The Barnet Herald
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Barnet run out of patience with Andrew Pearson
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Andrew Pearson clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
A stranger takes charge at Barnet
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Sam Hornby
There were 7 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Interim Coach takes charge at Barnet
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
The paperwork begins on Jun'ai Byfield
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Barnet have done the hard part with Tottenham, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Too dear: Barnet walk away from Ollie Cooper
$940.0K was the most the club would pay and Swansea City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Barnet
Nnamdi Ofoborh and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Time is catching up with Brad Potts
Everybody at Barnet saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 34 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Barnet
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
In brief
- Match Barnet find a way past Harrogate Town
- Market Liam Hamilton steps up from the Barnet academy
- Market One of our own: Daniel Lawrence joins the Barnet first team