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BBC News
a day ago
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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
3 days ago
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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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- Yahoo
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.'
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Barnet to release four members of National League-winning squad
Barnet's plans for their return to League Two next season have continued to take shape after they released their retained list. The National League champions, who announced manager Dean Brennan's new three-year deal on Saturday, have confirmed experienced Ben Coker will leave the club along with fellow defenders Reece Hall-Johnson and Richard Nartey and midfielder Harry Chapman. Barnet have taken up options to keep their two top scorers, 18-goal Callum Stead and midfielder Mark Shelton, who netted 12 times, plus midfield pair Anthony Hartigan and Zak Brunt. New deals have been offered to Idris Kanu, plus defenders Danny Collinge and Adebola Oluwo.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
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Promoted Barnet agree new deal with boss Brennan
Barnet manager Dean Brennan has signed a new three-year contract after leading the club to the National League title. The Bees will return to the English Football League next season after seven years away. Brennan, 44, has managed the north London club since September 2021 and celebrated his 200th game in charge as Barnet beat Aldershot last weekend to win promotion. "My dream was to take Barnet back to the EFL," Brennan told the club website. "We've done that and the next process is to make sure we establish ourselves as a really strong EFL side. "The chairman's given me the opportunity to do that and I'm delighted to stay. Everyone knows I love the football club and my loyalties are here." Chairman Tony Kleanthous added: "This is the first step in our plan to conquer League Two. First we keep the manager, then we keep the players, then we sign new players and then we go for promotion again."
