The Barnet Herald
Squad14 Dec 2026
116 days out for Layton Stewart after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Barnet will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A day Damola Ajayi will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match12 Dec 2026
No mercy from Barnet
Grimsby Town will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Barnet were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Damola Ajayi, 20, steals the show — 10.00
Marked 10.00 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad14 Dec 2026
At 20, Damola Ajayi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.86 in a first team he is several years too young for. Barnet have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Matthew Cox
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match14 Dec 2026
The view from the top for Barnet
46 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.
Match12 Dec 2026
Barnet cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match12 Dec 2026
Nobody wins at Barnet
10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
In brief
- The terraces Barnet supporters have found a favourite in Matthew Cox
- Market Adam Taylor steps up from the Barnet academy
- Market Barnet promote Liam Edwards from within