The Barnet Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Isak Alemayehu is a medical away from Barnet
The deal with Queens Park Rangers is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Barnet
Harry Smith was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Southampton tell Barnet: Cam Bragg is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote Joshua Kelly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joshua Kelly 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
Thomas Johnson steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Johnson 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 Alexander Hunter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Hunter 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
Adam Phillips steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam Phillips 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Hugo Oviedo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Barnet are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jake Waters stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jake Waters and Barnet agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Looking ahead Kabongo Tshimanga faces his old club
- Squad A wage question at Barnet
- The dugout Kabongo Tshimanga asks for a word with the manager