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WRITES

Darren Currie

Good afternoon and welcome to The Hive London for our National League fixture against Barrow. I’d like to extend that welcome to Ian Evatt, his staff, officials and supporters who have made the long trip down today. I need a reaction today, our goal tally has not been great of late and lots of work has been done. In particular, lots of analysis and lots of words have been spoken. It’s now time for action, we understand the situation we now find ourselves in. I mentioned a few weeks ago about our levels being of a high standard and the challenge was to maintain those. That continues to be the challenge, I know we have got it in us, it’s just about doing it consistently. Our supporters have been first class since I took over. When the cup run was good, they

got right behind the team and there started to be a real connection which I was really pleased with. We need to find that again, help the boys get through this period.

We’ve got a better chance of doing it if we’re all together. Enjoy the match, #LetsBeeTogether

Darren

Callum Reynolds

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Hello everybody and a warm welcome back to The Hive as we take on Barrow this afternoon. It’s a new month, a busy month with games coming thick and fast which is something we’re looking to take advantage of. I feel like we’re playing some good stuff, we’re just not getting the wins we need.

The boys are very determined to turn this around.

We’re not doom and gloom however, we’re keeping positive as there is a lot of points still to play for.

We’ve deserved more wins in a few of our recent games, but we need to keep plugging away and keep trusting what the gaffer wants us to do. We’re looking back on games and are seeing that we’re creating chances but not taking them, which is obviously hurting us. There are so many games coming so we cannot dwell on it too much and will look to take three points starting today against a good Barrow side who we know like to play football.

Come on you Bees!

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INTRODUCING BARROW AFC CLUB NICKNAME

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BARROW AFC CLUB HISTORY 1: THE EARLY YEARS

2: JOINING THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

3: AFTER WORLD WAR TWO.

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.

The club resumed playing for the 191920 season and won Division A of the Lancashire Combination the follwoing 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.

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 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. The club continued to struggle in Division Four. In 1963, the club erected floodlights and the official

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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. 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 nation’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 Barrow’s 20 and, after 51 years the club had lost its much prized Football League status.

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, 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. 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. 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.

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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 199798 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).

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 club joined what is now Vanarama North when it was formed in 200405 but apart from two F.A. Cup First Round appearances against Bristol Rovers and AFC Bournemouth, there was no tangible success.

8: RETURNING TO THE TOP FLIGHT AND MORE 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 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 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. 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. 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.

10. A NEW ERA – AND SUCCESS. 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.

11: CONSOLIDATION. 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.

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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 1972. However last season saw a sharp reversal in fortunes after a season of disappointment with relegation only avoided on the last day of the season as the club had three managers over the course of the season – Paul Cox. Micky Moore and latterly Ady Pennock who left the club after securing safety in May.

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JOEL DIXON

CONNOR BROWN

POSITION

POSITION DEFENDER

GOALKEEPER

Born in Middlesbrough, Joel joined Sunderland as a youngster and graduated through to a full time deal in 2013. 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 Hartlepools 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.

Born in Sheffield, Conor began his career with Sheffield United. He did not make a top team appearance for them before being released in the summer of 2012 but he had loan spells with Eastwood Town – four games and Hinckley United six games before that. He joined Oldham Athletic and scored once in eighty nine appearances for the club over four seasons as well as having a two month loan spell from November 2014 with Carlisle United for whom he made eight appearances.

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. 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.

In the summer of 2016 he joined Guiseley and made fifty one first team appearances for them before joining York City on loan in January 2018. The move became permanent a month later and he made eleven appearances for City before being released in June 2018. He joined Barrow in July 2018. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville.

DAN JONES

JACK BARTHRAM

POSITION DEFENDER

Born in Sedgefield, Dan was involved with the youth systems at Sunderland and then Hartleppol United for signing a full professional deal with United in the summer of 2013. Over the next three years he made thirty seven appearances in the Football League before being released in the summer of 2016 and joining Grimsby Town. He did not immediately claim a first team place with the Mariners and in late 2016 he had a three game loan spell in Vanarama National with Gateshead and then early 2017 had a five game spell on loan to AFC Fylde in Vanarama North. He made three appearances for the Mariners before being released in the summer 2017 and joining Barrow, making his debut on the opening day against Dagenham & Redbridge.

Born in Newham in London, Jack worked his way through the Tottenham Hotspur academy set up and Development Team before being released in the summer of 2013 and joining Swindon Town. Over two seasons with the Robins he scored once in twenty three senior games before being released. He joined Cheltenham Town in the summer of 2015 and was a member of the side that one the National League that season. He scored twice in eighty three senior appearances for them in all competitions before being released in the summer of 2017 and joining Barrow in late July. He made his debut on the opening day of the season at Dagenham & Redbridge.

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KYLE JAMESON

LEE MOLYNEUX

POSITION DEFENDER

Central defender Kyle Jameson joined the Bluebirds in August 2018 on a half season loan.

Born in Huyton in Liverpool, Lee came through the youth system at Everton and whilst he signed a senior contract in 2006 having represented England at age group levels, he did not make a first team appearance before joining Southampton in the summer of 2009. He made four appearances for the saints without scoring and also had a loan spell at Port Vale without playing a first team game before being released in the summer of 2010. He joined Plymouth Argyle that summer and made a dozen first team appearances before leaving the club in January 2011.

Jameson joined The Baggies from Chelsea last summer. The 19-year-old signed a one-year contract, with a further one-year option, and is part of Albion’s U23 development squad.

He joined Morecambe in the summer of 2015 and scored eight times in eighty right first team appearances before signing for Guiseley in the summer of 2017. He played twenty four first team games for them, scoring twice before being loaned out to Chorley in Vanarama North in February 2018. He played ten games for them. He joined Barrow in July 2018.

JASON TAYLOR

JOHN ROONEY

POSITION MIDFIELDER

Born in Droylsden, Jason began his career with Oldham Athletic and was awarded a senior contract in 2005. He never featured for the first team and in March 2006 he went on loan to Stockport County for whom he played nine times before joining on a permanent basis in August 2006. He stayed at Edgeley Park until January 2009 scoring six times in one hundred and eleven appearances before joining Rotherham United. He spent the full 2009-10 season on loan at Rochdale scoring once in twenty three games and he stayed with the Millers until January 2013 making one hundred and thirty six appearances, scoring ten times.

Born in Liverpool, John is the younger brother of former Manchester United and England striker Wayne. 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.

In January 2013 he joined Cheltenham Town and scored three times in seventy four games before joining Northampton Town in January two years later. He scored twice in fifty eight games for the Cobblers before joining Eastleigh in August 2016. He made twenty four appearances for the Spitfires before joining AFC Fylde in October 2017. He made nineteen appearances for them last season before being released and joining Barrow in July 2018. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville.

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.

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LUKE BURGESS

LEWIS HARDCASTLE

POSITION

MIDFIELDER

Born in Liverpool, Luke is with Wigan Athletic have come through their Academy system. He spent time on loan to Chorley in Vanarama North Last season and joined Barrow on an initial one month loan at the start of August. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville as a substitute.

