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2025–26 Barnet F.C. season

Barnet
2025–26 season
ChairmanAnthony Kleanthous
Head CoachDean Brennan
StadiumThe Hive Stadium
EFL CupPreliminary round
(vs. Newport County)
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The 2025–26 season is the 138th season in the history of Barnet Football Club and their first back season in the English Football League, League Two since the 2017–18 season following their promotion from the National League in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] CB England Romoney Crichlow England Bradford City Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] GK Wales Owen Evans England Cheltenham Town [2]
1 July 2025[c] LB England Ryan Galvin England FC Halifax Town [3]
1 July 2025[d] CF England Oliver Hawkins England Gillingham [4]
1 July 2025[e] CM Scotland Scott High England Huddersfield Town [5]
1 July 2025[f] CB England Ollie Kensdale England Eastbourne Borough [6]
1 July 2025[g] CM Republic of Ireland Emmanuel Osadebe England Forest Green Rovers [7]
1 July 2025[h] CB England Adam Senior England FC Halifax Town [8]
15 July 2025 RB England Kane Smith England Stevenage [9]
17 July 2025 CM England Dennis Adeniran Scotland St Mirren [10]
28 July 2025 Nigeria Nnamdi Ofoborh England Swindon Town [11]
29 July 2025 GK England Joe Wright England Eastbourne Borough [12]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Bradford had ended
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Cheltenham had ended
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Halifax had ended
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Gillingham had ended
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Huddersfield had ended
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Eastbourne had ended
  7. ^ The transfer was announced on 5 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Forest Green had ended
  8. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Halifax had ended

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
18 June 2025 CB England Joe Grimwood England Chelmsford City Undisclosed [13]
23 June 2025 GK Uganda Giosue Bellagambi England Ebbsfleet United Undisclosed [14]
30 June 2025 AM England Finley Wilkinson England Hemel Hempstead Town Undisclosed [15]
7 July 2025 AM Grenada Jermaine Francis England Hartlepool United Undisclosed [16]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
19 July 2025 CF England Joe Hugill England Manchester United 31 May 2026 [17]
7 August 2025 GK Scotland Cieran Slicker England Ipswich Town 31 May 2026 [18]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
25 July 2025 CB England Joe Rye England Tamworth 31 May 2026 [19]

Released / out of contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Ref.
30 June 2025 AM England Harry Chapman England Gateshead [20]
CM England Billy Clifford England Farnborough [21]
LB England Ben Coker England Ebbsfleet United [22][23]
RB England Jordan Cropper England Boston United [24]
RB England Reece Hall-Johnson England King's Lynn Town [22][25]
LB Zimbabwe Shane Maroodza Republic of Ireland Kerry [26]
CB England Jerome Okimo Retired[a] [22]
CB Nigeria Adebola Oluwo England Salford City [27]
CB England Richard Nartey [22]
  1. ^ Following Okimo's retirement from playing, he remained with the club in a coaching position.

New Contract

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Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
23 May 2025 CB Croatia Nikola Tavares Undisclosed [28]
29 May 2025 LM Sierra Leone Idris Kanu Undisclosed [29]
3 June 2025 CB England Danny Collinge Undisclosed [30]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 22 May, Barnet announced their first pre-season friendly, against Wycombe Wanderers.[31] A day later, a trip to face Boreham Wood was also added.[32] A week later, a trip to face Hitchin Town was added.[33] A fourth and fifth pre-season friendly was later confirmed against Hemel Hempstead Town and Leyton Orient.[34][35] A sixth friendly was also confirmed against Crystal Palace U21.[36]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2025 Friendly Barnet 5–1 Sheffield Edgware
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
1 July 2025 Friendly Hitchin Town 0–3 Barnet Hitchin
19:45 BST Report Browne 7' 20' (pen.)
Senior 30'		 Stadium: Top Field
Attendance: 590
Referee: Richard Wharton
5 July 2025 Friendly Hemel Hempstead Town 2–2 Barnet Hemel Hempstead
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Vauxhall Road
Note: Spencer McCall Memorial Game
8 July 2025 Friendly Barnet 1–3 Crystal Palace U21 Edgware
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 1,413
12 July 2025 Friendly Barnet 2–2 Dorking Wanderers Edgware
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly Barnet 2–0 Leyton Orient Edgware
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Note: Match was initially postponed due to a unplayable playing surface, but after a couple of hours a second referee deemed the pitch playable.[37]
22 July 2025 Friendly Barnet 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers Edgware
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
25 July 2025 Friendly Barnet XI 0–4 Leyton Orient Edgware
12:00 BST Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Competitions

