Combined Counties Premier

Guildford City: Barnes is finally in the zone!

“It’s a crazy situation, but it’s actually been non-stop since January,” insists the former Greenwich Borough boss, who works full-time as director of football at an independent school in London.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 April 2021

By Chris Dunlavy

CITY SLICKERS: Guildford City have set their sights on a FA Vase run under new boss Paul Barnes, inset
PICTURE: Guildford City FC

THREE months after he was appointed, Paul Barnes is finally poised to take charge of his first game as manager of Guildford City – but don’t think he’s been idle.
Barnes left Staines Town to replace Chris Balchin on January 2, a fortnight after the Combined Counties League suspended all fixtures as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The season was subsequently scrapped, while lockdown restrictions prevented Barnes from taking a physical trainin...

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