2016–17 Barnet F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Barnet's 129th year in existence and second consecutive season in League Two.^[2] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Martin Allen left for Eastleigh on 1 December, and Rossi Eames was appointed interim manager on the same date.^[3]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RW	Alex Nicholls	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	DM	Ryan Watson	Leicester City	Free transfer	^[5]
2 August 2016	CF	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[6]
4 August 2016	RW	Jamal Campbell-Ryce	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[7]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Joe Gater	Basingstoke Town ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CF	Ryan Gondoh	Metropolitan Police ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	DM	Charlie Kennedy	Basingstoke Town ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Mark Randall	Newport County ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CF	Mathew Stevens	Peterborough United	Compensation	^[12]
1 July 2016	RB	Andy Yiadom	Barnsley	Free transfer	^[13]
26 July 2016	GK	Graham Stack	Kerala Blasters ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free transfer	^[15]
22 November 2016	CB	Bondz N'Gala	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	^[16]

↑ Following Gater's release, he signed for Basingstoke Town.^[8]
↑ Following Gondoh's release, he signed for Metropolitan Police.
↑ Following Kennedy's release, he signed for Basingstoke Town.^[10]
↑ Following Randall's release, he signed for Newport County.^[11]
↑ Following Stack's release, he signed for Kerala Blasters.^[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
28 July 2016	GK		Josh Vickers	Swansea City	End of season	^[17]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
12 September 2016	DM	Tom Champion	Lincoln City	14 December 2016	^[18]
23 September 2016	FB	Tom Day	Staines Town	21 October 2016	^[19]
12 October 2016	AM	Shane Cojocarel	Metropolitan Police	9 November 2016	^[20]
12 October 2016	AM	Ephron Mason-Clark	Metropolitan Police	9 November 2016	^[21]
28 October 2016	CM	Jack Taylor	Hampton & Richmond Borough	25 November 2016	^[22]
15 November 2016	AM	Shane Cojocarel	Billericay Town	13 December 2016

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly	Cheshunt	1–5	Barnet	Cheshunt
13:00 BST	Bolle 32'	Report	Akinde 2' Kizzi 36' (o.g.) Gash 48' Fonguck 60' Shomotun 87'	Stadium: Theobalds Lane

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly	Ware	0–4	Barnet	Ware
16:00 BST		Report	Nwogu 12' Tomlinson 32' J. Taylor 45' Mason-Clark 57'	Stadium: Wodson Park

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13) Friendly	Barnet	1–0	Ipswich Town	Canons Park
20:00 BST	Akinde 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 803

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13) Friendly	Bedfont & Feltham	1–4	Barnet XI	Bedfont
20:00 BST	Smith (o.g.)	Report	Nwogu (pen) Batt Tomlinson Cojocarel	Stadium: The Orchard

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) Friendly	Staines Town	0–2	Barnet	Staines-upon-Thames
15:00 BST		Report	Watson 3' 44'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) Friendly	Enfield Town	2–1	Barnet XI	Enfield Town
15:00 BST	Whitely 43' Gabriel 47'	Report	Batt 35'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Attendance: 383

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Friendly	Barnet	2–0	Gillingham	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Akinde 54' Nicholls 66'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) Friendly	Eastleigh	3–2	Barnet	Eastleigh
19:45 BST	Obileye 27' Wilson 48' Lafayette 83'	Report	Payne 64' Akpa Akpro 89'	Stadium: Ten Acres

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) Friendly	Tooting & Mitcham United	1–1	Barnet XI	Morden
20:00 BST	Bassett 42'		Amaluzor 88'	Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 81

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) Friendly	Barnet	3–3	Oxford United	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Weston 6' Akinde 10', 66' (pen.)	Report	Thomas 43', 46' Crowley 80'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) Friendly	Ashford Town	1–5	Barnet XI	Stanwell
15:00 BST	Bitmead		Amaluzor Mason-Clark (pen) Cojocarel Fonguck (pen) Cheema	Stadium: The Robert Parker Stadium

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Metropolitan Police	0–3	Barnet XI	East Molesey
20:00 BST			Shomotun Cojocarel Cheema	Stadium: Imber Court

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
7	Wycombe Wanderers	19	8	4	7	23	22	+1	28	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Blackpool	19	7	6	6	33	22	+11	27
9	Barnet	19	6	9	4	27	27	0	27
10	Grimsby Town	19	7	5	7	27	25	+2	26
11	Crewe Alexandra	19	6	8	5	22	25	−3	26

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Cambridge United	1–1	Barnet	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Mingoia 61'	Report	Togwell 70' Nicholls 75'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

