern Premier League in August 1972 and found life at the lower level a struggle with resources scarce and a distinct lack of success. In 1976,

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98 season saw a side, managed by Liverpool based Owen Brown win the NPL title and reach the F.A. Trophy Quarter Finals. Within months of joining the Conference, Mr Vaughan had departed, Brown was sacked and a liquidator was appointed because of the club’s debts. Despite finishing out of the relegation zone at the end of the 1998-99 season, the club’s circumstances saw it ‘relegated’ and accepted back into the membership of NPL (now the Evo-stik Northern Premier League Premier Division).

Middlesbrough of the Premiership saw 7,000 fans make the trip to Tees-side for a wonderful day out where the team emerged with considerable credit at the end of a 2-1 defeat. The 2009-2010 season saw the club’s performances surpass expectations – after further consolidating their place in Blue Square Premier, the team reached the F.A. Cup 3rd Round Proper again – the first time there had been two successive appearances at this stage of the competition since the Football League days and again the team performed creditably in the 3-0 defeat at Premiership Sunderland. However the season was topped off with a trip to Wembley and twenty years after first lifting the F.A. Trophy the team repeated the feat by defeating Blue Square Premier champions Stevenage Borough 2-1 after extra time with goals from Lee McEvilly and Jason Walker.

7: Rebuilding. Former favourite Kenny Lowe took over as player/ manager in August 1999. In his four seasons in charge, he led the club to the F.A. Cup First Round Proper on three separate occasions as well as securing the UniBond Chairman’s Cup in the 2000-01 season and the President’s Cup twelve months later. He also steered the club to the Final of the Marsden Trophy in the 2002-03 season. Progress in the League was steady resulting in the club finishing runners up to Accrington Stanley at the end of the 2002-03 season. At the end of the 2003-04 season Kenny Lowe stood down as manager and his assistant Lee Turnbull took charge and took the club to third place in the UniBond Premier Division as well as winning the President’s Cup for the second time in three seasons.

The following two seasons saw further consolidation. Darren Sheridan left the club in February 2012 leaving Dave Bayliss in sole charge.

9: Relegation. Sadly the 2012-13 season saw the team struggle and it was eventually relegated after its longest spell at the top of the non league game since losing its Football League place in 1972.

The club joined what is now Vanarama North when it was formed in 2004-05 but apart from two F.A. Cup First Round appearances against Bristol Rovers and AFC Bournemouth, there was no tangible success.

In November 2013 the club parted company with Dave Bayliss as manager just a matter of days before he would have celebrated six years in charge. Darren Edmondson, a former player was appointed as manager to replace him in early December and he steered the club to mid table security by the end of the season.

8: Returning To The Top Flight and More Success.

10. A New Era – And Success.

At the end of the 2007-08 season the club won its way back to the top flight of non League soccer, then known as Blue Square Premier after an absence of ten years by defeating Stalybridge Celtic 1-0 in the Play Off Final at Burton Albion. It was a remarkable success following the appointment of Darren Sheridan and Dave Bayliss initially as joint managers on a caretaker basis in November 2007. They took charge permanently in December and masterminded a 20 match unbeaten run that ended in promotion.

The summer of 2014 saw significant change at the club with the members voting in favour of a takeover by Barrow born businessman Paul Casson who is based in the United States where he has a number of successful business enterprises. Mr Casson made resources available for team building and in April 2015 Barrow clinched the Vanarama North title on the final day of the season with a 3-2 win at Lowestoft Town. The foundations for the future have now been laid with the team going full time for the return to the top flight of non league soccer.

The 2008-09 season saw the club maintain its place in Blue Square Premier and enjoyed a run to the Third Rounds proper of the F.A. Cup. The trip to

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11: Consolidation.

1972. However the following season saw the club escape relegation on the final day of the season.

The 2015-16 season saw consolidation in Vanarama National after a slightly sticky start. Following a defeat in the FA Cup at AFC Fylde and some inconsistent League results, manager Darren Edmondson was replaced by Paul Cox who had enjoyed success at this level when winning the League with Mansfield Town. He steadied the ship and a ten match unbeaten run between late February and mid April secured a top half finish.

