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Barrow add Championship forward - League Two transfer round-up
Barrow have signed experienced striker Tom Barkhuizen as a new frontman, among many big signings going on around League Two. The season has begun, but with just under a month to go in the transfer window, clubs have been busy making sure that their squads keep improving. Arguably the most notable player to enter the league is 32-year-old winger Barkhuizen, who has had an extensive career in the Championship with Preston North End and Derby County. Andy Whing's new man played 19 times in the second tier just last season, but has now headed to Barrow to add further firepower to their team. Ellis Harrison has joined Bristol Rovers as another attacking option after a disappointing year with MK Dons and Walsall. They have also picked up Swiss forward Fabrizio Cavegn for an undisclosed fee from FC Vaduz. Louis Appere swapped Northampton Town for Cambridge United as another striking option for Neil Harris after he gave up on getting Harry Smith. The U's also signed Shane McLoughlin from Newport County. Another striker on the move has been Jake Bickerstaff, who once scored against Michael Flynn's Swindon Town for Wrexham, but has now joined him at Cheltenham Town on loan from the Red Dragons. Cheltenham had a slow start to the window, but have also added Jokubas Mazionis on loan from Ipswich Town and James Wilson from Bristol Rovers. Former Swindon midfielder Ronan Darcy has joined one of the title favourites in Chesterfield, on loan from Wigan Athletic. Darcy only joined Wigan in January, but failed to make much of an impact with one goal in the second half of the season and will now look to get The Spireites promoted, as he helped Crawley Town do two years ago. Their main rivals, according to the bookmakers, Milton Keynes Dons have picked up 30-year-old right back Callum Paterson after he left Sheffield Wednesday. Notts County have been busy in the loan market, adding central midfielder Tyrese Hall from Tottenham Hotspur and Jayden Luker from Luton Town, as well as Keanen Bennetts on a permanent deal. Newport County have also been active, bringing in right-back Liam Shephard from Salford City and Swansea City youngster Ben Lloyd on loan. Elsewhere, Walsall have signed Lewis Warrington and Jake Hollman, Josh Powell has headed to Colchester United on loan, Accrington Stanley loaned Joe Bauress from Burnley, Gillingham added Lenni Cirino, and Barnet signed goalkeeper Joe Wright.
BBC News
01-08-2025
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Canavan out to prove Barrow doubters wrong again
Barrow captain Niall Canavan says that he is happy nobody considers the Bluebirds as promotion contenders so that they can prove people wrong have been big changes under head coach Andy Whing this summer as Barrow look to kick on from finishing 16th last season, and Canavan is ready for the challenge ahead."I couldn't give two hoots what most people say," Canavan told BBC Radio Cumbria."Most people in life, at whatever job you are doing, at some point you have to prove somebody wrong."If people are writing us off, good luck to them." Barrow captain Canavan is now the longest-serving player at the club after Robbie Gotts joined Doncaster Rovers this joining from Bradford City in 2022, the defender has grown used to people underestimating he highlights Lionesses star Chloe Kelly in how she went from being out of the picture at Manchester City in the winter to scoring England's winning penalty in the Euro 2025 final last Sunday."Chloe Kelly is the perfect example," said Canavan. "From where she was to where she has been in recent weeks."You sometimes write people off at your peril, so don't take any notice of that."
BBC News
29-07-2025
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Barrow bring in ex-Derby winger Barkhuizen
Barrow have signed former Derby County winger Tom Barkhuizen on a two-year 32-year-old was a free agent after leaving the Rams earlier this summer after three seasons in the East started his career with Blackpool and has also had spells with Morecambe and Preston."He's had a fantastic career to date at a higher level, and he's as ambitious as we are to help move the club forward," boss Andy Whing told the club website., external
BBC News
10-07-2025
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Whing keen to build Barrow team in town's image
Barrow head coach Andy Whing says learning about the Cumbrian town and its football club has been a big factor in the type of players he has signed this arrived in January to replace Stephen Clemence and set about gaining an understanding of the football club's importance to the area and he wants to put that into practice ahead of the Bluebirds' forthcoming League Two campaign."Before I joined I was on YouTube looking at the town because I want to know what the people in the town want," he told The Barrow Social podcast. "I want to know everything about the place."I have relayed that to the players the last couple of days in terms of who they're representing and what type of player they need to be to represent the football club."Barrow ended last season in 16th place after a run of just one defeat in their final 13 has been a busy summer since then, with nine new players signed so far, offset by 12 of Whing's key points has been to assess a player's character to see if he would fit in at one of English football's remotest clubs."One of the biggest things we have tried to do this summer is get the right people in," said the ex-Solihull Moors boss."It's been quite hard. I've had loads of Zoom calls, loads of conversations this summer. "There was one lad, I turned my laptop on and saw him on Zoom and thought 'He's not right for us'. It was just the way he was sitting." 'I love the town and the people' Barrow continue to train in Manchester, but travel north for matches, which can cause a feeling of Whing is doing everything possible to make sure there is a connection between himself, the players and the club's in the space of six months, he admits that he has developed a real affinity for the town."When I first joined, I didn't sleep as I was watching videos of Furness Abbey and all these other places in and around Barrow, so I'm familiar with it," he said."I love it and I love the people here. It's one of the best clubs I've been to in terms of the people here. "The staff, the people at the ground, the fans I've met. It's been fantastic and it drives me on even more to want to be a success."
BBC News
27-06-2025
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Barrow loan Watford winger Adu-Poku
Barrow have signed 19-year-old winger Michael Adu-Poku on loan from Watford for the entire 2025-26 Vicarage Road youth product played six National League games on loan for Rochdale last season, following a spell at Solihull Moors earlier in the has made two Championship appearances for the Hornets, and played under current Bluebirds head coach Andy Whing when he was in charge at Solihull in the first half of last has also been on loan at Kings Langley and Maidstone told the Barrow club website, external: "He provides out-and-out pace and gives us something completely different to what we've already got."
