2023–24 Barrow A.F.C. season

Barrow
2023–24 season
Chairman	Paul Hornby
Manager	Pete Wild
Stadium	Holker Street
League Two	8th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Kian Spence (9); All: Ben Whitfield (11)
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The 2023–24 season was the 123rd season in the history of Barrow and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. They participated in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Barrow enjoyed one of the best seasons in their history, including a 15-match unbeaten run between October and December, finishing the season in 8th place, narrowly missing out on a promotion play-off spot.

Squad statistics

As of 6 January 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Paul Farman	25	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Mazeed Ogungbo	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Dean Campbell	27	3	21+5	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	WAL	George Ray	25	3	24+0	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Niall Canavan	27	2	26+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	David Worrall	19	0	14+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Kian Spence	26	4	22+3	4	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Jamie Proctor	13	1	7+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Gerard Garner	20	2	9+9	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Elliot Newby	26	0	21+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Tom White	22	0	14+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	IRL	Courtney Duffus	8	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Robbie Gotts	23	0	12+9	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Sam Foley	27	3	8+17	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	WAL	James Chester	20	1	17+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Luca Stephenson	16	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Dom Telford	20	3	13+7	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Emile Acquah	27	5	16+10	5	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Tyrell Warren	10	1	6+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	DF	IRL	Rory Feely	19	0	9+8	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Junior Tiensia	10	0	5+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Ben Whitfield	16	6	6+10	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	IRL	Owen Bray	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
37	FW	ENG	Sean Etaluku	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	FW	ENG	Sam Bellis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2023	DM	Kian Spence (ENG)	FC Halifax Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[1]
28 June 2023	CB	Mazeed Ogungbo (IRL)	Arsenal (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2023	DM	Dean Campbell (SCO)	Aberdeen (SCO)	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	CF	Courtney Duffus (IRL)	Morecambe (ENG)	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2023	CF	Jamie Proctor (ENG)	Port Vale (ENG)	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2023	LB	Junior Tiensia (ENG)	Solihull Moors (ENG)	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2023	RM	David Worrall (ENG)	Port Vale (ENG)	Free transfer	^[7]
11 July 2023	CF	Emile Acquah (ENG)	Maidenhead United (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[8]
25 July 2023	CM	Owen Bray (IRL)	Leeds United (ENG)	Free transfer	^[9]
23 August 2023	CF	Sam Bellis (ENG)	Southampton (ENG)	Free transfer	^[10]
25 August 2023	CF	Dom Telford (ENG)	Crawley Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[11]
1 September 2023	CB	James Chester (WAL)	Derby County (ENG)	Free transfer	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2023	LB	Patrick Brough (ENG)	Northampton Town (ENG)	Rejected Contract	^[13]^[14]
30 June 2023	CB	Mark Ellis (ENG)	Chorley (ENG)	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	CF	Josh Gordon (ENG)	Burton Albion (ENG)	Free transfer	^[15]
30 June 2023	CB	Joe Grayson (ENG)	Gateshead (ENG)	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	GK	Scott Moloney (ENG)	Free agent	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	CF	David Moyo (ZIM)	Chorley (ENG)	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	AM	Solomon Nwabuokei (ENG)	Eastleigh (ENG)	Released	^[13]^[16]
30 June 2023	CF	Benni Smales-Braithwaite (ENG)	Vendsyssel FF (DEN)	Released	^[13]
30 June 2023	CM	Jason Taylor (ENG)	Retired	—	^[13]
30 June 2023	CB	Paweł Żuk (POL)	FC United of Manchester (ENG)	Released	^[13]
10 August 2023	LM	Josh Kay (ENG)	AFC Fylde (ENG)	Free transfer	^[17]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref.
1 September 2023	DM	Luca Stephenson (ENG)	Liverpool (ENG)	End of season	^[18]
17 January 2024	CF	Cole Stockton (ENG)	Burton Albion (ENG)	End of season	^[19]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Fee	Ref.
17 November 2023	CB	Malakai Reeve (ENG)	FC United of Manchester (ENG)	16 December 2023	^[20]
8 January 2024	CF	Courtney Duffus (IRL)	Hartlepool United (ENG)	End of season	^[21]
16 January 2024	CF	Gerard Garner (ENG)	Morecambe (ENG)	End of season	^[22]
19 January 2024	CF	Sam Bellis (ENG)	Kidderminster Harriers (ENG)	End of season	^[23]
8 March 2024	CB	Malakai Reeve (ENG)	Blyth Spartans (ENG)	End of season	^[24]
29 March 2024	RW	Sean Etaluku (ENG)	Buxton (ENG)	End of season	^[25]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 17 May, Barrow announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Holker Old Boys and Oldham Athletic.^[26] In June, the club confirmed further friendlies, against FC United of Manchester, AFC Fylde, Blackpool and Newcastle United U21.^[27] On 12 June, the club announced a final pre-season friendly, against Preston North End.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	FC United of Manchester	0–2	Barrow	Moston
15:00 BST		Report	Warren 78', 86'	Stadium: Broadhurst Park Attendance: 743

