The Barrow AFC Post
Squad23 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Katia Kouyaté
15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Barrow AFC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Leo Duru says Barrow AFC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Barrow AFC rebuffed over Dermot Mee
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Peterborough United have kept their man, and Barrow AFC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match17 Aug 2027
Barrow AFC find a way past Harrogate Town
Harrogate Town made Barrow AFC work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Liam Butler joins the Barrow AFC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Butler is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Andrew Barnes steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Barnes 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Nicholas Parker steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Parker 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 Luke Bailey steps up from the Barrow AFC academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Kimarni Smith
- Match Walsall take the points off Barrow AFC