# 2017–18 Barnet F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Barnet's 130th year in existence and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Craig Ross | Macclesfield Town | Free |
| 10 July 2017 | DF | Richard Brindley | Colchester United | Free |
| 26 July 2017 | CF | Shaq Coulthirst | Peterborough United | Free |
| 26 August 2017 | DF | Andre Blackman | Crawley Town | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Malakai Mars | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Dave Tarpey | Maidenhead United | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Fuad Sule | Bohemians | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Jordan Nicholson | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 10 March 2018 | DF | Matthew Briggs | Chesterfield | Free |
| March 2018 | CF | Jordan Brown | Hannover 96 II | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Sam Akinde | Hemel Hempstead Town | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Shaun Batt | Chelmsford City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | DM | Tom Champion | Boreham Wood | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Bira Dembélé | Laval | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Michael Gash | King's Lynn Town | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | James Pearson | Coventry City | Released |
| 13 July 2017 | LW | Luke Coulson | Ebbsfleet United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | LW | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | Carlisle United | Nominal |
| 20 March 2018 | DF | Matthew Briggs | Free agent | Released |
| 20 March 2018 | CF | Jordan Brown | Free agent | Released |
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### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | | George Legg | Reading | 30 June 2018 | |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | | Tin Plavotic | Bristol City | 20 March 2018 | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 11 August 2017 | GK | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | St Ives Town | 8 September 2017 |
| 7 September 2017 | FW | Justin Amaluzor | Hemel Hempstead Town | 5 October 2017 |
| 22 September 2017 | LB | Joe Payne | Solihull Moors | 21 October 2017 |
| 30 September 2017 | RB | Tom Day | Hemel Hempstead Town | 28 October 2017 |
| 13 October 2017 | CM | Dan Sweeney | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 10 November 2017 |
| 6 November 2017 | RB | Tom Day | Hemel Hempstead Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 13 November 2017 | CB | Darnell Smith | Hungerford Town | 11 December 2017 |
| 23 December 2017 | GK | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | Hayes & Yeading United | 20 January 2018 |
| 23 December 2017 | FW | Justin Amaluzor | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 20 January 2018 |
| 19 January 2018 | GK | Renell McKenzie-Lyle | Hayes & Yeading United | 16 February 2018 |
| 22 March 2018 | FW | Justin Amaluzor | Bognor Regis Town | End of season |
| 22 March 2018 | FW | Shane Cojocarel | Horsham | End of season |
| 22 March 2018 | FW | Malakai Mars | Farnborough | End of season |
| 22 March 2018 | MF | Jordan Nicholson | Brackley Town | End of season |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

As of 14 July 2017, Barnet have announced six pre-season friendlies against Swansea City, Braintree Town, West Ham United Under-23s, Maidstone United, Millwall and Concord Rangers.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 47 | |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 47 | |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 46 | |
| 23 | Barnet (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 46 | Relegation to the National League |
| 24 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 47 | 83 | −36 | 38 | Relegation to the National League |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Barnet were drawn away to Blackburn Rovers in the first round.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Barnet were drawn away to Peterborough United in the first round. Another away tie against Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the second round.

### EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was made with Barnet facing AFC Wimbledon, Luton Town and Tottenham Hotspur U23s in Southern Group F.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Luton Town (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Barnet (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 1 | |

## Squad information
### Appearances

    Correct as of 5 May 2018
| No. | Player | Pos. | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | Jamie Stephens | GK | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Richard Brindley | DF | 17 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (1) |
| 3 | Elliott Johnson | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Charlie Clough | DF | 29 (7) | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 33 (8) |
| 5 | Ricardo Almeida Santos | DF | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Michael Nelson | DF | 25 (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 (2) |
| 7 | Ryan Watson | MF | 25 (3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 (3) |
| 8 | Curtis Weston | MF | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | John Akinde | FW | 30 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 (2) |
| 11 | Shaq Coulthirst | MF | 34 (6) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 (6) |
| 12 | Jack Taylor | MF | 27 (10) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 (10) |
| 13 | David Tutonda | DF | 35 (6) | 1 | 2 | 2 (1) | 40 (7) |
| 14 | Simeon Akinola | FW | 10 (19) | 1 | 0 (1) | 1 | 12 (20) |
| 15 | Ruben Bover | MF | 8 (5) | 0 (1) | 0 (2) | 2 | 10 (8) |
| 16 | Harry Taylor | DF | 14 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 (1) | 17 (3) |
| 17 | Nana Kyei | MF | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 3 (2) |
| 18 | Wesley Fonguck | MF | 10 (9) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 (9) |
| 19 | Fumnaya Shomotun | MF | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 2 (5) |
| 20 | Mauro Vilhete | MF | 27 (5) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 (5) |
| 21 | Craig Ross | GK | 32 (1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 (1) |
| 22 | Shane Cojocarel | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Nicholls | FW | 19 (6) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 (6) |
| 24 | Andre Blackman | DF | 15 (4) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 (4) |
| 25 | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | FW | 14 (12) | 1 | 2 | 0 (1) | 17 (13) |
| 26 | Dan Sweeney | MF | 20 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) |
| 27 | Ephron Mason-Clark | FW | 0 (8) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (8) |
| 28 | Darnell Smith | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Tom Day | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Justin Amaluzor | FW | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 (2) | 0 (8) |
| 31 | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Joe Payne | DF | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) |
| 33 | Tobi Coker | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
| 34 | Renell McKenzie-Lyle | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Malakai Mars | FW | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1) |
| 36 | Dave Tarpey | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Benjy Aghadiuno | FW | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 (2) |
| 38 | Dwight Pascal | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Fuad Sule | MF | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
| 40 | George Legg | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | Jordan Nicholson | MF | 3 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (5) |
| Left before the end of the season |||||||||
| 10 | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | MF | 23 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 (1) |
| 24 | Luke Coulson | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tin Plavotic | DF | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
| 43 | Matthew Briggs | DF | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |

### Goalscorers

    Correct as of 5 May 2018
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | | Shaq Coulthirst | FW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | | Alex Nicholls | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | | John Akinde | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4= | | Simeon Akinola | FW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4= | | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6= | | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6= | | Mauro Vilhete | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8= | | Ricardo Almeida Santos | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8= | | Jack Taylor | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | | Curtis Weston | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11= | | Ryan Watson | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11= | | Richard Brindley | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11= | | Ruben Bover | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11= | | Andre Blackman | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11= | | Own goals | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 57 |