Born in Bolton, Lewis joined Blackburn Rovers youth set up at a very early age and signed his first deal with the club in 2015 before being loaned out to Salford City, then in the Evo-stik Northern Premier League premier Division where he spent three months. A regular in the Blackburn Rovers development team, he made three appearances for them in the EFL Cup in the 2016-17 season. He is currently skipper of Rovers under 23 side and spent the first half of the season on loan to Port Vale in League Two, making nine appearances. He joined Barrow, initially for one month on loan in February 2019 and made his debut as a substitute at home to Bromley.

CHRISTIAN SLOAN

JACK HINDLE

POSITION MIDFIELDER

POSITION STRIKER / WINGER

Born locally, Christian has played most of his football with local side Hawcoat Park and has become the first player to sign a full contract after coming through the Performance Academy and under 21 side. He signed forms at the start of November 2018 and made his debut off the bench at Sutton United in mid-February.

Born in Warrington, Jack first sprung to prominence playing with Radcliffe Borough and he had a four year stint at Stainton Park, including a spell as skipper, split by a brief spell with 1874 Northwich. He joined Colwyn Bay in the summer of 2017 and enjoyed a good season with then with thirteen goals and twenty one assists. He joined Barrow in May 2018. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville, scoring twice.

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JACOB BLYTH

NATHAN WATERSTON

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FORWARD

Born in Nuneaton, Jacob worked his way up through the Leagues scoring goals as he progressed with Nuneaton Griff in the Midland Combination, Bedworth United in the Evo-stik Southern League Midland Division and Leamington in the Premier Division of the same competition before signing for Leicester City in the summer of 2012. He spent four seasons with City without making a first team appearance but went out on loan to gain experience. He first loan spell in November 2012 saw him make two appearances for Burton Albion and that was followed by a four game spell in February 2013 with Notts County. He scored three times in eleven games for Northampton Town in the 2013-14 in two loan spells before scoring five times in twenty two appearances for Burton Albion – again on loan in the 2014-15 season. He scored once in a five game spell with Cambridge United in August 2015 before scoring three times in eight games for Blackpool from March 2016. In the summer of 2016 he joined Motherwell of the Scottish premiership and made nine appearances for them before leaving Fir Park in August 2017. He joined Barrow in June 2018.

Nathan was born locally and was a member of the club’s under 18 development squad before leaving the club in 2015 in search of senior football. He spent a season with e in the eBac Northern League First Division before joining Workington in the Evo-stik Northern Premier League Premier Division. He scored seven times in thirty first team appearances for the Reds this season to add to the four goals he scored last season in fifty four appearances last season, the majority of which came from the bench. He re-joined Barrow in early March 2018 and made his debut as a substitute at Macclesfield Town.

DIOR ANGUS

RHYS TURNER

POSITION FORWARD

Striker. Age 25. Born in Coventry, Dior began his career with Solihull Moors in 2011 and over two seasons at Damson Park he scored seven times in thirty one games. He had spells out on loan during that time at Leamington and then Banbury United. In the summer of 2013 he joined Kidderminster Harriers but made on six appearances without scoring for them and whilst at Aggborough had a two game loan spell with Worcester City. In January 2014 he returned to Damson Park to play for Solihull Moors and scored once in twelve games over the rest of that season.

Born in Preston, Rhys came to prominence when scoring over sixty goals in a season for Myerscough College which led to a deal with Stockport County who he joined in the summer of 2013. He scored six times in twenty one games before joining Oldham Athletic at the end of the January transfer window in 2014. Over a season and a half at Boundary Park he scored three times in twenty five first team games. He also scored once for York City in ten games in a two month loan spell for September 2015, scoring once and made five appearances on loan with Macclesfield Town in January 2016, scoring once.

In the summer of 2014 he joined Daventry Town and scored twice in ten games for them over the next season before moving on to Stratford Town. He scored five times in forty games for them before joining Redditch United in December 2016 and after scoring seventeen times in forty four games for them he earned an eighteen month deal with Port Vale, signing in January 2018. He scored three times in six games on loan to Tamworth in a spell at The Lamb from March 2018 and in August 2018 he joined Nuneaton Borough on loan where he scored thirteen times in twenty five appearances.

In the summer of 2016 he was released by the Latics and joined Morecambe where he scored twice in forty four appearances. In January 2018 he was loaned back to Stockport County and scored four times in eighteen appearances for them. He was released by the Shrimps in June 2018 and joined Barrow in July. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Havant & Waterlooville

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IAN EVATT MANAGER

Ian was born in Coventry and came through the youth system as a player at Derby County. Ian was a talented teenage sportsman and chose football over cricket as a career having opened the batting for the Warwickshire under 16 sign with future England test player Ian Bell. Ian signed for Derby County on a professional basis and went on to make thirty four first team appearances over four years without scoring. During that time he switched from being a midfield payer to central defence. During that time, in 2001, he had an eleven game spell on loan at Northampton Town where he also did not find the net. He was released in the summer of 2003 and joined Chesterfield where his first spell at Saltergate saw him score nine times in eighty four appearances. In the summer of 2005, he joined Queen’s Park Rangers for a six figure fee and in his first season at Loftus Roan he made twenty seven first team appearances without scoring. In August 2006 he was loaned to Blackpool where he made twenty six appearances in the first half of the season. He was released by Rangers in January 2007 and joined Blackpool on a permanent basis. He remained there for six years, playing regularly and was part of the team that won promotion and played in the Premier League in the 2010-11 season. He featured in every game that season. In June 2013, having played a further two hundred and four games, scoring nine times since his loan spell, he was released and returned to Chesterfield. His second spell with the Spireites saw him score five times in one hundred and forty eight games and at the end of last season, as they were relegated from League Two he took temporary charge of the team following the dismissal of manager Jack Lester. Ian joined Barrow as manager in June 2018.

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Classic Campaigns Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS selects ten post-war Barrow 'Classic Campaigns'.

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1966/67 New signings Fred Else, Eric Harrison and Billy McAdams played a major part as Barrow won promotion for the first time in 1966-67. They were early pace-setters after losing just one of their opening 11 Fourth Division games, culminating in a 5-0 demolition of Exeter City. Don McEvoy’s side took top-flight Southampton to an FA Cup third round replay in front of 15,002 at Holker Street and remained in the promotion race throughout the season, clinching third place with a 1-0 victory at home to Brentford watched by 8,769 on the final day. Barrow also reached the Lancashire Cup final for the second year running but lost 2-0 to Oldham Athletic.

1967/68 Dave Storf was leading marksman as Barrow finished in their highest-ever League position in 1967-68. Colin Appleton replaced Don McEvoy as player-manager and Barrow lost only three of their opening 12 games. They never fell below halfway in the table, hammering Colchester 5-0 and blasting four goals past Northampton, Oldham and Scunthorpe, finishing seventh in the Third Division. Barrow also faced top-flight sides Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester in the third round of the League Cup and FA Cup respectively. They were Lancashire Cup finalists for the third successive season, beating Manchester United 3-1 en route, but lost 1-0 at Burnley.

