2024–25 Barrow A.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 124th season in the history of Barrow and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Barrow

2024–25 season
Chairman	Paul Hornby
Head Coach	Stephen Clemence[1]
Stadium	Holker Street
Home colours Away colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024[a]	GK	Wyll Stanway	Chester	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2024[b]	CB	Sam Barnes	Blackburn Rovers	Free	[3]
1 July 2024[c]	CF	Katia Kouyate	Everton	Free	[4]
1 July 2024[d]	RW	Connor Mahoney	Huddersfield Town	Free	[5]
14 July 2024	CB	Theo Vassell	Salford City	Free	[6]
30 July 2024	LB	Ben Jackson	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[7]
5 August 2024	CB	Chris Stokes	Morecambe	Free	[8]
2 September 2024	CM	Charlie Weston[e]	Blackburn Rovers	Free	[9]
22 October 2024	LW	Charlie Kirk	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[10]

1. The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened
2. The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired
3. The transfer was announced on 5 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Everton contract expired
4. The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Huddersfield Town contract expired
5. Signed initially for the 'B team

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	CF	Andrew Dallas	Barnsley	End of Season	[11]
30 July 2024	RB	Neo Eccleston	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	[12]
30 August 2024	AM	Chris Popov	Leicester City	End of Season	[13]

1. The loan was announced on 27 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	RB	Tyrell Warren	Grimsby Town	1 July 2024	[14][15]
30 June 2024	CM	Ben Whitfield	Burton Albion	1 July 2024	[16]
30 June 2024	CF	Sam Bellis	Waterford	3 July 2024	[14][17]
30 June 2024	CB	George Ray	Morecambe	12 July 2024	[14][18]
30 June 2024	CM	Tom White	Morecambe	12 July 2024	[14][18]
30 June 2024	CB	James Chester	Salford City	17 July 2024	[19][20]
30 June 2024	CM	Owen Bray	FC Halifax Town	9 August 2024	[14][21]
30 June 2024	CF	Courtney Duffus	Macclesfield	19 August 2024	[14][22]
30 June 2024	GK	Josh Lillis			[23]
30 June 2024	CB	Malakai Reeve			[14]
30 June 2024	CF	Jamie Proctor	Retired		[14][24]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 17 June, Barrow announced their pre-season schedule, with fixtures against Holker Old Boys, FC United of Manchester, Kilmarnock, Stockport County, Real Unión, AFC Fylde and Wigan Athletic.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Holker Old Boys v Barrow

6 July 2024 Friendly	Holker Old Boys	1–5	Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	43'	Report	Telford 8' Worrall 48' Garner 77', 88' Acquah 90'	Stadium: Rakesmoor

FC United of Manchester v Barrow

13 July 2024 Friendly	FC United of Manchester	0–3	Barrow	Moston
15:00 BST		Report	Garner x2' Acquah	Stadium: Broadhurst Park Attendance: 578

Kilmarnock v Barrow

19 July 2024 Friendly	Kilmarnock	5–0	Barrow	Kilmarnock, Scotland
19:00 BST	Wright 25' Armstrong 47 pen.', 65 pen.' Watkins 49' Murray 66'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park

Barrow v Stockport County

23 July 2024 Friendly	Barrow	Cancelled	Stockport County	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST				Stadium: Holker Street
Note: Fixture was cancelled on request from the visitors.[25]

Barrow v Real Unión

27 July 2024 Friendly	Barrow	2–2	Real Unión	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Mahoney Feely	Report	Dominguez Ayon	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,374

Barrow v AFC Fylde

30 July 2024 Friendly	Barrow	0–1	AFC Fylde	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST		Report	Evans 78'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 749

Barrow v Wigan Athletic

3 August 2024 Friendly	Barrow	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Acquah	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,538

