The Barrow AFC Post
Squad28 Dec 2026
Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko keeps Barrow AFC in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Barrow AFC — 7.10
1 for Ben Jackson, marked 7.10, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Match26 Dec 2026
4 matches without a win for Barrow AFC
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Barrow AFC are no longer polite ones.
Match22 Dec 2026
Cambridge United take the points off Barrow AFC
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Joe Anderson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Barrow AFC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Rekeem Harper has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Match26 Dec 2026
Barrow AFC rescue it on 88 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 88. Newport County had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Match26 Dec 2026
Barrow AFC and Newport County take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
- The dugout Matthew Jones: “We have to be better”
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for Barrow AFC
- Player ratings Elliot Newby was unplayable