11 July 2023 Friendly	Holker Old Boys	1–8	Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Hodgson 30'	Report	Campbell 27', 33' (pen.), 43' 35' (o.g.) Proctor 48' Garner 67' White 70' Whitfield 77'	Stadium: Rakesmoor Lane

15 July 2023 Friendly	Barrow	1–0	Preston North End	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Worrall 5'	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,026 Referee: Marc Edwards

18 July 2023 Friendly	AFC Fylde	0–2	Barrow	Medlar-with-Wesham
19:45 BST		Report	Garner 58' Trialist 68'	Stadium: Mill Farm Sports Village

22 July 2023 Friendly	Barrow	0–5	Blackpool	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST			Virtue 14' Lavery 16' Beesley 55' Carey 79', 90+4'	Stadium: Holker Street

25 July 2023 Friendly	Barrow	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Foley 18'	Report	Nuttall 32'	Stadium: Holker Street

29 July 2023 Friendly	Barrow	4–1	Newcastle United U21	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Acquah 21' Worrall 25' Campbell 38' Proctor 45+2'	Report	Diallo 56'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,290

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	Matchday 1		45	18	14	13	61	55	+6	040.00
FA Cup	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	033.33
Total			51	20	14	17	68	65	+3	039.22

Last updated: 23 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Doncaster Rovers	46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71	Qualified for League Two play-offs
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71
7	Crawley Town (O, P)	46	21	7	18	73	67	+6	70
8	Barrow	46	18	15	13	62	56	+6	69
9	Bradford City	46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69
10	AFC Wimbledon	46	17	14	15	64	51	+13	65
11	Walsall	46	18	11	17	69	73	−4	65

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^[28]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
45	18	14	13	61	55	+6	68	11	6	4	26	17	+9	7	8	9	35	38	−3

Last updated: 23 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[29]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Barrow	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	O'Connor 35' Hawkes 63' (pen.) Hendry 90+6'	Report	Canavan 19' Campbell 37' Ray 51' Spence 70'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,584 Referee: Ollie Yates

12 August 2023 2	Barrow	2–1	Sutton United	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Acquah 79' Proctor 82'	Report	Smith 13' Angol 33' Rose 76'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Martin Woods

15 August 2023 3	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Barrow	Accrington
19:45 BST	McConville 36' Hills 71' Adedoyin 83'	Report	Spence 51' Acquah 87'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

19 August 2023 4	Stockport County	1–0	Barrow	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Knoyle 21' Collar 26' Barry 66'	Report	Foley 30'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,364 Referee: Peter Wright

26 August 2023 5	Barrow	1–1	Wrexham	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Warren 45' Acquah 52' White 57' Canavan 88'	Report	Lee 12' (pen.) O'Connell 47' O'Connor 58'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,789 Referee: Daniel Middleton

2 September 2023 6	Harrogate Town	0–1	Barrow	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Ramsay 36' Muldoon 61' O'Connor 72'	Report	Spence 21' Telford 28' White 59'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Scott Jackson

16 September 2023 8	Newport County	1–1	Barrow	Newport
15:00 BST	Delaney 5' 43' Bennett 14' Bogle 16' Morris 20' McLoughlin 40'	Report	Canavan 28' Campbell 69' (pen.) Gotts 73'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Martin Coy

23 September 2023 9	Mansfield Town	1–0	Barrow	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Macdonald 70' Clarke 72' Lewis 82'	Report	Gotts 82' Tiensia 83'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6,714 Referee: Marc Edwards

30 September 2023 10	Barrow	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Warren 12' 22' Garner 36' 53' Gotts 57' Spence 65' Acquah 85'	Report	Close 11' Westbrooke 26' Biggins 32' Ironside 56' Faal 90+3'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,502 Referee: Scott Oldham