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League Two

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Cambridge United 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
14 Barrow 5 2 0 3 4 5 −1 6
15 Barnet 5 2 0 3 4 6 −2 6
16 Notts County 5 1 2 2 9 8 +1 5
17 Colchester United 5 1 2 2 5 6 −1 5
Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[38]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 1 0 3 3 6  −3 3 0 0 2 1 4  −3 1 0 1 2 2  0

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round1234
GroundHAHA
ResultLLLW
Position23242218
Points0003
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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On 26 June the League Two fixtures were announced, with Barnet hosting Fleetwood Town on the opening day.[39]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Barnet 0–2 Fleetwood Town Edgware
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 3,709 (291 Fleetwood Town Supporters)
Referee: Aaron Bannister
9 August 2025 2 Bromley 2–0 Barnet Bromley
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Lee Swabey
16 August 2025 3 Barnet 1–2 Walsall Edgware
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 2,608
Referee: Abigail Byrne
19 August 2025 4 Swindon Town 0–2 Barnet Swindon
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,485
Referee: Andrew Humphries
23 August 2025 5 Cheltenham Town v Barnet Cheltenham
15:00 BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
30 August 2025 6 Barnet v Colchester United Edgware
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
6 September 2025 7 Barnet v Shrewsbury Town Edgware
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
13 September 2025 8 Crewe Alexandra v Barnet Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
20 September 2025 9 Barnet v Grimsby Town Edgware
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
27 September 2025 10 Oldham Athletic v Barnet Oldham
12:30 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[40]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Barnet will take part in a preliminary round of the EFL Cup due to the number of Premier League teams being involved in European competitions. They would face Newport County.[41][42]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 July 2025 Preliminary round Barnet 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Newport County Edgware
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 1,789 (278 Newport County)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Penalties

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Barnet were drawn against Cambridge United, Luton Town and Brighton & Hove Albion U21 in the group stage.[43]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Cambridge United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 South Group H Luton Town v Barnet Luton
19:30 BST Stadium: Kenilworh Road
30 September 2025 South Group H Barnet v Brighton & Hove Albion U21 Edgware
19:45 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
21 October 2025 South Group H Barnet v Cambridge United Edgware
19:45 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 19 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Joe Wright 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Ryan Galvin 5 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Danny Collinge 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Adam Senior 5 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Emmanuel Osadebe 3 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Scott High 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 FW Antigua and Barbuda ATG Rhys Browne 2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
9 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Lee Ndlovu 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Callum Stead 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Sierra Leone SLE Idris Kanu 5 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW England ENG Oliver Hawkins 4 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Wales WAL Owen Evans 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW England ENG Ryan Glover 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England ENG Zak Brunt 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Anthony Hartigan 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Mark Shelton 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Joe Hugill 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF England ENG Ollie Kensdale 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF England ENG Kane Smith 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 DF England ENG Romoney Crichlow 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Croatia CRO Nikola Tavares 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Nigeria NGA Nnamdi Ofoborh 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 GK Scotland SCO Cieran Slicker 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF England ENG Dennis Adeniran 4 1 1+2 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 19 August 2025

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when disciplinary points / points per card / number of cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 28 MF ENG Nnamdi Ofoborh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2 19 MF ENG Mark Shelton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 11 FW SLE Idris Kanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 DF ENG Ollie Kensdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 DF ENG Kane Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 DF ENG Romoney Crichlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 MF ENG Dennis Adeniran 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0

References

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