12: All Change. The summer of 2018 saw former Chesterfield and Blackpool defender Ian Evatt take charge of the team. However some early results were inconsistent and following an FA Cup defeat at Chorley in October 2018, owner/chairman Paul Casson announced he was leaving the club. A consortium of local businessmen and supporters stepped forward to take over with Paul Hornby as Chairman. The team finished the season in the top ten of the League and over the summer of 2019 a lot of work has been done off the field to improve the stadium facilities as well as concluding a number of new sponsorship deals. Looking to the future the club is reinstating its reserve team and setting up an Academy as it looks to involve the local community in growing the club on and off the pitch.

The 2016-17 season saw further progress – the team finished in seventh position in the National League – their best League finish since losing their Football League place in 1972; the club also reached the FA Cup Third Round before losing at home to League One side Rochdale in front of a capacity crowd after hosting the BBC Football Focus earlier in the day. On the way to the Third Round they defeated anther League One side Bristol Rovers 2-1 at the Memorial Ground - the club’s first away win against a Football League club since April

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Goalkeeper. Age 25. Born in Sunderland, Joel joined Sunderland as a youngster and graduated through to a full time deal in 2013.

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BARROW AFC TEAM He spent the early part of the 2013-14 season on loan at Workington in Conference North before being recalled by Sunderland. He spent a spell on loan with Hartlepool United in League Two during the early part of the 2014-15 season and then had a three month spell on loan in Vanarama North with Boston United. He joined Gateshead of Vanarama Premier on loan in March 2015 and spent a month with them. He was released by Sunderland in June 2015 and joined Barrow. He made his debut on the opening day of the season in the 2-1 home win over Dover Athletic.

Defender. Age 23. Born in Carlisle, Patrick made his way through the youth system at Carlisle United and signed his first professional deal with the club in the summer of 2013, making his debut in the first team in August of that year. He went on to make forty first team appearances for the club before he was released in May 2017. He also spent two spells out on loan during this time – in January 2016 he spent a month on loan with Lincoln City in the Vanarama National League playing four times and in November 2016 he went on loan for three months to Salford City of Vanarama North where he made twenty appearances. In July 2017 he joined League Two Morecambe and over the following season he played twenty first teams games before being released and in the summer of 2018 he joined Falkirk in the Scottish Championship. He made sixteen appearances for the Bairns before he was released and joined Barrow in June 2019 and made his debut on the opening day of the season at Wrexham.

Joel was called up for the England “C” training squad in September 2015. Joel tore knee ligaments in the home game with Guiseley in November 2016 and missed the rest of the season. He returned to first team action in September 2017.

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Midfield. Age 28. Born in Liverpool, John is the younger brother of former Manchester

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ONES TO WATCH John came through the youth system at Macclesfield Town and signed a senior contract making his debut in 2008. He made forty six senior appearances for the Silkmen, scoring four times before being released in 2010. He played seven games for New York Red Bulls in 2011, scoring once and nine for Orlando City in 2012 scoring twice before signing for Barnsley in October of that year. He did not make a senior appearance at Oakwell and in 2013 he joined Bury. He made four appearances for the Shakers without scoring and whilst at Gigg Lane had a five game loan spell with Chester in January 2014, scoring once. That led to a permanent move to Chester at the end of that month and he went on to make a further one hundred and twenty five appearances for them scoring twenty nine times before joining Wrexham in the summer of 2016. He scored eleven times in thirty three appearances for them before being loaned to Guiseley for the rest of the 2016-17 season in February 2017. He scored once in seven games for the Yorkshire club. He made his move to Nethermoor permanent in the summer of 2017 and last season he scored seven goals in thirty five appearances for the Lions. He joined Barrow in June 2018. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville.

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Striker. Age 27. Born in Shrewsbury, Scott came through the youth system at The New Saints and made his senior debut in 2012. He played a total of one hundred twenty two first team games for them in all competitions, scoring sixty one times. He also had short loan spells with three other Welsh clubs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Caersws, Carmarthen Town and Cefn Druids. He was signed by Blackpool for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2017. He made fourteen appearances in all competitions for the Tangerines in the first half of the season. In January 2018 he was loaned to Wrexham in the National League for the remainder of that season, scoring eight time in seventeen games. In the summer of 2018 he was loaned out to Port Vale of League Two for the whole season. He made thirteen appearances, scoring once before being recalled by Blackpool. In January 2019, he was loaned to FC Halifax Town and he scored twice in fifteen games for them. He was released in May 2019 by Blackpool and joined Barrow. He made his debut on the opening day of the season at Wrexham.