3 October 2023 11	Grimsby Town	2–1	Barrow	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Eisa 18' Conteh 32' Rose 37' Wilson 75'	Report	Chester 45+3' Foley 79'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Thomas Kirk

7 October 2023 12	Barrow	1–1	Notts County	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Feely 63' Campbell 79' (pen.)	Report	McGoldrick 14' (pen.) Adebayo-Rowling 30' Austin 81' Brindley 90+2'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,122 Referee: Ben Toner

14 October 2023 13	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Barrow	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Robson 6' Dean 12', 35' Norman 49'	Report	Farman 12' Gotts 45+1' Whitfield 90+3' Acquah 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 5,725 Referee: Will Finnie

21 October 2023 14	Barrow	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST		Report	Little 48' Tilley 80'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,466 Referee: Scott Tallis

24 October 2023 15	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Barrow	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Omotoye 58' Robson 90+4'	Report	Foley 4' Telford 18' Ray 49'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Tom Reeves

28 October 2023 16	Barrow	0–0	Salford City	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Gotts 2' Spence 31'	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,053 Referee: Jacob Miles

31 October 2023 7^[30]	Barrow	1–0	Morecambe	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Telford 29' Farman 90+2'	Report	Senior 26'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was previous postponed due to international call-ups.^[31]

11 November 2023 17	Bradford City	1–2	Barrow	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Smith 33' Halliday 50' Cook 77'	Report	Telford 1' Spence 38' White 45+5' Ray 77'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,247 Referee: David Webb

18 November 2023 18	Barrow	1–0	Crawley Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Telford 46' Acquah 58' Proctor 72'	Report	Campbell 18' Maguire 47' Wright 64'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

25 November 2023 19	Colchester United	1–4	Barrow	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGeehan 20' 37' Tovide 45+5' Fevrier 51' 84'	Report	Stephenson 7' Telford 43' Proctor 45+5' Greenidge 52' (o.g.) Ray 86', 90+3' Mitchell 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Declan Bourne

28 November 2023 20	Barrow	2–0	Walsall	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Whitfield 11' Acquah 44' Canavan 70'	Report	Daniels 25' Farquharson 54'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,072 Referee: Lewis Smith

16 December 2023 22	Swindon Town	0–3	Barrow	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Kinsella 65'	Report	Spence 34' Foley 58' Chester 73' Garner 83'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Craig Hicks

22 December 2023 23	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Barrow	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Nevitt 40', 58' Baker-Richardson 64' Demetriou 66' Thomas 68'	Report	Whitfield 27', 76' Spence 34' Garner 50' (pen.) White 61' Farman 84' Gotts 90'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 7,646 Referee: Alan Young
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 23 December but was moved to a day earlier.^[32]

26 December 2023 24	Barrow	2–2	Stockport County	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Whitfield 2' Spence 24' Ray 53' Foley 62'	Report	Powell 45+2' Madden 49' Wright 54', 72' Horsfall 69' Wootton 90+4'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Martin Coy

29 December 2023 25	Barrow	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Whitfield 52'	Report	Whalley 2' Martin 44' Gubbins 47' B. Woods 61' Pritchard 71' Shipley 87' J. Woods 90+2'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,549 Referee: Simon Mather

1 January 2024 26	Wrexham	4–1	Barrow	Wrexham
15:00 GMT	McClean 45+4' Fletcher 45+9', 45+13', 67' Mullin 45+11'	Report	Spence 1', 77' White 45+10' Proctor 90+5' Ray 90+10'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12,323 Referee: Scott Oldham

6 January 2024 27	Barrow	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Campbell 80' Foley 88'	Report	Walker 39' Norris 73'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Adam Herczeg

13 January 2024 28	Sutton United	2–2	Barrow	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Beautyman 30' 44', 53'	Report	Whitfield 36' Canavan 73'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,940 Referee: Paul Howard

20 January 2024 29	Barrow	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Gotts 9' Chester 90+6'	Report	Tracey 9' Nevitt 19', 90+7' Billington 64', 80' Holíček 84' Demetriou 86' Offord 90+2' O'Riordan 90+4'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Thomas Parsons

27 January 2024 30	Notts County	1–1	Barrow	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Nemane 45+1' Baldwin 79'	Report	Ray 20' Spence 22' Foley 24' Campbell 70' Stephenson 78'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 11,243 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

3 February 2024 31	Barrow	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Canavan 38' Ray 55' Stockton 78' Farman 90+6'	Report	Williams 51' Tomlinson 53'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Tom Reeves

