The Barrow AFC Post
Match21 Aug 2027
Whatever happens, Barrow AFC do not lose
9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Igor Tyjon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Isaac Fletcher stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Isaac Fletcher and Barrow AFC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad23 Aug 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Rekeem Harper
At 27 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Barrow AFC
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Barrow AFC supporters have found a favourite in Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Mark Carter joins the Barrow AFC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Carter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jonathan Wilson joins the Barrow AFC first team
- Market One of our own: Daniel Davis joins the Barrow AFC first team
- Boardroom A promise the Barrow AFC board did not keep