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BORN IN COVENTRY, IAN SPENT HIS YOUTH CAREER AT DERBY COUNTY BEFORE GOING ON TO PLAY OVER 30 TIMES FOR THEIR FIRST TEAM. He went on to play over 500 professional games at clubs including Queens Park Rangers, and Blackpool where he was ever present during their Premier League campaign. Ian has most recently been at fellow National League side Chesterfield where he was club captain as well as caretaker manager for a short time at the end of last season. He joined the Bluebirds in June 2018. 22

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WALKING FOOTBALL TEAM COMMUNITY IMPACT The Barnet Walking Football Team are proud, excited and amazed to have been nominated for the Community Impact Award at the London Sports Awards which will be held at the Guildhall on Friday 6th March 2020. The London Sport Awards is London’s community sport’s showpiece event, recognising the best of the best of grassroots physical activity and sport in the capital. Each year, a collection of incredible individuals and groups are recognised for their outstanding work in helping Londoners to be more physically active. We are incredibly proud to be recognised for not only developing a fun, safe and healthy environment to play walking football but an amazing social scene for players to relax in along with our brilliant fundraising within our community from Dementia Club UK Barnet to MIND Harrow, helping to launch Mental Health awareness by appearing in the FA video with Prince William and Gareth Southgate leading to our corporate invite to the Community Shield and of course, the first walking football team to sign up for the football versus homophobia campaign. All this and more we do because it’s who we are as a group, we had no idea it would lead to this wonderful recognition. We thank everyone at Barnet FC for their support especially the Chairman, Anthony Kleanthous and Matt Dixon from the Hive Foundation. 24

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MATCH REPORT

THE BEES MAKE IT 11 GAMES UNBEATEN AS THEY DEFEATED HARTLEPOOL UNITED 2-1 IN A FRANTIC AFFAIR AT THE HIVE LONDON

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HOW IT HAPPENED The game started quickly with both sides moving the ball well but it was Hartlepool United who had the first shot of the game from Gime Toure who broke away having tackled Charlee Adams but it was Dan Sweeney who ensured the shot was kept away from goal. The quick pace of the game continued when Sweeney was allowed to carry the ball to the edge of the box where he found Josh Walker whose driven cross along the face of the goal was cleared well away. There was more good play from the Bees as David Tutonda did well to make it to the byline before putting in a dangerous cross that had to be headed behind for a corner from the Pools defence. As the game approached the 30th minute, neither side were able to get a foothold in the game and traded possession frequently at the very windy Hive London Stadium. The Pools’ best spell in the first half included a number of crosses coming in from both flanks that were unable to trouble Barnet’s number one Scott Loach. However, the best chance of the half fell to the away side as Mark Shelton flashed a cross inside the 5-yard box but wasn’t able to find anybody to tap it in at the far post. With the fourth official indicating a minute left for the first half, Barnet broke through the Hartlepool United defence with Tutonda who was seemingly brought down inside the box with strong calls for a penalty to be awarded but the referee waved the appeals away allowing Simeon Akinola to have a shot that was palmed away by Pools’ ‘Keeper Mitchell Beeney. 26

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Early into the second half, Pools’ midfielder Gavan Holohan, who was already on a yellow card, cynically brought down Vilhete and the referee did not hesistate in showing him a red card. With the one-man advantage, the Bees took the game to Hartlepool United when Vilhete was allowed to run through the defence and shoot from distance. The Pools were unable to clear though as the ball fell to Akinola twice but nothing came of the chance. Tutonda, who was adventurous throughout the game, made it to the byline once again but his shot could only hit the side netting. The dangerous Vilhete was brought down once again and Akinola stood over the freekick which hit the crossbar, resulting in a number of chances for the Bees to break the deadlock through a volley from Sweeney and Tutonda from distance. The eventual corner also caused problems for our opponents as the skipper James Dunne had three shots that were all scrambled away. In the 60th minute, Darren Currie gave his new signing Paul McCallum his debut and within a minute of coming onto the pitch, he repaid the faith shown by scoring his first Barnet goal to make it 1-0 for his new side after a corner wasn’t dealt with by the Hartlepool defence. With momentum on side with Currie’s men, Tutonda’s cross found an unmarked Akinola whose shot was superbly hooked away off of the line. The Bees’ were dealt with a sucker punch in the 75th minute as Hartlepool equalised after an unfortunate mis-header from Sweeney who diverted a dangerous cross into his own net. Currie’s side remained positive despite the equaliser and quickly made it 2-1 after McCallum did brilliantly to wrestle the ball back off of the Hartlepool United defender and square the ball to Akinola who did well to slot home into the bottom corner whilst under pressure from the Pools defence. This made it a goal and an assist for the new signing McCallum. Barnet were able to see the game out comfortably with only a corner in injury time that caused any danger to the Bees defence but McCallum was able to head clear the ball away at the near post.

