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BBC News
4 days ago
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Barnet sign Man Utd forward Hugill on loan
Barnet have signed forward Joe Hugill from Manchester United on a season-long 21-year-old joins the League Two Bees after spells on loan at Altrincham, Burton Albion, Wigan and most recently Carlisle manager Dean Brennan likened Hugill to Jamie Vardy in playing style and told the club website he hopes he makes a big impact in the fourth tier."We've been after this type of player for a long time. Even though he's tall, his movements and attributes are all in behind," Brennan told the club website., external"He's got pace, excellent finisher, very dynamic – we want him to look down the barrel of the goal. He's such an exciting player, he's like a Jamie Vardy or Michael Owen type."The Durham-born forward, who came through the youth system at Old Trafford alongside Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Alejandro Garnacho, has made nine appearances for United's under-21 side.
BBC News
15-07-2025
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Barnet bring in free-agent defender Smith
Barnet have signed former Stevenage wing-back Kane Smith on a free 29-year-old spent the past three seasons with Boro, making 67 appearances and scoring one goal. He was part of the side that won promotion to League One in 2022-23 after joining following five years with Boreham Wood."Kane is a player I've admired from afar for a long time, constantly on my list as a manager," Barnet boss Dean Brennan told the club website. "He gives us lots of quality, a fantastic crosser of the ball, and a great enthusiasm and understanding of the game."He gives us competition in the wing-back areas so we're delighted he's decided to join us."
BBC News
05-06-2025
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Barnet sign free agent midfielder Osadebe
Barnet have signed free-agent midfielder Emmanuel Osadebe ahead of their return to League 28-year-old was released by Forest Green Rovers at the end of the season having helped them reach the National League play-off has previously played in the English Football League for clubs including Gillingham, Cambridge United, Macclesfield and played 61 league games for Forest Green after joining them from Bradford City in January becomes the fourth new player to join Dean Brennan's squad since the Bees won the National League title."Manny's a super athletic lad and ticks a lot of boxes for us in that department with his power and his build," Brennan said. "Not just that; he's got good technical ability and we believe we can help him be a better player. We believe we can help him score more goals and add that to his game."He bought into our philosophy and our mindset. We think he's going to be a real asset for us. We think he's going to be a strong player for the group."
BBC News
03-06-2025
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Barnet defender Collinge signs new contract
Barnet defender Danny Collinge has signed a new contract with the north London 27-year-old made 30 appearances for the Bees last season as they won the National League title with 102 moved to The Hive in 2022 and has played 106 times for the club, scoring 14 goals."Danny's one of the longest serving players and I'm delighted to get him to sign and commit to Barnet," manager Dean Brennan said, external. "He's led by example since he's come here three years ago and it's great news for the club."He's shown us amazing loyalty and has been a huge part of turning our football club around from being a team near the bottom to creating success."Collinge scored four times last season as the Bees secured promotion to League Two after seven years playing in the National League.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Non-League Manager of the Year insists everyone at club deserves acclaim
Barnet boss Dean Brennan insists everyone around the club deserves acclaim after he was recognised with the Sports Ground Development Manager of the Year award at the National Game Awards in association with Isuzu. Since making the switch from Wealdstone in 2021, Brennan has helped the Bees blossom from relegation fodder to National League champions as they ended their seven-year exile from the English Football League in style after racking up 102 points. But Brennan insists Barnet's successes on-and-off the pitch owe as much to the work of everyone in and around the club and not just those in the dugout. 'We're all together in this,' said the former Hitchin, Stevenage and Grays Athletic manager. 'I always tell everybody, you have to get together to create success in this business and we've done it. 'We haven't got promoted with finances or loads of money or anything like that. We've just done it with good old-fashioned hard work and honest people. 'These kind of awards, that's a testament to everybody. It's not just my award, it's everybody's award. All the coaching staff, all the players - everyone's as important as each other. 'How big a part you play, how little a part you play, it doesn't matter - it all has the same importance in my opinion. So I'm immensely proud to win manager of the year for all those people and it's a real shame I can't be there in person.' The National Game Awards is a celebration of the Non-League season - highlighting the community, fans, on-field, and off-field successes of the game outside of the Football League. The ceremony is held annually by the Non-League Paper, the UK's number one selling football title and the best place for your non-league news, with this year's edition hosted at Plough Lane – home of AFC Wimbledon. Accepting the Sports Ground Development Manager of the Year award on Brennan's behalf was faithful assistant manager Connor Smith and he declared that the season could not have gone better for Barnet after playoff heartbreak in previous campaigns. Smith said: 'It has been amazing. We got over heartbreak the last two years in the play-offs and last year was really disappointing, we were head and shoulders the second best team in the league but didn't do ourselves justice in the playoffs. 'It's well documented that myself and the gaffer stayed around for two, three days after the playoffs and got to work building the team. 'We said it wouldn't happen again and to rack up over 100 points is an unbelievable achievement and testament to the fans, players and staff, it has been an amazing season for all of us. 'We set out to win the league and not awards but to do it off the back of a successful season makes it even better. It's amazing to be here and I'm so pleased for the whole club. Everyone deserves it.'