13 August 2016 2	Barnet	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Akinde 33' 50' Akpa Akpro 60'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

16 August 2016 3	Barnet	1–1	Blackpool	Canons Park
19:45 BST	Togwell 44' Dembélé 78' Akinde 90+4'	Report	Cullen 24' 64' Slocombe 53' Osayi-Samuel 67'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

20 August 2016 4	Crawley Town	1–1	Barnet	Crawley
15:00 BST	McNerney 67'	Report	Akinde 3' Watson 53'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

27 August 2016 5	Barnet	0–1	Carlisle United	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Nelson 76'	Report	Ibehre 21' 33'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

10 September 2016 6	Mansfield Town	0–1	Barnet	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Rose 14' Hemmings 42' Hurst 70'	Report	Akinde 57' Gambin 66' Campbell-Ryce 82'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 2,523 (122 Barnet fans) Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

17 September 2016 7	Barnet	1–1	Colchester United	Canons Park, London
15:00 BST	Weston 82'		Fosu 6' Eastman 68' Guthrie 87'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

24 September 2016 8	Portsmouth	5–1	Barnet	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Chaplin 34' 72' Roberts 50' 88' Baker 56' Lalkovič 78' Rose 90+2'	Report	Akinde 27' (pen.) Watson 29' Batt 59' Dembélé 64'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,280 Referee: Darren England

27 September 2016 9	Barnet	2–2	Morecambe	Canons Park, London
20:00 BST	Akinde 7', 31'	Report	Barkhuizen 9' Stockton 81'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,164 Referee: Gavin Ward

1 October 2016 10	Barnet	0–0	Leyton Orient	Canons Park, London
15:00 BST	Dembélé 40'	Report	Kelly 51' McCallum 81' Massey 84'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,682 Referee: Darren Handley

8 October 2016 11	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	Barnet	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Coppinger 15' Blair 32' Rowe 81' Williams 90+2' 90+2'	Report	Dembélé 63' Gambin 86'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,861 Referee: Trevor Kettle

15 October 2016 12	Barnet	1–4	Exeter City	Canons Park, London
15:00 BST	Akinde 11' 18' Watson 70' Taylor 77'	Report	Taylor 43' 67' Holmes 50' Wheeler 56' Reid 81' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Michael Salisbury

22 October 2016 13	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Barnet	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Weston 83', 90'	Report	Champion 64' Vilhete 65' 90+3' Akinde 71' 90+3'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Graham Horwood

25 October 2016 14	Newport County	2–2	Barnet	Newport
19:45 BST	Randall 18' Tozer 32' Rigg 89' (pen.)	Report	N'Gala 58' Nicholls 68' Akinde 76', 85' 81'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 October 2016 15	Barnet	3–2	Hartlepool United	Canons Park, London
15:00 BST	Akinde 43' 68' (pen.) Gambin 76' Batt 79' Dembélé 88'	Report	Thomas 31' Amond 53' Donnelly 68' Carson 71' Featherstone 88' Scott Harrison (footballer) 90+10'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,690 Referee: Nick Kinseley

12 November 2016 16	Grimsby Town	2–2	Barnet	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bogle 22', 35' 90+3' Chambers 43' Bolarinwa 81' Collins 90+6'	Report	Dembélé 45+2' Akinde 50' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Champion 74' Sesay 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,519 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 November 2016 17	Barnet	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Canons Park, London
15:00 GMT		Report	Lowery 70'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,603 Referee: Gavin Ward

22 November 2016 18	Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Barnet	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Smith 62'	Report	Dembélé 7' Akinde 45' Watson 62'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,188 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 November 2016 19	Barnet	3–2	Notts County	Canons Park, London
15:00 GMT	Dembélé 30' Gambin 64', 74' 65'	Report	O'Connor 15' 58' Tootle 67' Forte 77'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Darren Handley

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Barnet	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Sadler 27' Leitch-Smith 32' Ogogo 47' Grimmer 57'	Report	Nelson 16' Tomlinson 37' Dembélé 66'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Barnet	0–4	Millwall	Canons Park
20:00 BST		Report	Akinde 23' (o.g.) O'Brien 35' Morison 74' Onyedinma 81' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Norwich City Academy	3	3	0	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Milton Keynes Dons	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Peterborough United	3	1	0	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	L2	Barnet	3	0	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2 (5–3 p)	Barnet	Denbigh
19:45 BST	Reeves 17' 60' Wootton 36' Walsh 82'		Nelson 59' Nicholls 62' Weston 72'	Stadium: Stadium mk

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Barnet	0–5	Norwich City	Canons Park, London
19:45 BST	N'Gala 33'	Report	Thompson 14' Josh Murphy 45+2', 56', 89' Canós 68' Oliveira 79'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 457 Referee: Kevin Johnson

