The 2020–21 season was Barrow's 119th year in existence and their first season in League Two having gained promotion from the National League in 2020 ending a 48 year exile from the Football League. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Transfers Transfers in DatePositionNationalityNameFromFee 20 July 2020 CB Tom Beadling Dunfermline Athletic Free transfer 20 July 2020 CF Luke James Hartlepool United Free transfer 20 July 2020 CM Mike Jones Carlisle United Free transfer 29 July 2020 CB Matthew Platt Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed 31 July 2020 CB James Jones Altrincham Undisclosed 2 August 2020 AM Callum Gribbin Sheffield United Free transfer 4 August 2020 LB Bobby Burns Heart of Midlothian Free transfer 3 September 2020 LB Kgosi Ntlhe Scunthorpe United Free transfer 4 September 2020 CB Scott Wilson Burnley Free transfer 12 September 2020 GK Josh Lillis Rochdale Free transfer 17 September 2020 GK Scott Moloney Huddersfield Town Free transfer 1 October 2020 CB Yoan Zouma Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 5 October 2020 LM Chris Taylor Bradford City Free transfer 8 October 2020 CF Courtney Baker-Richardson Swansea City Free transfer 28 October 2020 CF Dimitri Sea Aston Villa Free transfer 18 January 2021 CM Ollie Banks Tranmere Rovers Undisclosed 19 January 2021 AM Jamie Devitt Blackpool Free transfer 28 January 2021 LB Dion Donohue Swindon Town Free transfer 2 February 2021 CF Mikael Ndjoli Bournemouth Undisclosed 23 March 2021 CF Calvin Andrew Unattached Free transfer
Loans in Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate until 28 August 2020 CM Harrison Biggins Fleetwood Town 1 February 2021 16 October 2020 FW Jayden Reid Birmingham City 5 January 2021 14 January 2021 RB Neal Eardley Burton Albion End of season 18 January 2021 RM Daniel Bramall Barnsley End of season 18 January 2021 CB Tom Davies Bristol Rovers End of season 22 January 2021 CB Bobby Thomas Burnley End of season 2 February 2021 CM Mace Goodridge Burnley End of season
Loans out Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate until 2 October 2020 CF Morgan Penfold FC United of Manchester 3 January 2021 3 October 2020 LB Bobby Burns Glentoran End of season 24 October 2020 CF Jack Hindle South Shields 1 January 2021 28 January 2021 CF Courtney Baker-Richardson Barnet End of season 1 March 2021 CB Yoan Zouma Altrincham End of season
Transfers out DatePositionNationalityNameToFee 1 July 2020 CB Matthew Elsdon Blyth Spartans Released 1 July 2020 CB Josh Granite Buxton Released 1 July 2020 CF Byron Harrison Altrincham Released 1 July 2020 GK Jonathan Saltmer Darlington Released 1 July 2020 GK Luke Simpson Kidderminster Harriers Released 1 July 2020 CM Mark Waddington Unattached Released 20 July 2020 AM John Rooney Stockport County Undisclosed 3 January 2021 FW Jack Hindle Unattached Released 1 February 2021 FW Dior Angus Wrexham Released 24 March 2021 CM Lewis Hardcastle Retired
Pre-season
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.
EFL Trophy
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Last updated 10 May 2021.
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
Last updated 10 May 2021.
PositionNationalityPlayerEFL League TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotal1FW9Scott Quigley15000152DF3Patrick Brough60006MF11Josh Kay600063FW20Dior Angus401054FW33Luke James300035DF5Matthew Platt20002MF8Mike Jones20002MF16Tom Beadling20002MF25Harrison Biggins200026DF2Connor Brown10001MF4Jason Taylor00101DF6Sam Hird10001MF10Lewis Hardcastle10001DF14James Jones10001DF22Tom Davies10001DF27Bradley Barry10001MF28Chris Taylor10001DF31Bobby Thomas10001MF36Jamie Devitt10001FW39Calvin Andrew10001Own goals 1 0 0 0 0TOTALS5302055
Cleansheets Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.
Last updated 10 May 2021.
PositionNationalityPlayerEFL League TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotal1GK1Joel Dixon9110112GK12Josh Lillis00011TOTALS911112
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 10 May 2021.
PositionNationalityNumberNameLeague TwoEFL CupEFL TrophyFA CupTotalDF 2 Connor Brown 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1MF 25 Harrison Biggins 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1DF 6 Sam Hird 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 MF 11 Josh Kay 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0MF 16 Tom Beadling 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0DF 3 Patrick Brough 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0FW 9 Scott Quigley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0DF 27 Bradley Barry 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0DF 5 Matthew Platt 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0DF 24 Kgosi Nthle 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0MF 8 Mike Jones 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0MF 28 Chris taylor 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0DF 31 Bobby Thomas 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0MF 42 Ollie Banks 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0GK 1 Joel Dixon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0MF 7 Callum Gribbin 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0MF 10 Lewis Hardcastle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0DF 14 James Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0DF 18 Yoan Zouma 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0FW 20 Dior Angus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0MF 4 Jason Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0DF 19 Scott Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0DF 22 Tom Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0DF 29 Neal Eardley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0DF 32 Dion Donohue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0FW 33 Luke James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0FW 39 Calvin Andrew 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS873204030963
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