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We caught up with new loan signing Paul McCallum after his dream debut for the Bees scoring and assisting a goal in the 2-1 win over Hartlepool United. On the goal From the corner coming in, I should have scored a header, but I got caught under it, but it popped back to me. It’s a striker dream when the ball drops in front of you in the six-yard box.

On the performance From a personal point of view, I got a goal and an assist, and I could have had a few more assists. I’m here to get us into the play-offs. As a team, it was a great performance and we were professional with it.

On the team A very quick team! As I said earlier, we were professional and even after the own goal we could have crumbled. Credit to the boys because we pushed on and got the goal I think we deserved.

On the chances of reaching the Play-Offs I think we just have to take it game by game and win whether it’s a scrappy game or if we play a team off the park. I think it’s important that we keep winning and keep this run going. It’s 11 unbeaten now and I’m buzzing that I took part in it.

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Sarah Quantrill

Wins FAWC Player Of The Month!

“Sarah doesn’t only make big saves, she does really well to marshall her defence as well. On top of that, she has captained the side on the field and she is a big player for us on and off the pitch. She thoroughly deserves to be recognised with this award.”

London Bees goalkeeper Sarah Quantrill has been awarded the FA Women’s Championship Player of the Month for January! Quantrill has played an instrumental part in the Bees unbeaten league start to 2020, keeping back to back clean sheets and captaining the side in the absence of regular skipper Meg Alexander.

Quantrill said “It’s really good, I think there’s a joke that this is the striker’s trophy because they get the credit for the goals. So it’s quite nice for a goalkeeper to win it on the defensive side of things.

She started the month by putting in a commanding performance in our 2-0 win over London rivals City Lionesses. In a strong second-half performance, the Bees number one controlled her area and dealt with many crosses as we secured a vital three points.

“Yeah we’ve had a really good month, the way all the girls have defended they’ve been throwing themselves in front of the ball, everyone is desperate to finish the season on a high. We are all pulling in the same direction”

Quantrill then led the side out again at The Dripping Pan as the Bees played out a goalless draw with Lewes, to ensure they started the new year unbeaten in the league. She made several vital stops against the Rooks and was clearly the player of the match as we took a valuable point back to The Hive London.

Everyone at London Bees would like to congratulate Sarah on winning the Player of the Month award!

Out of league action, our number one saved her best performance of the month ’til last, as she put in one of the performances of the season in our away FA Cup match with WSL side Everton. Sarah showed why she is one of the most highly rated goalies in the top two divisions, as she pulled off a string of fine saves. That display was a superb individual performance and the stand-in skipper has most certainly led by example throughout the month.

Bees boss Lee Burch said “I am really pleased for Sarah to win this award. She has been excellent this season and in particular over the last few games where she has deserved to keep her clean sheets.

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WHAT’S THE BUZZ

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Tuesday saw former Everton, Rangers and Sheffield United midfielder Stuart McCall be appointed as manager of Bradford City for the fourth time. Having played almost 450 times and scored over 50 goals for the club in ten years over two spells as a player, the 55-year-old first took over the club in 2000 as caretaker manager, whilst still playing for the club for a total of 14 days in the Premier League. He then returned again in June 2007, leaving two years and nine months later. The former Scotland international started his third spell came between June 2016 and February 2018. His latest stint at the club comes after former manager Gary Bowyer parted company with the club on Monday. “We have to assess the squad very quickly and get ready for the remainder of the season,” said McCall, who has signed a contract running up until the end of next season. “I obviously know a few of the players from my previous spell here, so am looking forward to the challenge”.

