The Barrow AFC Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Jamie Mullins
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Barrow AFC have done the hard part with Wycombe Wanderers, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cam Bragg turns down Barrow AFC
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Southampton keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danny Rose signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Danny Rose and Barrow AFC agree another 2 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Bennett joins the Barrow AFC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Bennett 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 Taylor steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Taylor 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
Jack Walker steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Walker 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 Anthony Simmons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Simmons 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barrow AFC ask about Corbin Mthunzi
A loan enquiry to Ipswich Town: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Josh Gordon in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Barrow AFC are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- The dugout Danny Rose asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A season on the outside for Ilmari Niskanen
- Squad The dugout calls for Danny Rose