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 1
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 14 (0)
2017Welling United (loan) 14 (0)
2018Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:08, 6 October 2018 (UTC+1)

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, making 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. He was loaned to Welling United in August 2017 and then Hemel Hempstead Town in January 2018.

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, and 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 him for his own debut.[7] Barnes eventually made his 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]

National League South side Welling United signed Barnes in an initial one-month loan deal on 8 August 2017.[10] He made his Welling debut in their 1–0 defeat by Chelmsford City the same day.[11] On 8 September, his loan was extended to run until 8 November.[12]

In January 2018, Barnes signed on an initial one-month loan for National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town.[13]

On 28 April 2018, Barnes made his English Football League debut, standing in for Sam Walker for Colchester's League Two game against Swindon Town. He kept a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw.[14]

Following Sam Walker's summer move to Reading, Barnes was handed Colchester United's number one shirt.[15] He started in Colchester's first game of the 2018–19 season, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with Notts County.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2014–15[17] Championship 00000000
Farnborough (loan) 2014–15[4] Conference South 1100030140
Colchester United 2015–16[18] League One 0000000000
2016–17[19] League Two 0000101[lower-alpha 1]020
2017–18[20] League Two 2000000020
2018–19[21] League Two 12000101[lower-alpha 1]0140
Total 140002020180
Welling United (loan) 2017–18[4] National League South 1400000140
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2017–18[4] National League South 300030
Career total 420002050490
  1. 1 2 Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. Dillon Barnes 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 4 5 "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. Hudson, Matt (8 August 2017). "Dillon Heads Out On Loan". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. Panting, Matthew (9 August 2017). "Welling manager Jamie Coyle on 1-0 defeat to Chelmsford". Kent Online. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  12. Hudson, Matt (8 September 2017). "Eli Heads To Welling". Colchester United. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  13. Hudson, Matt (26 January 2018). "Dillon Joins Hemel On Loan". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  14. "Colchester United 0–0 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  15. Waldron, Jonathan (17 July 2018). "Barnes handed U's number one shirt". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  16. "Notts County 0–0 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  17. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  18. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  19. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  20. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  21. "Games played by Dillon Barnes in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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