10 February 2024 32	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Barrow	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Curtis 16' Chaaban 26' Balmer 45+3' Ball 55' O'Toole 55'	Report	Stephenson 31' White 84' Proctor 87'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 7,373 Referee: Scott Simpson

13 February 2024 33	Barrow	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Stockton 29' Campbell 89'	Report	McAllister 21', 50' Dabo 41' Osadebe 57' McCann 85'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,029 Referee: Lewis Smith

17 February 2024 34	Salford City	5–3	Barrow	Kersal
15:00 GMT	Hendry 26', 67' Luamba 40' Watt 54' McAleny 57' John 62' Smith 77', 86'	Report	Stockton 42', 90' Warren 47' Worrall 87'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,416 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

5 March 2024 21^[33]	Barrow	2–0	Gillingham	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Stockton 4' Spence 9' Chester 40' Acquah 55' Campbell 66'	Report	Coleman 39' Williams 66' Masterson 90+6' Hutton 90+6'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Scott Tallis
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 December, but was postponed due to unplayable playing surface.^[34]

9 March 2024 37	Barrow	2–0	Colchester United	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Spence 45+4' Stephenson 83' Foley 90+5'	Report	Richardson 13' Ihionvien 81' Hall 83'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Scott Jackson

12 March 2024 38	Walsall	1–1	Barrow	Bescot
19:45 GMT	Menayese 38' Foulkes 50' Gordon 77'	Report	Campbell 53' (pen.) Ray 54'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,737 Referee: Martin Woods

16 March 2024 39	Barrow	0–0	Harrogate Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Campbell 26' Warren 90'	Report	Dooley 86'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,472 Referee: Edward Duckworth

23 March 2024 40	Barrow	1–0	Newport County	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Stockton 20' Ray 72'	Report	Payne 65' Bright 76'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,379 Referee: Ben Speedie

29 March 2024 41	Barrow	3–1	Grimsby Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Stockton 11', 22' Telford 72' Gotts 82'	Report	Obikwu 89'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 April 2024 42	Morecambe	2–1	Barrow	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Tutonda 3' 80' Edwards 11' Stokes 48'	Report	Campbell 31' Ray 65' Whitfield 89'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Marc Edwards

6 April 2024 43	Barrow	0–2	Swindon Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Gotts 51' Ray 53' Newby 82'	Report	Kokolo 35' 60' Drinan 43' Glatzel 45'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,502 Referee: Ben Toner

13 April 2024 44	Gillingham	3–0	Barrow	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Andrews 45+3' Feely 55' (o.g.) Mahoney 64'	Report	Ray 22'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,796 Referee: Dean Whitestone

16 April 2024 36^[35]	Crawley Town	1–1	Barrow	Crawley
19:45 BST	Williams 9' Orsi 64' (pen.) Kelly 88'	Report	Stephenson 12' Acquah 36' Chester 62' Farman 63'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Sam Purkiss
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 2 March, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[36]

20 April 2024 45	Doncaster Rovers	4–2	Barrow	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Westbrooke 10' Molyneux 53' Ironside 58' (pen.), 90+9' Adelakun 84' Biggins 88' Broadbent 90+7'	Report	Acquah 35' Feely 45+1' Newby 79'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Carl Brook

23 April 2024 35^[37]^[38]	Barrow	1–2	Bradford City	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Stockton 32' Spence 59' Stephenson 66' Farman 90+3'	Report	Pointon 29', 50' Oyegoke 54' Smith 90' Chapman 90+3'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 24 February, but was postponed due to an unplayable surface, according to the match referee.^[39] Fixture was later postponed for a second time due to a waterlogged pitch.^[40]

27 April 2024 46	Barrow	1–1	Mansfield Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Spence 58'	Report	Maris 16'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,668 Referee: Keith Stroud

FA Cup

Barrow were drawn away to Northampton Town in the first round.^[41]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) First round	Northampton Town	1–3	Barrow	Northampton
13:30 GMT	Pinnock 29' 85' Hondermarck 45' Hoskins 68'	Report	Acquah 9' Ogungbo 21' White 52' Whitfield 72'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,187 Referee: Paul Howard

2 December 2023 Second round	Maidstone United	2–1	Barrow	Maidstone
15:00 GMT	Hoyte 34' Corne 35' Gurung 74'	Report	Whitfield 20' Spence 57' Foley 90+4'	Stadium: Gallagher Stadium Attendance: 2,903 Referee: David Rock

