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 traini...