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2024–25 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Chesterfield	15	5	7	3	28	18	+10	22
10	Bradford City	15	6	4	5	20	16	+4	22
11	Barrow	15	6	4	5	16	12	+4	22
12	Fleetwood Town	14	5	6	3	20	15	+5	21
13	Salford City	15	5	5	5	14	17	−3	20

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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^[26]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	6	4	5	16	12	+4	22	4	3	1	12	5	+7	2	1	4	4	7	−3

Last updated: 9 November 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D
Position	8	14	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	3	6	7	8	9	11
Points	3	3	6	9	10	13	16	16	16	19	19	19	20	21	22

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barrow v Crewe Alexandra

10 August 2024 1	Barrow	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Vassell 22' Spence  37' Dallas  90+1' Farman  90+3'	Report	Thomas  39' Hemmings  90+8'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,585 Referee: Martin Coy

Carlisle United v Barrow

17 August 2024 2	Carlisle United	1–0	Barrow	Carlisle
12:30 BST	Wyke  24' Adu-Adjei 35' Hayden  43' Barclay  62' Davies  82' Vela  90+5'	Report	Vassell  37' Gotts  45+2'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9,813 Referee: Matthew Corlett
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[28]

Barrow v Port Vale

24 August 2024 3	Barrow	4–0	Port Vale	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Garner 54' Acquah 79' Spence 81' Telford 90+5'	Report	Croasdale  47'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Declan Bourne

Harrogate Town v Barrow

31 August 2024 4	Harrogate Town	0–1	Barrow	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Daly  54' Asare  59' Duke-McKenna  70' Foulds  73'	Report	Eccleston 74' Gotts  85'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,270 Referee: Scott Simpson

Barrow v Swindon Town

7 September 2024 5	Barrow	1–1	Swindon Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Garner 35' Farman  42' Newby  55'	Report	Wright  42' Kilkenny  61' Smith  65' Butterworth 90+8'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,763 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Grimsby Town v Barrow

14 September 2024 6	Grimsby Town	1–2	Barrow	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Green 45+3',  77' Ainley  86' Wilson  90+3'	Report	Campbell  5' Foley 14' Vassell 26' Telford  68' Feely  90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,496 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Barrow v Newport County

21 September 2024 7	Barrow	2–0	Newport County	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Newby 27' Vassell 82' Eccleston  89'	Report	Glennon  21' K. Evans  49' C. Evans  52' Antwi  64'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,434 Referee: Elliot Bell

Gillingham v Barrow

28 September 2024 8	Gillingham	2–0	Barrow	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Clarke 17',  71' Clark  19' Hutton  55' McKenzie 62' Nevitt  69' Williams  90+3'	Report	Jackson  61' Popov  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,166 Referee: Neil Hair

Doncaster Rovers v Barrow

1 October 2024 9	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Barrow	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Clifton 81'	Report	Campbell  46' Acquah  90+1'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Farai Hallam

Barrow v Cheltenham Town

5 October 2024 10	Barrow	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Acquah 47' Kouyaté  73' Dallas 86' Stanway  90+5'	Report	Bowman 41' Willcox  66'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,518 Referee: Simon Mather

Barrow v Morecambe

12 October 2024 11	Barrow	0–1	Morecambe	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Jackson  45+3'	Report	White  37' Tollitt  45+3', 82' Lewis  62' Hope  90'	Stadium: Holker Street Referee: Ben Speedie

Accrington Stanley v Barrow

19 October 2024 12	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Barrow	Accrington
12:30 GMT	Whalley 8' Coyle  30' Woods  69' Awe  81' Henderson  90+3'	Report	Newby  90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,354 Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[29]

Barrow v Notts County

22 October 2024 13	Barrow	1–1	Notts County	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Feely 7' Gotts  37' Kouyaté  60' Jackson  90+1'	Report	McDonald  24' Gordon  32' Crowley  43' Tsaroulla  84' McGoldrick 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Bromley v Barrow

