| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Anthony Kleanthous |
| Head Coach | Dean Brennan |
| Stadium | The Hive Stadium |
| EFL Cup | Preliminary round (vs.Newport County) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The2025–26 season is the 138th season in the history ofBarnet Football Club and their first back season in theEnglish Football League,League Two since the2017–18 season following their promotion from theNational League in thepreceding season. In addition to thedomestic league, the club will also participate in theFA Cup, theEFL Cup, and theEFL Trophy.
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2025[a] | CB | Free | [1] | ||
| 1 July 2025[b] | GK | [2] | |||
| 1 July 2025[c] | LB | [3] | |||
| 1 July 2025[d] | CF | [4] | |||
| 1 July 2025[e] | CM | [5] | |||
| 1 July 2025[f] | CB | [6] | |||
| 1 July 2025[g] | CM | [7] | |||
| 1 July 2025[h] | CB | [8] | |||
| 15 July 2025 | RB | [9] | |||
| 17 July 2025 | CM | [10] | |||
| 28 July 2025 | [11] | ||||
| 29 July 2025 | GK | [12] | |||
| 20 October 2025 | CF | [13] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2025 | CB | Undisclosed | [14] | ||
| 23 June 2025 | GK | Undisclosed | [15] | ||
| 30 June 2025 | AM | Undisclosed | [16] | ||
| 7 July 2025 | AM | Undisclosed | [17] | ||
| 13 November 2025 | CM | Undisclosed | [18] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2025 | CF | 31 May 2026 | [19] | ||
| 7 August 2025 | GK | [20] | |||
| 1 September 2025 | CDM | [21] | |||
| 2 September 2025 | CF | [22] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2025 | CB | 31 May 2026 | [23] | ||
| 28 August 2025 | CM | 31 May 2026 | [24] | ||
| 2 September 2025 | LW | 28 September 2025 | [25] | ||
| 6 September 2025 | GK | 6 September 2025 | [26] | ||
| 19 September 2025 | GK | 20 September 2025 | [27] | ||
| 17 October 2025 | CM | 11 January 2026 | [28] | ||
| 24 October 2025 | LW | 11 January 2026[a] | [29][30] | ||
| 4 November 2025 | GK | 2 December 2025 | [31] | ||
| 22 November 2025 | CB | 20 December 2025 | [32] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | AM | [33] | ||
| CM | [34] | |||
| LB | [35][36] | |||
| RB | [37] | |||
| RB | [35][38] | |||
| LB | [39] | |||
| CB | Retired[a] | [35] | ||
| CB | [40] | |||
| CB | [35] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Contracted until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2025 | CB | Undisclosed | [41] | |
| 29 May 2025 | LM | Undisclosed | [42] | |
| 3 June 2025 | CB | Undisclosed | [43] |
On 22 May, Barnet announced their first pre-season friendly, againstWycombe Wanderers.[44] A day later, a trip to faceBoreham Wood was also added.[45] A week later, a trip to faceHitchin Town was added.[46] A fourth and fifth pre-season friendly was later confirmed againstHemel Hempstead Town andLeyton Orient.[47][48] A sixth friendly was also confirmed againstCrystal Palace U21.[49]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 28 June 2025Friendly | Barnet | 5–1 | Sheffield | Edgware |
| 14:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) |
| 1 July 2025Friendly | Hitchin Town | 0–3 | Barnet | Hitchin |
| 19:45BST | Report | Browne Senior | Stadium:Top Field Attendance: 590 Referee: Richard Wharton |
| 5 July 2025Friendly | Hemel Hempstead Town | 2–2 | Barnet | Hemel Hempstead |
| 15:00BST |
| Report | Stadium:Vauxhall Road | |
| Note: Spencer McCall Memorial Game | ||||
| 8 July 2025Friendly | Barnet | 1–3 | Crystal Palace U21 | Edgware |
| 19:45BST |
| Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,413 |
| 12 July 2025Friendly | Barnet | 2–2 | Dorking Wanderers | Edgware |
| 12:30BST | Report |
| Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) |
| 19 July 2025Friendly | Barnet | 2–0 | Leyton Orient | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | 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.[50] | ||||
| 22 July 2025Friendly | Barnet | 1–1 | Wycombe Wanderers | Edgware |
| 19:45BST |
| Report |
| Stadium:The Hive Stadium |
| 25 July 2025Friendly | Barnet XI | 0–4 | Leyton Orient | Edgware |
| 12:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Salford City | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 26 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 24 |
| 14 | Barnet | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 23 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 20 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
Last updated: 22 November 2025.
