The Barnet Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Nathan Stewart steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nathan Stewart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote Liam Hawkins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Hawkins has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote Peter Clark from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Clark has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote Peter Johnson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Johnson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mario Lezcano Morán is a square peg at Barnet
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Ibane Bowat is in the works
Barnet have made the call to Portsmouth. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Silko Thomas is in the works
Barnet have made the call to Leicester City. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Barnet
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Enso González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
Kabongo Tshimanga faces his old club
Fleetwood Town next, and one man in the Barnet dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Mario Lezcano Morán
- Squad A wage question at Barnet
- The dugout Kabongo Tshimanga asks for a word with the manager