26 October 2024 14	Bromley	1–1	Barrow	Bromley
15:00 BST	Thompson  47' Grant  84' Cheek 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Kouyaté  17' Garner 21',  85' Feely  85' Stokes  86'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 3,406 Referee: Daniel Middleton

Barrow v Colchester United

9 November 2024 15	Barrow	1–1	Colchester United	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Newby 31' Spence  49' Canavan  82' Stanway  89'	Report	Payne  45+5' Iandolo  61' Tovide  88' Taylor 90+2',  90+5'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Ollie Yates

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

Barrow were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.^[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barrow v Doncaster Rovers

2 November 2024 First round	Barrow	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Garner  18' Eccleston  39' Newby  71'	Report	Kelly 83'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,605 Referee: Dale Baines

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Barrow being drawn at home against Port Vale.^[31] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Derby County.^[32] In the third round, they were drawn away to Chelsea.^[33]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barrow v Port Vale

13 August 2024 First round	Barrow	3–2	Port Vale	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Garner 1' Campbell  41' Jackson  49', 76' Acquah 70'	Report	Paton 26' Plant  48' Sang 66'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,711 Referee: Scott Jackson

Barrow v Derby County

27 August 2024 Second round	Barrow	0–0 (3–2 p)	Derby County	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST		Report	Chirewa  13' Mendez-Laing  70'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
	Penalties
	Jackson Gotts Worrall Spence		Collins Mendez-Laing Brown Jackson Forsyth

Chelsea v Barrow

24 September 2024 Third round	Chelsea	5–0	Barrow	Fulham
19:45 BST	Nkunku 8', 15', 75' Farman 28' (OG) Neto 48' Felix  45'	Report	Foley  27'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,868 Referee: Oliver Langford

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Barrow were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Bolton Wanderers, Fleetwood Town and Aston Villa U21.^[34][35]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Aston Villa U21	2	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	L2	Fleetwood Town	2	1	0	0	1	5	3	+2	3
4	L2	Barrow (E)	2	0	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2024. Source: EFL
(E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Barrow v Bolton Wanderers

3 September 2024 Group stage	Barrow	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Foley 38' Dallas 81'	Report	Schön  65' McAtee 68' Collins 73' Dempsey  77', 79'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Fleetwood Town v Barrow

8 October 2024 Group stage	Fleetwood Town	3–0	Barrow	Fleetwood
19:00 BST	Broom  15' Harratt 24', 35' Smith 84'	Report	Dallas  59' Eccleston  72'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 734 Referee: James Westgate

Barrow v Aston Villa U21

29 October 2024 Group stage	Barrow	v	Aston Villa U21	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Holker Street

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 9 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

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	ENG	Paul Farman	9	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Neo Eccleston	19	1	6+7	1	1+0	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
3	DF	IRL	Mazeed Ogungbo	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
4	MF	SCO	Dean Campbell	20	0	15+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Niall Canavan	13	0	8+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	David Worrall	7	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Kian Spence	18	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+2	0
9	FW	SCO	Andrew Dallas	12	2	1+8	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
10	FW	ENG	Gerard Garner	19	4	11+2	3	1+0	0	3+0	1	1+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Elliot Newby	19	2	12+2	2	0+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
14	DF	ENG	Chris Stokes	10	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Robbie Gotts	13	0	8+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Sam Foley	16	2	7+4	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
17	FW	ENG	Katia Kouyaté	19	0	8+5	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Dom Telford	17	1	2+9	1	0+1	0	1+2	0	2+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Emile Acquah	15	3	5+6	2	0+0	0	1+2	1	0+1	0
21	GK	ENG	Wyll Stanway	12	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF	WAL	Chris Popov	9	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Connor Mahoney	7	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	IRL	Rory Feely	16	1	10+3	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Charlie Kirk	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Junior Tiensia	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Ben Jackson	20	1	15+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Sean Etaluku	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	ENG	Charlie Weston	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
42	DF	ENG	Theo Vassell	21	3	15+0	3	1+0	0	3+0	0	0+2	0

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