The Barrow AFC Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Louis Page turns down Barrow AFC
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Leicester City keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Forss stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marcus Forss and Barrow AFC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Barrow AFC
Elliott Hewitt and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barrow AFC promote Simon James from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon James 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
Matthew Grant steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Grant 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
Barrow AFC promote Adam White from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam White 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
George Edwards steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. George Edwards 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
This league is too small for Marcus Forss
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Barrow AFC will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barrow AFC try to borrow Filip Lissah
Swansea City 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Barrow AFC ask about Cameron Byrne-Hughes
- Squad No place for Chris Long in the new shape
- The dugout Danny Rose asks for a word with the manager