Mark Byrne appointed captain at Newport County.

To be fair, the surprise-thingie was announced by The Times news paper, not Barnet FC. Not too upsetting a news paper doing some critical research of the club.

Apparently he scored a goal in a friendly vs Shrewsbury. Should probably be very lucky he scored that goal. And from the good-luck-tweets he got from his former team mates at Barnet he seems to be a decent guy.

Adam Mekki signs for Tranmere Rovers, 6 month contract.

Adam Mekki signing for Tranmere Rovers - now that's a surprise!

I read something about Akinola from Braintree but surely that's not the surprise?

1-0 Andy Yiadom (2)

2-0 Mauro Vilhete (13)

So another trialing goalkeeper, Jamie Stephens is a former Liverpool youth and was released by Newport County this summer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Stephens

I think many of the current players at the club had clauses giving them a higher salary when promoted. So some part of the bigger money coming in will be used for this.

Sounds reasonable TophN17! I was just curious because I know about both Ranger and Charles, and loads of other Protec-kids. But this one slipped through the net then.

Good on him to have developed and good luck! Another Ex-Bee to add to the list!

I've made some more research and still no evidence, or even signs of him even playing for Barnet. If he scored 40 goals in 61 appearances for U18/19 surely there would be something around. It is even difficult to find any players born in 1991 to have even played for our (or Protec or Southgate Colle...

BarnetSteve wrote:Our first international signing, although his history is a bit creepy

Not really true!

Kevin Lisbie - Jamaica
Gavin Hoyte - Trinidad & Tobago
Bira Dembéle - France

Something like that. Never heard of us having a U19 though. And I've never heard of him either. False CV?

From his Uni's bio: Prep/Club – Originally from London, England and attended Highlands School in the UK before moving to the states … Made 20 appearances and scored 11 goals for Northampton Town U-16 … Scored seven goals in seven games for Northampton Town U-17 … Combined 40 goals in 61 appearances ...

I still get goosebumps when watching his gold medal race from 2012:

http://www.balls.ie/uncategorized/mr-bu ... onal/46607