The Barnet Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Josh Eccles will not be coming to Barnet
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Coventry City is saying, and nobody at Barnet is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Lamine Cissé
Barnet asked and Stoke City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: John Wright joins the Barnet first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Wright is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Barnet promote George Cook from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Cook 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
John Wright steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Wright 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 Michael Jones from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Jones 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
Amine Messoussa 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.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Amine Messoussa
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Barnet has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- Squad A wage question at Barnet
- The dugout Kabongo Tshimanga asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Competition arrives for Marcus Dinanga