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1983/84 Barrow won the Northern Premier League title by a huge 20 point margin in 1983-84. New manager Vic Halom signed Peter McDonnell and Keith Kennedy, with Barrow regaining the Cambrian Cup and remaining unbeaten in their ﬁrst 18 games. They went top in October after ﬁghting back from 3-0 down to defeat Goole Town 4-3, then hammering Southport 5-1, remaining in pole position for the rest of the season. Barry Diamond was leading marksman with 35 goals, while Steve Brooks and Frank Gamble were also ever-present. Manchester United played at Barrow in the Kevin Thomas/David Large testimonial match. Vic Halom left to manage Rochdale.

1987/88 Barrow reached the FA Trophy semi-finals for the first time in 1987-88, narrowly losing to eventual winners Enfield in the second replay. England Semi-Pro midfielder Kenny Lowe returned from a spell at Scarborough and Barrow were also Northern Premier League Cup finalists, losing on penalties after a 2-2 draw with Goole Town at Maine Road. Ray Wilkie’s side stormed to 5-0 wins over Matlock and Goole in the Northern Premier League, then won 4-0 at Frickley and Workington over the Christmas period. Colin Cowperthwaite was leading marksman as their title challenge faded with fixture congestion, finishing fifth in the Northern Premier League.

1988/89 Ray Wilkie guided Barrow to the Northern Premier League title in 1988-89. Peter McDonnell returned in goal and Neil Doherty was another notable summer signing. The Bluebirds lost just one of their opening 11 Northern Premier League games and were seven points clear at the top by the end of September. They reached the FA Cup first round for the first time in 12 years but lost 3-1 at Rotherham, then were expelled from the Northern Premier League Cup after playing the ineligible Peter Harrison against Mossley who were reinstated and went on to win it. Barrow clinched the title with a 1-0 win at Caernarfon and finished seven points ahead of Hyde.

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1989/90 Barrow won the FA Trophy for the first time in 1989-90. Ray Wilkie’s side defeated Bangor City, Met Police, Yeovil Town, Kingstonian and Colne Dynamoes before two goals by Kenny Gordon and another from Colin Cowperthwaite secured a 3-0 victory over Leek Town in the Wembley final: Peter McDonnell, Steve Higgins, Tony Chilton, Glenn Skivington, Kenny Gordon, Kevin Proctor, Neil Doherty (Ian Burgess), Peter Farrell (Billy Gilmour), Colin Cowperthwaite, Kenny Lowe, Paul Ferris. Barrow lost only twice at home all season, drawing 1-1 with Darlington in front of 4,244 on New Year’s Day, but finished a disappointing 14th in the Conference.

1997/98 Barrow swept to the Northern Premier League title in 1997-98. Owen Brown’s side lost only two of their first 19 games with goalkeeper Steve Farrelly and top scorer Neil Morton both key figures. Barrow showed great consistency and also reached the FA Trophy quarter-finals before narrowly losing on penalties to Dover in the replay watched by 4,217 at Holker Street. Marc Coates was the chief source of goals during the second half of the season when Barrow’s lead was whittled down from 13 points in January to just four, but the Bluebirds finished seven ahead of runners-up Boston United after beating them 1-0 in their penultimate home match.

2007/08 Barrow won the Conference North play-off final in 2007-08. The Bluebirds won just two of their opening 13 games before gradually improving. The arrival of Mark Boyd from Sligo Rovers in January coincided with a 17 match unbeaten run during which Barrow conceded just five goals and won 13 times including 5-0 against both Solihull and Redditch. Managed by Dave Bayliss and Darren Sheridan, Barrow finished fifth in the table and defeated Telford 2-0 in both legs of the play-off semi-final. Matt Henney scored to clinch a 1-0 victory over Stalybridge in the final. Tim Deasy and Lee Woodyatt were also ever-present, while Nick Rogan was top scorer.

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2009/10 Joint managers Dave Bayliss and Darren Sheridan guided Barrow to FA Trophy final success in 2009-10. The Bluebirds defeated Kettering Town, Maidenhead United, Gateshead, York City and Salisbury en route to the Wembley final where Lee McEvilly and Jason Walker scored in a 2-1 win over Stevenage Borough after extra-time: Stuart Tomlinson, Simon Spender, Paul Edwards, Paul Jones, Phil Bolland, Robin Hulbert, Andy Bond, Paul Rutherford (Mark Boyd), Jason Walker, Gregg Blundell (Lee McEvilly), Simon Wiles (Carlos Logan). Barrow also reached the FA Cup third round for the first time in 19 years, losing 3-0 at top-flight Sunderland.

2014/15 Barrow won the Conference North title in 2014-15. Dallas-based businessman Paul Casson completed a takeover of the club. Barrow won 26 of their 42 Conference North games and lost just two matches at home all season as the title race quickly became a contest between them and AFC Fylde. Darren Edmondson’s side gained 87 points and clinched the title with a 3-2 win at Lowestoft on the ﬁnal day, ﬁnishing two points ahead of runners-up AFC Fylde as they regained Conference Premier status after two years’ absence. The two clubs shared the best defensive record in the Conference North, losing only seven games each and conceding 43 goals.

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ALEX JONES DIGRESSES BARROW As a child, I used to purchase the football magazine known as Shoot! and each week we would study pictures and read exclusive columns by the likes of Kevin Keegan, Butch Wilkins or John Grieg. And well known Enfield railway station, Gordon Hill. Each August there was the fantastic free gift known as League Ladders. For a couple of days in 1981, Swansea City’s cardboard tab proudly led the First Division. Unfortunately, Barrow rarely progressed from the bottom of Divison Four, so it was little surprise when, in 1972, they failed to achieve re-election. Yet as comparatively recently as 1968 they had finished well in Division Three.

initially been blessed with local games, and a couple of reasonable journeys to Gillingham, he now has to pay a kings’ ransom for a third journey to Swansea and was rewarded the other Sunday with a 4-1 victory, although I failed to meet Joe. The second half saw Brentford even more inept than Swans had been in the first, and young Daniel James scored a fantastic goal which got the Jacks singing as enthusiastically as they would for Wales’ triumph a fortnight later Two successive Cup quarter Finals, although Manchester City try to swagger their way towards four trophies, and will clearly start as favourites.

at the top of the charts, I was safe in that promise, and the Underhill crowd regularly rocked the terraces with their version of the Sedaka song. Therefore if the music is played at the event, Amarillo should definitely be on the playlist.

Re-election The archaic system of re-election has had paragraphs written on it by football historians and defies analysis. Perhaps Jeff Stelling was a man of influence even back in the day as Hartlepool were voted back in no fewer than fourteen times. In fact, Barrow comes joint third in that list, with eleven escapes. Other teams currently trading in the National League, which had to go through the process include Aldershot and Wrexham. Then again they are currently outnumbered by Premier League contestants Watford, Brighton, Crystal Palace Cardiff and Bournemouth. One wonders if the vote had gone against any of the teams named, what their subsequent histories would have been. Another National League side, Gateshead were naïve enough not to canvas support sufficiently, so they perished in1960, to be replaced by Peterborough. Logic was cast out of the window with the system, which thankfully died in 1986 when Enfield were sadly denied a place in the Football League.