EFL Cup

Barrow were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.^[42]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Barrow	Horwich
19:45 BST	Thomason 32' Ashworth 44' Mendes Gomes 60' Iredale 90+1' Coleman 90+3'	Report	Ray 43' Warren 47' Feely 67' Spence 71'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 4,871 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

EFL Trophy

The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.^[43]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	1	2	6	7	−1	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Morecambe	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Barrow	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 September 2023 Group stage	Barrow	0–2	Blackpool	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 BST		Report	Tharme 35' Carey 44' Thompson 83' Kouassi 85'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Matthew Corlett

10 October 2023 (2023-10-10) Group stage	Morecambe	3–1	Barrow	Morecambe
19:00 BST	Brown 20' 38' Rooney 58' Smith 73' Rawson 90+2'	Report	Spence 57' Whitfield 68' Duffus 90+2'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 2,203 Referee: Simon Mather

7 November 2023 Group stage	Barrow	2–1	Liverpool U21	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT	Foley 45+1' Etoluku 53' 65' Ogungbo 75' White 85'	Report	Nallo 11' Musiałowski 29' Nyoni 56' Morrison 66'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,463 Referee: Edward Duckworth

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[1] "Spence Signs". Barrow AFC. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[2] "Barrow sign Arsenal defender Ogungbo". British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[3] "Dean Campbell signs". Barrow AFC. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[4] "Courtney Duffus Joins The Bluebirds". Barrow AFC. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[5] "Jamie Proctor Joins The Bluebirds". Barrow AFC. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[6] "Bluebirds Capture Junior Tiensia". Barrow AFC. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[7] "David Worrall Joins The Bluebirds". Barrow AFC. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[8] "Emile Acquah Signs For Barrow". Barrow AFC. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[9] "Barrow AFC Complete The Signings Of The First Two B-Team Players". Barrow AFC. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[10] "Barrow bring in striker Bellis on one-year deal". British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[11] "Barrow sign Crawley Town striker Telford". British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[12] "Barrow sign James Chester until January and Liverpool's Luca Stephenson on loan". British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[RetainedList-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Barrow Confirm Retained List". Barrow AFC. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[14] "Northampton Town Complete Signing Of Patrick Brough". Northampton Town FC. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[15] "Brewers Sign Striker Josh Gordon On A Two-Year Deal". Burton Albion FC. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[16] "Solomon Nwabuokei joins the Spitfires". Eastleigh FC. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[17] "Josh Kay Returns To The Club". AFC Fylde. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[18] "Barrow Seal Stephenson Loan". Barrow AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[19] "Cole Stockton Joins The Bluebirds On Loan". Barrow AFC. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

[20] "B Team Defender Malakai Reece joins FC United Of Manchester On A 28-Day Loan Deal". Barrow AFC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[21] "Courtney Duffus Joins Hartlepool On Loan". Barrow AFC. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[22] "Ged Garner Joins Morecambe On Loan". Barrow AFC. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[23] "Sam Bellis Joins Kidderminster Harriers On Loan". Barrow AFC. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[24] "Malakai Reeve Joins Blyth Spartans On Loan". Barrow AFC. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[25] "Youngster Sean Etaluku Signs For Buxton On Loan". Barrow AFC. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[26] "First Pre-Season Friendlies Confirmed". Barrow AFC. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

[27] "Barrow To Face Blackpool In Pre-Season Friendly". Barrow AFC. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

[EFL_Regulationsb-28] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[29] "Barrow's 2023/24 League Two Fixtures Revealed". Barrow AFC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[30] "Barrow (A) re-arranged date confirmed". Morecambe FC. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[31] "Postponed: Barrow v Morecambe". Barrow AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[32] "Crewe Alexandra Vs Barrow AFC Fixture Update". Barrow AFC. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[33] "Rearranged Barrow date confirmed". Gillingham FC. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[34] "Postponement: Gillingham (H)". Barrow AFC. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[35] "Match Rearranged: Crawley Town (A)". Barrow AFC. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[36] "Match Postponed: Crawley Town (A)". Barrow AFC. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[37] "Match Rearranged: Bradford City (H)". Barrow AFC. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[38] "Match Rearranged: Bradford City (H)". Barrow AFC. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[39] "Match Postponed". Barrow AFC. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

[40] "Bradford Match Postponed". Barrow AFC. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

[41] "First Round Proper Draw". The Football Association. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[42] "Carabao Cup: Burton v Leicester, Leeds v Shrewsbury & Gillingham v Southampton in first round". British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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