Source:Soccerway
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 23 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
On 26 June theLeague Two fixtures were announced, with Barnet hostingFleetwood Town on the opening day.[52]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 2 August 20251 | Barnet | 0–2 | Fleetwood Town | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,709(291 Fleetwood Town Supporters) Referee: Aaron Bannister |
| 9 August 20252 | Bromley | 2–0 | Barnet | Bromley |
| 15:00BST | Report |
| Stadium:Hayes Lane Referee: Lee Swabey |
| 16 August 20253 | Barnet | 1–2 | Walsall | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,608 Referee:Abigail Byrne |
| 19 August 20254 | Swindon Town | 0–2 | Barnet | Swindon |
| 19:45BST | Report | Stadium:County Ground Attendance: 7,485 Referee: Andrew Humphries |
| 23 August 20255 | Cheltenham Town | 0–1 | Barnet | Cheltenham |
| 15:00BST |
| Stadium:Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Scott Jackson |
| 30 August 20256 | Barnet | 1–1 | Colchester United | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report |
| Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,098(1,245 visitors) Referee: Tom Reeves |
| 6 September 20257 | Barnet | 1–3 | Shrewsbury Town | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,009(490 visitors) Referee:Kirsty Dowle |
| 13 September 20258 | Crewe Alexandra | 1–2 | Barnet | Crewe |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:Gresty Road Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Declan Bourne |
| 20 September 20259 | Barnet | 3–0 | Grimsby Town | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,270(1,275 away fans) Referee: Ben Atkinson |
| 27 September 202510 | Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | Barnet | Oldham |
| 12:30BST | Report | Stadium:Boundary Park Attendance: 7,333(175 away) Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge | ||
| Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved liveSky Sports broadcasting.[53] | ||||
| 4 October 202511 | Barnet | 2–0 | Accrington Stanley | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,058(155 visitors) Referee: Neil Hair |
| 11 October 202512 | Tranmere Rovers | 0–2 | Barnet | Birkenhead |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:Prenton Park Attendance: 6,519 Referee: Richard Eley |
| 18 October 202513 | Barnet | 0–1 | Notts County | Edgware |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,875(1,291 visitors) Referee: Martin Woods |
| 25 October 202514 | Barrow | 2–2 | Barnet | Barrow-in-Furness |
| 15:00BST | Report | Stadium:Holker Street Attendance: 2,919 Referee: Declan Brown |
| 8 November 202515 | Barnet | 2–2 | Milton Keynes Dons | Edgware |
| 15:00GMT |
| Report |
| Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,597 Referee: James Durkin |
| 15 November 202516 | Cambridge United | 0–0 | Barnet | Cambridge |
| 15:00GMT | Report | Stadium:Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,572 Referee: Simon Mather |
| 22 November 202517 | Gillingham | 1–1 | Barnet | Gillingham |
| 12:30GMT | Report | Stadium:Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,778 Referee: Ben Atkinson | ||
| Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for liveSky Sports broadcasting.[54] | ||||
Barnet were drawn away toFleetwood Town in the first round.[55][56]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 1 November 2025First round | Fleetwood Town | 2–1 | Barnet | Fleetwood |
| 15:00GMT | Report |
| Stadium:Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,076 Referee: Scott Jackson |
Barnet will take part in a preliminary round of theEFL Cup due to the number ofPremier League teams being involved in European competitions. They would faceNewport County.[57][58]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 29 July 2025Preliminary round | Barnet | 2–2 (2–4p) | Newport County | Edgware |
| 19:30BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,789(278 Newport County) Referee:Darren Drysdale | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Barnet were drawn againstCambridge United,Luton Town andBrighton & Hove Albion U21 in the group stage.[59]
| Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L1 | Luton Town(A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Advance toRound 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Cambridge United(A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | L2 | Barnet(E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21(E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 2 September 2025South Group H | Luton Town | 4–1 | Barnet | Luton |
| 19:30BST | Report |
| Stadium:Kenilworh Road Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Stephen Parkinson |
| 30 September 2025South Group H | Barnet | 1–1 (5–4p) | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | Edgware |
| 19:45BST | Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 433(93 visitors) Referee: Craig Hicks | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 October 2025South Group H | Barnet | 3–2 | Cambridge United | Edgware |
| 19:45BST |
| Report | Stadium:The Hive Stadium Attendance: 692(167 visitors) Referee: Sam Mulhall |
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 | Joe Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 +0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Ryan Galvin | 13 | 1 | 3 +6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Danny Collinge | 21 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Adam Senior | 21 | 4 | 16+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
| 6 | MF | Emmanuel Osadebe | 13 | 2 | 1 +8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Scott High | 6 | 0 | 1 +2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | FW | Rhys Browne | 3 | 1 | 1 +1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Lee Ndlovu | 16 | 4 | 10+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Callum Stead | 19 | 5 | 14+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
| 11 | FW | Idris Kanu | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 12 | FW | Oliver Hawkins | 20 | 2 | 6 +11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 13 | GK | Owen Evans | 6 | 0 | 3 +0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Ronnie Stutter | 2 | 0 | 0 +1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 15 | FW | Ryan Glover | 21 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Ben Winterburn | 11 | 0 | 3 +4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Anthony Hartigan | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Mark Shelton | 17 | 3 | 11+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Joe Hugill | 3 | 0 | 2 +0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | Ollie Kensdale | 10 | 0 | 4 +2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Kane Smith | 17 | 0 | 6 +7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Romoney Crichlow | 9 | 0 | 5 +0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Nikola Tavares | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Britt Assombalonga | 4 | 1 | 0 +2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
| 28 | MF | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 18 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 29 | GK | Cieran Slicker | 15 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Bright Siaw | 1 | 0 | 0 +0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 35 | MF | Dennis Adeniran | 11 | 1 | 1 +6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | Zak Brunt | 4 | 0 | 1 +2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | MF | Emmanuel Osadebe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | DF | Romoney Crichlow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 19 | MF | Mark Shelton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | GK | Cieran Slicker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | DF | Danny Collinge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Adam Senior | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | Idris Kanu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9 | FW | Lee Ndlovu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Anthony Hartigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF | Ollie Kensdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 7 | MF | Scott High | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Callum Stead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW | Oliver Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | Ryan Glover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF | Ben Winterburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | Kane Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | MF | Dennis Adeniran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | ||||