FA Cup news BBC Wales stepped in with coverage of the Fifth Round tie. Another challenge for Joe Gibney on his road to Wembley. Having

A Grand Day Out Desert Island Discs Number One on the evening we clinched promotion in 2005 was Amarillo by Tony Christie and Peter Kay. I had irritated my class at the time by assuring them that I would keep playing the song until we were assured of promotion. With seven weeks

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Young Aaron Hunt was mascot for the Sutton United game. His Uncle John was impressed at the welcome and the friendliness of the players and club officials. Notably, Bees in the Community Officer Matt Dixon. Also willing to give up their time were Darren Currie and Junior Lewis, both of whom I remember seeing play for Hendon at different stages in their playing careers. Remember when some of my charges fulfilled the same role at Underhill.

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Barnet fell to a 2-0 defeat at home to Chesterfield on Tuesday night. Charlie Carter and substitute Alex Kiwomya wrote their name on the score-sheet as the Spireites leap-frog us in the league.

Darren Currie made one change at half-time, bringing Jack Barham on for Medy Elito. The Spireits produced the first chance of the second period after Scott Boden did well to turn and run through on goal before pulling back and firing wide of Mark Cousins’ goal.

The Bees made two changes from the side who played against AFC Fylde the FA Trophy at the weekend with Simeon Akinola and Ashley Charles coming in for Andre Boucaud and Ephron Mason-Clark. As for Chesterfield, they made three switches with Carter, Will Evans and Tom Denton coming in to the starting line-up.

They came knocking again just shy of the hour mark when Chapman burst forward before dragging his shot just wide of the post.

The first real chance of the game fell the Bees’ way when Medy Elito played a one-two with Shaq Coulthirst before the ball found Wes Fonguck who blasted into the keeper’s gloves.

Coulthirst then tried his luck after picking the ball up on the edge of the box before turning and blasting off target. Charles then made way for Boucaud on 69 minutes shortly before Craig Robson was replaced by Mason-Clark.

However, the miss proved costly as Chesterfield broke the dead-lock on 15 minutes when Denton hit the bar from close range leaving Carter to head home the rebound.

The latter made an instant impact when floating a cross into the box before Sweeney rose highest to get a head to it but his effort was tipped over by Jalal.

Barnet did have a chance to equalise soon after though when Akinola cut inside before unleashing an ambitious bending effort which landed wide of the post.

Up the other end and Chesterfield were back on the attack when substitute Jerome Binnom-Williams tried his luck from 20 yards out, forcing a smart save from Cousins.

The Barnet number 14 was at it again six minutes later when he headed over Elliott Johnson’s dangerous cross from the left.

However, the Spireites did have the ball in the net again with 10 minutes to go after Kiwomya rounded the Bees’ keeper before slotting low and hard into the Barnet goal.

Chesterfield had a chance to double their lead just past the half-hour mark when Ellis Chapman’s cross from the left was headed just over the bar from Denton.

Akinola added to his catalogue of chances late on when his effort looked to be creeping into the bottom corner but instead fizzed past the near post.

Four minutes before the break, Akinola cut inside before pulling the trigger on the edge of the box with his left but Jalal does well to catch his effort, keeping the score at 1-0 going into the break.

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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL I have always been on the side of law and order, and that includes my attitude towards referees and their assistants. They are expected to make instant decisions, berated from all sides by parties that would point the finger of blame in any direction other than at themselves, in what is an increasingly fast-paced game, and at most levels without the benefit of VAR. If that isn’t enough, they have to contend with ever-growing levels of simulation and other chicanery that would leave John Cena and Co. green with envy.

County that took place on the opening day of the 1894-95 season. Yes, it was a VERY long time ago, and the world was a VERY different place, but even so…. As the story goes, the appointed referee, Thomas Kirkham, was delayed en route and a replacement official took charge. The Black Cats raced into a 3-0 lead in the first 45 minutes, at which point Mr Kirkham finally arrived, and – unbelievably – offered Derby the option of starting the game from scratch. Unsurprisingly, they accepted.

And despite all this, the reality is they make far fewer mistakes in the course of ninety minutes than the players they are supervising. Before you ask, my sympathy also extends to David McNamara, who received a three week ban earlier this season after leaving his coin in his changing room at a WSL fixture between Manchester City and Reading and improvising the toss with rock-paper-scissors.

This also threw the press into a tizzy, as they had already dispatched a half-time score of 3-0 to their newspapers! Fortunately, Sunderland saved their blushes by producing an identikit performance second time around to once again lead 3-0 at the break. They didn’t relent in the second, either, adding another 5 goals to make the final score 8-0 (or is that 11-0?).

Ten-out-of-ten for ingenuity and adding a bit of sly humour to the occasion. But it looked bad, especially in print, and I guess that at the end of the day rules is rules. What is even harder to defend – certainly with the benefit of 21st century eyes - is the faux pas that intruded on the First Division match between League Champions-to-be Sunderland and Derby

So, please remember: there IS such a thing as a game of two halves…. but there has also once been one of three!

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NATIONAL LEAGUE TRUST TOURNAMENT On Wednesday 27th February 2019, we took part in the National League Southern Regional Competition which was held at the home of Borehamwood FC, Meadow Park. We had two of our local partner schools, Orion Primary School and Camrose Primary School who had recently won our local competition to represent us in the girls’ and boys’ sections. Both teams did a fantastic job with Camrose narrowly missing out on progressing within the tournament on just goal difference. We would like to thank both schools for representing the club in this year’s tournament and we look forward to continuing to grow our partnerships with these schools in the future.

RAINBOWS VISIT This month, the Bees in the Community team visited a local rainbows unit to motivate and inspire young girls to get involved in football. Merrick Will(pictured), one of the London Bees first team players also came down to join in the session and answer the girls’ questions about football. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the centre and hope to see the girls at a match very soon!

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Defender Josh Yorwerth has been sacked by his club Peterborough United this week. This comes after the 23 year old former Wales youth international had not made an appearance for the side since September. The Cambridgeshire side confirmed this week that he had been charged by the FA back in December, for evading an anti-doping test and having taken cocaine. “The football club wishes to confirm that his contract will be terminated” the club said in a statement. “The football club wishes Josh well with his recovery and for his future and hope he continues to get the support he needs from those in a position to help”. The former Cardiff City, Hereford United, Ipswich Town and Merthyr Town player had only made 3 appearances for the side since joining them for an undisclosed fee from Crawley Town last summer.

Bradford City manager David Hopkin has resigned from his position at the club, having spent just short of 6 months at the side. The former Greenock Morton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Leeds United midfielder joined the side back in September, replacing Michael Collins, and leaves the club in 23rd place in League 1, with 33 points, 3 points off of safety. During his spell at the club, he drew 11 games and won 7, giving a win percentage of 20%. “I have given my all over the past six months. I took on a tough job and have left no stone unturned in my efforts to help us climb the table” said the 48-year-old, who played for the Bantams back in 2001. “The club means a great deal to me as a former player and that is why I have made this decision - with a quarter of the season remaining”. First-team coach Martin Drury and assistant manager Anton McElhone will take charge of the side for their trip to Fratton Park against Portsmouth today.

