The Barrow AFC Post
Squad12 Apr 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Jayden Wareham
25 goals and a season average of 7.50 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Barrow AFC
Joe Anderson 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Brandon Powell is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Barrow AFC know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match10 Apr 2027
Jayden Wareham’s goal not enough for Barrow AFC
Jayden Wareham scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Fleetwood Town, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Jayden Wareham falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
Barrow AFC supporters have found a favourite in Jayden Wareham
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jayden Wareham has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market12 Apr 2027
Barrow AFC promote Timothy Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Murphy 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Jacob Robinson faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Jacob Robinson after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Aaron Nemane runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout Brandon Powell gets picked when it counts
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ben Winterbottom
- Player ratings Mauro Lenaerts leaves them behind him