Former Premier League forward Jamie Cureton has taken to his social media pages to express his disappointment at leaving Bishop’s Stortford. “The club has told me I have no future next season as a player or manager” said the 44-year-old, who played in the top tier for Norwich City between 1994 and 1996. “I have had the best two years playing and managing your club. I thought this was going to be the club I’d retired at but it’s not to be”. He made his debut for the Blues in January 2018, before becoming player-manager that September. In April 2019, he played his 1,000 senior club appearance, then in October, he joined Enfield FC, who ground share at Bishop’s Woodside Park stadium, where he scored, becoming the first player to have scored a goal in all of the top nine divisions of English football.

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Isthmian League Premier Division side Potters Bar Town have signed former Barnet player Nana Kyei. The 22-year-old winger spent a decade in the Bees academy, before playing 24 times for the first team. During the 2018/19 season, he was firstly loaned out to Concord Rangers and Hampton and Richmond Borough in the National League South, before being sent out on loan to the Scholars, where he scored three times in his six appearances. Kyei was subsequently released by the club at the end of last season, before joining Maidstone United back in the National League South. After leaving the Stones by mutual consent in December, he spent a short period at Chelmsford United. He has now rejoined our FA Cup opponents at the Pakex on a permanent deal.

The signing of Dominic Poleon on loan from Newport County is “massive” for Dover Athletic, says club manager Andy Hessenthaler. The 26 year old came through the academy at Chelsea, before joining the academy at Leeds United, where he rose up to the first team, making 36 appearances for the Championship side. He has also since had spells with Bury, Sheffield United, Oldham Athletic, AFC Wimbledon, Bradford City and Crawley Town. “It’s massive in terms of his pedigree. He’s been at some big clubs and he’s a good player”, said former Bees player Hessenthaler. “I was fortunate to get him. I pursued him, kept working on him. He wasn’t sure because the window was open and he wanted to stay in the League”.

Southern League Premier Division South side Farnborough FC have announced that they are staging a testimonial match for their “unsung hero”, kitman Roger Peirce. Being announced on Monday, the match will take place on Sunday 3rd May at their Cherrywood Road stadium, and will honour his 20 year service to the club. “The club is sad to announce but with warm wishes, that Roger Peirce will be retiring at the end of this season, having served as kitman for the past 20 years”, said the club in a statement. “From washing the kit to cleaning the changing rooms, Roger has been everpresent for First Team games and training sessions over a monumental 20 years”. The game will be contested between two sides formed of past and present players and staff of the club 34

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Bees Head Coach Lee Burch has been awarded the FA Women’s Championship Manager of The Month award for January!

Lee Burch said “It’s obviously nice to get recognised by people outside of the Club and everyone to understand what we’re trying to do here. We had a tough period just before, so it was really important we started 2020 well.

Burch’s side have made an unbeaten start to league action in 2020 after recording an impressive 2-0 victory on the road at London City Lionesses, before backing that up with a solid point at The Dripping Pan against Lewes. The Bees kept back to back clean sheets in the process and have cemented their grip on 5th place in the table, as well as putting pressure on those in the top four.

It’s not just about me, it’s a staff award. From Sian my assistant manager, I was ill just after Christmas and she picked up quite a bit of the slack. Craig my goalkeeper coach has done wonders with Sarah (Quantrill), as well as the physio’s getting everyone back. It has been a real staff effort and I’m really pleased with everyone behind the scenes.”

The month finished with an impressive performance albeit in a narrow 1-0 FA Cup defeat to WSL side, Everton. The end of January sees the Bees sit 5th in the league and well on course to have their most successful season in the Club’s history. This is the second time that Burch has won the award so far this season after he picked up the award back in Septemeber becoming the first Bees manager ever to claim the award.

General Manager Ricky Bartlett said “I am absolutely delighted to see Lee recognised with another Manager of The Month award, he thoroughly deserves the recognition after a largely successful month. The team went and picked up three crucial points against London City Lionesses at the start of the month, before backing it up with a good point against Lewes. “I want to congratulate Lee, the rest of the staff and the players for their hard work so far this season. We are on course to have a really successful campaign, as everyone strives to continue to grow London Bees”

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