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Lee Bowyer, the manager of Charlton Athletic, has been charged by the FA on two counts of verbally abusing a referee. The 42-year-old, who played 58 times for the Addicks in the mid-1990s, was sent to the stands during last weekends’ south London derby against AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow. The FA said that he had “used abusive and/ or insulting language towards the match referee in both the 46th minute of the game and after his dismissal”. Athletic went on to win the game, having gone a goal down in the first half, before pulling one back just after half time, before completing the turnaround in the 91st minute.

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Arsenal legend Paul Merson has spoken out with praise for AFC Fylde. The 50-year-old former England player was at Mill Farm last week, running a coaching session for a group of the clubs’ academy players. “The facilities are outstanding, absolutely outstanding” he said. “The club are in The FA Trophy semi-final as well which is excellent. I’ve seen them steadily rise up through the leagues so to be in the semi-final and be a couple of games away from Wembley now is a massive feat”, he continued.“I’ve been steadily watching them, as I’ve always had trouble saying their name – Flyde I’ve called them”.

Reading have loaned their Nigeria international Sone Aluko to Chinese Super League side Beijing Renhe for the rest of the 2019 calendar year. He signed for the Royals in 2017, on a £7.5 million deal, and the 30-year-old winger has since gone on to score just 4 times in his 60 appearances. His new club starts their season in March and runs up until December. He has previously played in the Premier League for the likes of Birmingham City and Hull City, as well as featuring for Blackpool, Rangers and Aberdeen. The move comes after his playing time became limited as a result of the arrival of Jose Gomez as manager.

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Lincoln City, who go into today top of League 2, 3 points ahead of 2nd place, are struggling to deal with the pressures of playing at Sincil Bank, says manager Danny Cowley. This comes after 4 out of their last 5 home games have ended in draws. “We’ve got to get a bit more rhythm and fluency at home” said Cowley. “There’s a lot of expectation here and I’m really proud of that because when I arrived there was none”. His comments came after his side needed a 96thminute equaliser, through former Bee John Akinde’s 11th goal in 33 games, against Exeter City on Tuesday night. In the 2016/17 the side became just one of a few non-league teams to reach the sixth round of the FA Cup, as well as gaining promotion back to League 2. Last season, they made the playoff semi-final, as well as winning the Checkatrade Trophy, their first ever appearance at Wembley, all under Cowley’s stewardship.

Having been promoted through the National League North playoffs last season, Harrogate Town manager Simon Weaver has told his squad to stay in “dreamland” as they attempt to get a playoff place in the National League Premier this season, but acknowledges that they will have to rip up their pitch if they achieve promotion to League 2. The side currently occupies 7th place, the last position that qualifies for the playoff quarterfinal. They are ahead of 8th placed Gateshead on goal difference but have 2 games in hand over them. EFL rules state that clubs have to rip up 3G pitches and replace it with natural grass before they can play in League 2, if not they will suffer demotion back to Step 2. “Everything’s to play for, that’s for sure and if someone had said at the start of the season we’d have been in dreamland” said Weaver. “We’ve just got to go for it – take the handbrake off and have a real good go”. BARNETFC.COM 43

Colwyn Bay, of Northern Premier League Division One West, the eighth tier of the English football pyramid, have announced that they are making plans to return back to the Welsh football league system. The side, from the North Welsh coast, have played in the English leagues since the mid-1980s, and reached the National League North, playing there as recently as 2015. However, 2 successive relegations saw them drop down the levels in recent years, therefore struggle financially. The club revealed that they could close down within the next 2 years if the club continues playing in the English system, reportedly needing over £100,000 more revenue each season in order to stay competitive. Their calculations say that in order for this to happen, their attendances need to be around 450, however, fewer than 200 witnessed their 9-0 win over Skelmersdale United last week. They are set to talk to the FA of Wales in the near future to discuss their options.

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Wrexham have signed former Football League goalkeeper Luke Simpson on a deal running up until the end of the season. He started his career at then League 1 side Oldham Athletic, but did not make a single first-team appearance, instead being loaned out to Nantwich Town and Workington. He made his Football League debut during the 2014/15 season, playing several times for Accrington Stanley, before a spell back in non league with York City, being relegated with the side in 2017. He spent some time at the start of the season with Macclesfield Town, but left soon after for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth. The 24-year-old now signs for Wrexham, having left the Lambs last month when first choice goalkeeper, Jasbir Singh, returned from injury. “I’m looking to cover all bases for this key part of the season” said Wrexham manager Bryan Hughes. “Having another goalkeeper in case of injury is going to be vital”.

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Manny Duku, who was on loan here at The Hive earlier in the season, has now joined FC Halifax Town on loan from his parent club Cheltenham Town. He scored on 4 occasions in 11 games for the Bees between October and December, before returning to Gloucestershire, where he has scored once in 11 games this season. We play away to Halifax this Tuesday, before welcoming them to the Hive the following Tuesday. Duku joined Cheltenham last summer from Southern League Division 1 East side Hayes and Yeading United. He has previously played for Chesham United, Kings Langley and Banbury United.

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FYLDE AWAY POSTCARD After being drawn against Fylde in the FA Trophy, I considered how I could make it from London and eventually decided going back to Leeds for the weekend and driving with my parents made the most sense. This meant I got a lovely lie in on Saturday morning before we left at noon to make our way to Fylde. I took great advantage of being back in the car by sleeping literally the whole way. After getting a little lost near the ground, we finally arrived and parked in the ground at 2:20pm. After buying a club badge and programme in the friendly club shop, we made our way into the away end and took a place on the terrace behind the goal. Fylde’s ground was really nice but had a weird layout in the fact they had no stand behind the other goal for the home fans. The teams came out and with the tie being settled on the day, we knew how big this game was. We started the game on the front foot going forward but our first real chance came on 20 minutes when Reynolds headed a ball into Coulthirst which just got cleared before he could get to it. As the first half continued both teams had a couple of chances but it was 0-0 at half time. I was so looking forward to my hot chocolate and it didn’t disappoint (up there with one of the best this season). Just 4 minutes into the second half, we had a great chance but Coulthirst’s shot somehow just went the wrong side of the post! We brought Barham on as a sub and continued to look threatening going forward. On 80 minutes, we were so close to scoring after a goalmouth scramble but a Fylde free kick was given. The game finished 0-0 meaning we were then into 30 minutes of extra time. Akinola was introduced as a sub and on 101 minutes he came so close to putting us ahead but his shot was blocked off the line! In the second half of extra time, Coulthirst had a lovely shot saved by their goalkeeper and on 117 minutes Akinola’s chance just went over the bar! The ref blew the whistle and the game was going to be decided on penalties. The penalties were taken in front of us away fans and we all made our way to the front to stand right behind the goal. Fylde were up first and scored their first penalty. Reynolds was first to step up for us but unfortunately, his penalty hit the crossbar! Fylde scored their next penalty and Jack Barham scored his. Fylde scored their third penalty and Wes Fonguck stepped up for our third. Unluckily, his penalty hit the post. Fylde had to score their fourth penalty and did so meaning they were through to the semi finals of the trophy. As we got back in the car, I suggested a trip to Blackpool to cheer us up. Unfortunately, when we got to Blackpool we forget how hard it was to drive round and after realising everything was shut anyway we aborted the plan and drove home to Leeds, getting back just before 9pm. Although I am absolutely gutted to go out of the Trophy, I am so proud of the boys’ performance throughout the competition and I believe we were the better team on Saturday and purely unlucky to lose on penalties.

