Dillon Barnes

Dillon Barnes
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996[1]
Place of birth Enfield Town, London, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Colchester United
Number 25
Youth career
2012–2014 Barnet
2014–2015 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Fulham 0 (0)
2014–2015Farnborough (loan) 11 (0)
2015 Bedford Town 0 (0)
2015– Colchester United 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC).


Dillon Barnes (born 8 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League Two club Colchester United.

Barnes began his career with Barnet and later Fulham. He failed to make a first-team appearance for either club. He was loaned to Farnborough in late 2014, where he made his competitive debut in the Conference South, making 14 appearances. He left Fulham in summer 2015, briefly joining Bedford Town before signing for Colchester United following a trial. He made his professional debut in August 2016 for Colchester.

Career

Born in Enfield Town, London,[3] Barnes began his career with Barnet where he first featured on the bench for the first-team during the 2012–13 season.[4] He moved to Fulham for the 2014–15 season, where he was loaned out to Conference South side Farnborough for the second half of the season.[5] He made eleven appearances for Farnborough between December 2014 and April 2015.[4]

In summer 2015, Barnes joined Bedford Town before joining League One club Colchester United on trial in August. He kept one clean sheet in three games for the under-21s before being offered a one-year development contract which he signed on 1 September.[6]

Barnes missed an opportunity to make his professional debut on 8 May 2016 in Colchester's final game of the 2015–16 season after getting caught in traffic, meaning teammate James Bransgrove was selected for the game ahead of the absent Barnes to instead make his debut.[7] Barnes eventually made his professional debut for Colchester on 9 August 2016 when he was named in the starting line-up of their EFL Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion. He conceded four goals as Colchester lost to their Championship opposition 4–0.[8] In his next game on 8 November in the EFL Trophy, Barnes saved two penalties during the penalty shoot-out with Charlton Athletic to help his side to a 4–3 win and an additional bonus point.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 November 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2014–15[10] Championship 00000000
Farnborough (loan) 2014–15[4] Conference South 110000030140
Colchester United 2015–16[11] League One 0000000000
2016–17[12] League Two 0000101[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 0000101020
Career total 110001040160
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. Dillon Barnes career statistics at Soccerbase
  2. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Results for Britain records". Find My Past. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "D. Barnes". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. Couch, Jon (13 November 2014). "Spencer Day 'delighted' with new faces settling in at Farnborough FC". Get Hampshire. Guildford. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. Hudson, Matt (1 September 2015). "U's Flash: Barnes Signs". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. Waldron, Jonathan (8 May 2016). "Steve Ball experiences eventful afternoon in caretaker charge of Colchester United against Rochdale". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  8. "Brighton & Hove Albion v Colchester United". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  9. "Colchester United 1–1 Charlton Athletic". Sky Sports. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  10. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  11. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  12. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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