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Barnet	1–2	Peterborough United	Canons Park, London
20:00 GMT	Amaluzor 68'	Report	Taylor 6' Moncur 84'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 393 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Middlesex Senior Cup

21 November 2016 Second round	Barnet	3–3 (5–6 p)	Enfield Town	Canons Park, London
19:45 BST	Kyei 65' Fonguck 70' Payne 85'	Report	Wynter 30' Joseph 55' Devyne 86'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 207 Referee: Michael Smith

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 26 November 2016

Number	Position	Nationality	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
Number	Position	Nationality	Name	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK		Jamie Stephens	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2	DF		James Pearson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Elliot Johnson	14	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	18	0
4	DF		Bira Dembélé	12	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	16	3
6	DF		Michael Nelson	19	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	22	0
7	MF		Ryan Watson	11 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	13 (3)	0
8	MF		Curtis Weston	16 (2)	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	19 (2)	2
9	FW		John Akinde	19	15	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	15
10	FW		Michael Gash	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
11	MF		Luke Gambin	9 (6)	4	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	9 (8)	4
12	GK		Josh Vickers (on loan from Swansea City)	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15	0
13	MF		Jamal Campbell-Ryce	6 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (3)	0
14	MF		Sam Togwell	11 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13 (1)	0
15	MF		Alie Sesay	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4 (2)	0
16	MF		Harry Taylor	11 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12 (1)	0
17	DF		Sam Muggleton	5 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	8 (5)	0
18	MF		Nana Kyei	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3 (1)	0
19	FW		Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	6 (12)	1	1	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	9 (13)	1
20	MF		Tom Champion	7 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8 (1)	0
21	FW		Shaun Batt	3 (8)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (8)	1
22	FW		Ben Tomlinson	1 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	3 (4)	0
23	FW		Alex Nicholls	9 (4)	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	12 (4)	2
24	DF		Gavin Hoyte	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF		Fumnaya Shomotun	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
26	DF		Tom Day (on loan at Staines Town)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Wesley Fonguck	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28	MF		Jack Taylor (on loan at Hampton & Richmond Borough)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29	FW		Shane Cojocarel (on loan at Billericay Town)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Justin Amaluzor	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	1	1 (5)	1
31	GK		Kai McKenzie-Lyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Mauro Vilhete	14 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16 (3)	0
33	DF		Joe Payne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
34	MF		Ephron Mason-Clark	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	1 (3)	0
35	DF		Dwight Pascal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
36	MF		Rio Connell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Tyler Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Tobi Coker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have left the club:
5	DF		Bondz N'Gala	9 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	13 (1)	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	9	John Akinde	15	0	15
2	FW	11	Luke Gambin	4	0	4
3	DF	4	Bira Dembélé	3	0	3
4=	FW	23	Alex Nicholls	1	1	2
4=	MF	8	Curtis Weston	1	1	2
6=	FW	19	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	1	0	1
6=	DF	32	Mauro Vilhete	1	0	1
6=	FW	21	Shaun Batt	1	0	1
6=	FW	30	Justin Amaluzor	0	1	1
			Totals	27	3	30

References

↑ "Martin Allen leaves Barnet". Barnet Official Site. 2016-12-01.
↑ "History". Statto.
↑ Official:Martin Allen leaves Barnet
↑ "Alex Nicholls joins the Bees". Barnet Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Ryan Watson arrives at The Hive". Barnet Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro signs for Barnet". Barnet Official Site. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
↑ "Campbell-Ryce arrives at The Hive". Barnet Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "BTFC Transfer Watch". Basingstoke Town Official Site. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Barnet FC retained list announced!". Barnet Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "BTFC Transfer Watch". Basingstoke Town Official Site. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Newport County sign ex-Arsenal midfielder". BBC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Posh sign striker Stevens from Barnet". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Andy Yiadom signs for Barnsley". Barnet Official Site. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑
↑ "Graham Stack leaves Barnet". Barnet Official Site. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ "Bondz N'Gala joins Eastleigh". Barnet Official Site. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
↑ "Josh Vickers arrives at The Hive". Barnet Official Site. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
↑ "Tom Champion leaves on loan". Barnet Official Site. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
↑ "Tom Day moves out on loan". Barnet Official Site. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Young Bees pair join the Met on loan". Barnet Official Site. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ "Young Bees pair join the Met on loan". Barnet Official Site. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ "Jack Taylor seals loan move". Barnet Official Site. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

Barnet F.C. seasons

2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 in English football

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Summer 2016 transfers
Winter 2016–17 transfers
Summer 2017 transfers

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