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2018/19 PLAYING STATISTICS SEASON MARK COUSINS (GK) CHEYE ALEXANDER ELLIOTT JOHNSON CALLUM REYNOLDS RICARDO SANTOS CRAIG ROBSON DAVE TARPEY CHARLEE ADAMS BYRON HARRISON SHAQUILE COULTHIRST DAN SPARKES JACK TAYLOR RIHARDS MATREVICS (GK) SIMEON AKINOLA NANA KYEI HARRY TAYLOR ANDRE BOUCAUD WESLEY FONGUCK MAURO VILHETE MEDY ELITO JOSH WALKER DAVID TUTONDA AYMEN AZAZE DAN SWEENEY EPHRON MASON-CLARK DARNELL SMITH JACK BARHAM DWIGHT PASCAL JOE PAYNE MARTYN BOX ZAK JULES MANNY DUKU MOHAMED BETTAMER WILL HUFFER ASHLEY CHARLES

KEY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 182021222324262728293032343637 383940 Date Team KO Result Att Away Sat Aug 4 Aldershot Town A 15:00 0-0 2,409 343 22 18 S S 21 Tue Aug 7 Braintree Town H 19:45 1-1 1,507 125 22 S S 21 S Sat Aug 11 Eastleigh H 15:00 1-2 1,028 86 S S 11 S 21 Tue Aug 14 Harrogate Town A 19:45 0-2 1,381 120 15 S S 9 S Sat Aug 18 Ebbsfleet United H 15:00 0-3 1,217 321 21 S 27 9 S Sat Aug 25 Chesterfield A 15:00 1-0 4,685 134 29 S 27 S S Mon Aug 27 Dagenham & Redbridge H 15:00 2-1 1,522 378 29 S S 12 S Sat Sep 1 Dover Athletic A 15:00 2-1 1,037 100 S S 29 S S Tue Sep 4 Bromley A 19:45 1-0 1,568 305 S 29 S S 18 Sat Sep 8 Maidenhead United H 15:00 1-0 1,569 218 S 22 S 18 32 Sat Sep 15 Leyton Orient A 15:00 1-3 5,601 610 S S 18 22 23 Sat Sep 22 AFC Fylde H 15:00 1-1 1,101 67 S S 29 12 S Tue Sep 25 Havant & Waterlooville H 19:45 2-2 965 59 S 26 17 12 Sat Sep 29 Wrexham A 15:00 0-1 4,727 77 S 27 S S Sat Oct 6 Solihull Moors H 15:00 2-0 1054 116 S S S 37 22 Sat Oct 20 Braintree Town (FAC 4Q) H 15:00 4-2 1057 156 23 S S S S 12 37 Sat Oct 27 Barrow A 15:00 2-0 1,135 70 3 22 S S 37 Tue Oct 30 Salford City H 19:45 1-3 1243 81 26 22 S S 37 Sat Nov 3 Maidstone United H 15:00 0-2 1424 339 22 S S 23 7 Sun Nov 11 Bristol Rovers (FAC1) H 12:45 1-1 1,705 523 S 37 S 18 S 38 S Sun Nov 18 Hartlepool United A 16:30 1-3 3,545 47 37 S S S 38 Wed Nov 21 Bristol Rovers (FAC1 R) A 19:45 1-2 2,740 96 37 S 18 S S 38 S Sat Nov 24 Gateshead H 15:00 1-2 940 38 18 S S 22 8 Sun Dec 2 Stockport County (FAC2) H 14:00 1-0 2,826 1,542 18 S S 22 S 9 S Sat Dec 8 Ebbsfleet United A 15:00 0-1 1,320 200 18 S S 2 38 Sat Dec 15 Bath City (FAT1) H 15:00 3-2 413 80 18 37 S 11 S Sat Dec 22 Dover Athletic H 12:35 2-0 1,011 135 37 S S 27 S Wed Dec 26 Boreham Wood A 13:00 1-0 1,894 977 S 18 S S 10 Sat Dec 29 Dagenham & Redbridge A 15:00 0-1 1,775 301 21 S 27 S 10 Tue Jan 1 Boreham Wood H 15:00 1-1 2,087 305 27 S 4 S S Sun Jan 6 Sheffield United (FAC3) A 14:00 0-1 9,906 966 10 S S 27 S 21 S Sat Jan 12 Dorchester Town (FAT2) H 15:00 2-1 878 157 S S 27 26 21 Sat Jan 19 Braintree Town A 15:00 0-4 700 350 22 S 27 21 S Mon Jan 28 Brentford FC (FAC4) H 19:45 3-3 6,215 1,822 S 18 S 21 S S S Sat Feb 2 Carshalton Athletic (FAT3) A 15:00 3-3 938 S 12 26 21 S Tue Feb 5 Brentford FC (FAC4 R) A 19:45 3-1 6,954 1,648 S 18 S 27 3 S S Sat Feb 9 Sutton United H 15:00 0-1 1,316 271 14 12 27 S S Tue Feb 12 Carshalton A (FAT3 R) H 19:45 2-1 606 S S 17 18 23 Sat Feb 16 Solihull Moors A 15:00 2-2 1,747 S 18 23 S 10 Tue Feb 19 Sutton United A 19:45 0-0 1,917 197 S S 11 27 S POSTPONED Maidstone United A TBC Sat Feb 23 AFC Fylde (FAT4) A 15:00 0-0 S S 27 21 17 Tue Feb 26 Chesterfield H 19:45 0-2 902 172 S 40 S 6 21 Sat Mar 2 Barrow H 15:00 Tue Mar 5 FC Halifax Town A 19:45 Sat Mar 9 Gateshead A 15:00 Tue Mar 12 FC Halifax Town H 19:45 Sat Mar 16 Hartlepool United H 15:00 Tue Mar 19 Harrogate Town H 19:45 Sat Mar 23 Salford City A 15:00 Tue Mar 26 Aldershot Town H 19:45 Sat Mar 30 Leyton Orient H 15:00 Tue Apr 2 Eastleigh A 19:45 Sat Apr 6 Maidenhead United A 15:00 Sat Apr 13 Wrexham H 15:00 Fri Apr 19 AFC Fylde A 15:00 Mon Apr 22 Bromley H 15:00 Sat Apr 27 Havant & Waterlooville A 15:00

