The Barrow AFC Post
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Barrow AFC
24 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
6 saves: Juan Múnera was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Age has not caught Kane Hemmings yet — 8.00
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.00 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Market23 Aug 2027
Barrow AFC turn down Tranmere Rovers for Kane Hemmings
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Lewis Shipley keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barrow AFC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Oxford United tell Barrow AFC: Stanley Mills is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Barrow AFC
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Barrow AFC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luther James-Wildin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market23 Aug 2027
Matthew Bell steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Bell 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.
In brief
- Market Barrow AFC promote Alexander Hall from within
- Market Thomas Clark steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Juan Múnera