The Barnet Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote Henry Ward from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Ward 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 Joshua Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joshua Murphy 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
David Roberts steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Roberts 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
One of our own: John Ellis joins the Barnet first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Ellis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ryan Croasdale 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
Barnet ask about Louis Page
A loan enquiry to Leicester City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barnet try to borrow Luca Williams-Barnett
Tottenham have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
Ronan Coughlan 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A wage question at Barnet
Adam Senior has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
In brief
- Squad Ryan Glover has company in his position
- The dugout Kabongo Tshimanga asks for a word with the manager
- Squad The training reports on Mark Shelton are not good