BARNET FC - ROLL CALL

BARNET FOOTBALL CLUB ROLL CALL 2018/19

No. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Mark COUSINS Cheye ALEXANDER Elliott JOHNSON Callum REYNOLDS Ricardo SANTOS Craig ROBSON Dave TARPEY Charlee ADAMS Byron HARRISON Shaquile COULTHIRST Dan SPARKES Jack TAYLOR Rihards MATREVICS Simeon AKINOLA Nana KYEI Harry TAYLOR

Postition

D.o.B/P.o.B

Goalkeeper

09.01.1987 Chelmsford, England

Defender

06/01/1995

Defender Defender

17.08.1994 10.04.1989 Luton, England 18.06.1995

Defender

02.08.1991

Forward

14.11.1988

Midfielder

16.02.1995 Redbridge, London, England

Defender

Forward

15.06.1987

Forward

02.11.1994

Midfielder Midfielder Goalkeeper Forward Midfielder Defender

26/08/1991 23.06.1998 18.03.1999 06.08.1992 10.01.1998 04.05.1997

17 Andre BOUCAUD

Midfielder

10.10.1984

18 Wesley FONGUCK Fumnaya 19 SHOMOTUN 20 Mauro VILHETE

Midfielder Midfielder

16.07.1997 29.05.1997 Nigeria 10.05.1993

21 Medy ELITO

Midfielder

20.03.1990

22 23 24 25

Josh WALKER David TUTONDA Aymen AZAZE Roy SYLA

Forward Defender Goalkeeper Midfielder

26 Dan SWEENEY

Midfielder

Previous Clubs

Colchester, Whitton United, Staines Town, Enfield Town, Yeading, Dagenham 34-0-0 & Redbridge West Ham, Port Vale, Ilkeston Town, Concord Rangers, Bishop's Stortford, 35-0-1 Aldershot Edgware, England Norwich 213-9-4 Rushden, Portsmouth, Luton, Basingstoke Town, Tamworth, Hinckley United, 15-2-0 Corby, Boreham Wood, Aldershot Almada, Portugal Dagenham & Redbridge, Billericay, Dover, Thurrock, Peterborough 61-1-5 Southampton, Havant & Waterlooville, Sorrento, Bognor Regis, Dagenham Havant, England 35-0-3 & Redbridge Henley Town, Basingstoke, Hampton & Richmond, Walton & Hersham, Reading, England 3-2-0 Chertsey, Farnborough, Maidenhead West Ham, Birmingham, Lincoln City, Kilmarnock, Dagenham & Redbridge

Havant & Waterlooville, Worthing, Boreham Wood, Harrow Borough, Wandsworth, England Ashford Town, Carshalton Athletic, Stevenage, AFC Wimbledon, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Barrow, Sutton United Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient, Torquay, Southend, York, Wigan, Hackney, England Peterborough, Mansfield Histon, Braintree, Torquay, Dagenham & Redbridge Hammersmith, England Chelsea, Hampton & Richmond Latvia SK Babite, West Ham Lagos, Nigeria Boreham Wood, Billericay Town, Harrow Borough, Braintree Hackney, England Hammersmith, England Chelsea, Hampton & Richmond, Staines Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Peterborough, Aldershot Town, Kettering Enfield, England Town, Wycombe, York City, Luton, Notts County, Dagenham & Redbridge Lambeth, England Hendon, Hampton & Richmond Brentford, Staines, Margate, Wealdstone Lisbon, Portugal Hendon, Boreham Wood Colchester, Cheltenham Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, VVV-Venlo, Kinshasa, Zaire Newport County, Cambridge United London, England Fulham, Wealdstone, Hendon Kinshasa, DR Congo Cardiff City, Newport County, York City

28 Darnell SMITH

Defender

29 Jack BARHAM

Forward

30 Dwight PASCAL

Defender

28.12.1997 11.10.1995 20/12/2001 20/06/2000 AFC Wimbledon, Kingstonian, Dulwich Hamlet, 25.04.1994 Maidstone, Hampton & Richmond Kingston upon Thames, England 25.08.1999 Metropolitan Police Lambeth, England 24.03.1999 Three Bridges, Staines, Hungerford Hackney, England Chelmsford City, Maldon & Tiptree, Heybridge Swifts, Tilbury, Thurrock, 29.04.1996 Pheonix Sports, Greenwich Borough Redhill, England 07.03.2001 Hackney, England

Malakai HINCKSON-MARS

Forward

01.12.1998

Enfield, England Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Derby, Farnborough

Ibadan, Nigeria Crumlin United, Shamrock Rovers, St Patrick’s Athletic, Bohemians, Larne

Ephron 27 MASON-CLARK

Midfielder

Joe PAYNE 33 Fuad SULE 34 Martyn BOX 35 Loic HERNANDEZ

Midfielder Defender Defender

02.04.1999 Enfield, England 20.01.1997 15.11.2001 07.11.1999

36 Zak JULES

Defender

02.07.1997

37 Manny DUKU

Forward

28.12.1992

Mohammed BETTAMER

Forward

01.04.1993

39 Will HUFFER

Goalkeeper

30.10.1998 England

40 Ashley CHARLES

Midfielder

15.05.1999

Defender

Barnet M/S/G

Grays Athletic, Solihull Moors

232-4-0 172-3-6 213-9-4 333-14-15 155-10-6 116-6-7 286-44-135

31-2-1

77-14-4

14-9-2

410-102-177

50-14-23

122-52-44

7-7-2 78-13-5 0-1-0 37-27-7 13-11-0 46-10-0

244-79-51 85-13-5 0-1-0 217-62-59 20-11-1 78-11-0

0-4-0

437-66-10

48-13-7

61-16-7

10-13-1

22-20-3

140-57-18

174-61-28

12-4-0

234-64-36

12-10-2 62-11-3 0-0-0 0-0-0

57-12-20 80-19-5 0-0-0 16-3-1

51-5-1

196-32-22

18-25-3

23-26-3

1-0-0

11-1-0

7-7-2

12-9-2

3-0-0

1-1-0

3-2-0

2-6-0

25-6-0

0-1-0 0-0-0 4-1-0

0-1-0 18-1-1 18-9-6

Croydon, England Wingate & Finchley Reading, Hemel Hempstead, Braintree, Motherwell,Shrewsbury, Chesterfield, 2-0-0 Port Vale Legmeervogels, Abcoude, Breukelen, VV Eemdjik, Chesham, Hemel Hemstead, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1-0-0 Kings Langley, Banbury, Hayes & Yeading, Cheltenham Islington, England

Wandsworth, London,

Career M/S/G

3-0-0 1-0-0

Hayes & Yeading, Hampton & Richmond, Braintree

34-0-0

232-4-0

Leeds United

35-0-1

172-3-6

Watford FC

213-9-4

NB Loan transfers are in italics. Career totals are up to date and M/S/G represents Match started, Subtitute appearances and Goals scored. Players highlighted in amber are products of Barnet Fc Academy

