The Barnet Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move George Lloyd would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. George Lloyd is living that version at Barnet, and it tends to show in the first month.
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
Barnet rebuffed over Brian Madjo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Aston Villa have kept their man, and Barnet go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Richard White joins the Barnet first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard White 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
Charles Wilson steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Wilson 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
Peter Price steps up from the Barnet academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Price 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: Oliver Pearson joins the Barnet first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oliver Pearson 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
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barnet try to borrow Lucien Mahovo
Norwich 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 Barnet ask about Ezra Mayers
- Transfer targets Barnet try to borrow Luca Williams-Barnett
- The dugout Kabongo Tshimanga gets it from the manager