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APPEARANCE & GOALS

APPEARANCE & GOALS LEAGUE

CUP

TOTALS

APPS SUBS UNUSED GOALS APPS SUBS UNUSED GOALS APPS

SUBS UNUSED GOALS

Mark COUSINS

Cheye ALEXANDER

Elliott JOHNSON

Callum REYNOLDS

Ricardo ALMEIDA SANTOS

Craig ROBSON

Dave TARPEY

Charlee ADAMS

Byron HARRISON

Shaquile COULTHIRST

Dan SPARKES

Jack TAYLOR

Rihards MATREVICS

Simeon AKINOLA

Nana KYEI

Harry TAYLOR

Andre BOUCAUD

Wesley FONGUCK

Fumnaya SHOMOTUN

Mauro VILHETE

Medy ELITO

Josh WALKER

David TUTONDA

Aymen AZAZE

Roy SYLA

Dan SWEENEY

Ephron MASON-CLARK

Darnell SMITH

Jack BARHAM

Dwight PASCAL

Malakai HINCKSON-MARS

Joe PAYNE

Fuad SULE

Martyn BOX

Loïc HERNANDEZ

Zak JULES

Immanuelson DUKU

Mohamed BETTAMER

Will HUFFER

Ashley CHARLES

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THE RECKLESS GUIDE

Reckless Guide FC Halifax Town

05 • 03 • 2019 - KICK OFF: 7:45PM

LOCATION: THE SHAY, SHAY SYKE, HALIFAX WEST YORKSHIRE HX1 2YS

CAR PARKING

KEY PERSONNEL

There is parking at the ground at a small charge but street parking locally is freely available.

Scot Jamie Fullarton (with an “a”) is the current Manager and has been since February 2018. Before that he had two years at Notts County. As a player he had spells at St Mirren, Crystal Palace, Dundee Utd and Brentford amongst others

EATING AND DRINKING LOCALLY

BRIEF DIRECTIONS BY ROAD

The Three Pigeons, which you pass on the left when walking from the station serves up very decent pints. The Town Centre Wetherspoons pub The Barum Top Inn is a good bet for food and beer selection as always. Nearer to the town centre you will find The micro brewery Pump Room in New Road.

Take the M62 exiting at junction 24, follow signs for A629 Halifax (quite complicated after the slip road, just keep focused) and into Calderdale Way which becomes the Huddersfield Road After approx 4.5 miles on this A629 keep right into Shaw Hill where you will find the ground on your left and parking.

My Reckless recommendation – which is a tough pub to find but a real gem tucked away behind the old Mill building to the east of the ground, is the Shears Inn (www. shearsinnparisgates.co.uk). You will find it in Paris Gates/ Boys Lane HX3 9EZ. It is the oldest pub in Halifax and a well worth seeking out. Look out for their real ales and their range of hot sandwiches, with a side of chips and gravy dip (served separately of course like it should be), all are scrummy.

DIRECTIONS BY TRAIN A train from Kings Cross will take around 3 hours with a possible change at Leeds. A 10 minute walk awaits - out of the station through the car park and turn left onto Church Street. Over the roundabout into South Parade and then straight onto in Shay Syke. You will see the ground to your right. Getting home by this route will be tricky!

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THE RECKLESS GUIDE

ADMISSION PRICES

GROUND DESCRIPTION

ADULTS £20.00 CONCESSIONS £17.00 UNDER 18’S £9.00 UNDER 12’S £5.00

The ground was originally laid out in 1921 and remained a very basic stadium with some area simple grass banks until as late as the early 1980’s. The club now have an arena that could grace the Football League with very few problems.

SOCIAL CLUB

The recently refurbished east stand has room for around 4,000 and houses all the office facilities plus changing rooms and corporate hospitality. At each end of the ground are huge “old school” covered terraces each offering a fabulous view of proceedings. Opposite is the old Skircote Stand, the oldest of the structures which has been converted from terrace to seating. The current capacity is a healthy 11,000.

The South Stand bar is open to all before and after the match.

IMPRESS THE LOCALS The club was originally formed in 1911. FC Halifax Town formed out of the ashes of Halifax Town who went into administration during 2007-08 season. Debts of £2million with over £800,000 owed to HM Revenue and Customs saw the club wound up. The Shaymen reformed in July 2008, be it three steps further down the pyramid, the FA placing them in the Unibond League Division One North.

Away fans are often housed in the Skircoat Stand and although covered it does have a number of supporting pillars that may hinder your view. Around 2,000 away supporters can be accommodated here. For a small away following (we I suspect will include us) then the Northern section of the Main Stand is allocated.

CELEBRITY WATCH

RIVALS

Halifax’s list of famous persons is mind blowing - US President George W Bush’s family tree was traced back to Halifax and his ancestors emigrated to Massachusetts in the 16th century. The Poet Laureate of 1984 Ted Hughes OBE lived in Halifax. 1970’s legendary Blue Peter presenter John ‘Get Down Shep’ Noakes, wrestling giant ‘Shirley Crabtree’ aka Big Daddy, TV weatherman John Kettley and John Christie the infamous gas murderer of ‘10 Rillington Place’ in the 1940’s also hailed from these parts. Daniel Defoe allegedly wrote the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ whilst staying in Halifax around 1718. When you are driving home in the dark after witnessing another Barnet victory you should forever think of Halifax as the ‘cats eyes’ that illuminate the road markings were invented here too by Mr Percy Shaw. Mr Shaw has a Wetherspoons Pub in the Town Centre named in his honour.

Rochdale traditionally, but the club are surrounded by some pretty fierce opposition. Oldham to the south east, Rochdale and Bury to the west, Bradford to the east and Burnley to the north. To the south lies Huddersfield and horror of horror the hooligan infested Holmfirth Rovers.

OUR LAST MEETING & MEMORIES Our last visit was in our promotion season March 2015 when a Curtis Weston goal featured in a 1-1 draw. However our visit in August 2004 saw us 2-0 down at half time but after an own goal, a strike by Liam Hatch and a sublime perfectly executed lob by Giuliano Grazioli saw the Bees win 3-2. The previous season we picked up a 2-1 win (thanks to Graz and Ben Strevens) and even the terrace drum joined in the celebrations tumbling down the high terrace towards Shane Gore in the Bees goal............it could have killed someone for sure. I also had the absolute pleasure of visiting Halifax in the 2000/1 season by stretch limousine. Our little party shared numerous pints and vodkas in the lounge bar with John Doolan’s Dad before the game and numerous more after it. The result that day was......I can’t remember!

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NATIONAL LEAGUE TABLE

LEAGUE Table POS

TEAM

PLD

PTS

Wrexham

Solihull Moors

Leyton Orient

AFC Fylde

Eastleigh

Salford City

Harrogate Town

Gateshead

Sutton United

10.

Ebbsfleet United

11.

Bromley

12.

Barrow

-1

13.

Hartlepool United

-5

14.

Dagenham & Redbridge

-3

15.

FC Halifax Town

-5

16.

Maidenhead United

-19

17.

Chesterfield

-5

18.

Boreham Wood

-10

19.

Barnet

-9

20.

Dover Athletic

-17

21.

Havant & Waterlooville

-14

22.

Aldershot Town

-27

23.

Maidstone United

-29

24.

Braintree Town

-26

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