Fortunately Barnet have been promoted to Football League, so intend to go there with Crawley.

Just seen Barnet have announced their pre-season fixture against Wycombe which will be played in front of fans and that's on a Tuesday night, so I'm not sure why we're any different

Quite.

And for a club that was so vocal about 'let fans in' during lockdown,  it is disappointing that we agreed to it really.

As I said before, will find another game to go to on that date instead. 

Clubs should bear in mind though, it's not a good look to turn support on and off like a tap. 

Behind closed doors friendlies are what you expect from out of touch Premier league clubs tbh.

My guess is Barnet thought crowd would be low, and wanted to save on stewarding costs. I expect we agreed as only offer of playing EFL club, as none will want to play on our pitch.

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Quite.

And for a club that was so vocal about 'let fans in' during lockdown,  it is disappointing that we agreed to it really.

As I said before, will find another game to go to on that date instead. 

Clubs should bear in mind though, it's not a good look to turn support on and off like a tap. 

Behind closed doors friendlies are what you expect from out of touch Premier league clubs tbh.

Are you going to the Crawley Palace friendly this year? I am not as it getting rather boring seeing the same opposition 3 pre-seasons in a row, and they using us for shooting practice! Also local Palace fans buy home tickets and then stand on the home terraces wearing their Palace shirts cheering every goal, so atmosphere poor. Going to go to all three Dorking home friendlies instead as very good deal.

Yes, will be going along - went to it a couple of seasons ago (was 4-0 up at HT), but didn't bother last year for the same reason as you mention (the repetition) (and Palace were 4-0 up in under 30 mins)

Will go this year as it's a Friday night, so can still watch DW on the Saturday too.

Totally understand Crawley fans being fed up with Palace in the home areas, but the answer is for Crawley to give Palace a bigger allocation - the number of seats available to away fans in particular (one block in a long stand, which also has 20+ pillars along the front) isn't really all that great. 

It will sell out of course, but if I had any sway (I don't!) I would give Palace fans half of the East Stand to be honest.

As you say , seating allocation is small, but like Dorking, probably half the capacity is terracing. Also Dorking gives a small seating allocation to away fans too.

The East Stand holds 2000, and the away terrace holds about 1500 so giving Palace half the East Stand as well gives the away fans an allocation of 2500, about 45% capacity (5500), something no sensible club would allow! The away terrace could be segregated to allow home fans half, but that has only been done once.

Dorking give a piffling allocation of seats to away fans since we returned to the NLS - 3 rows, and a chunk of those are for visiting directors

When we host the likes of Torquay it's just not enough and away fans try their luck at nicking season ticket holders seats on the 'home' side of the gangway.

As for Crawley, it's totally up to them what they allocate, but you can't blame Palace fans for going in home sections when tickets are totally on general sale and the away end sells out to Palace season ticket holders within a couple of hours. You would hope Palace fans go in the seats and are discreet, but its only a friendly at the end of the day.

New signings now to be announced tomorrow. 3 in total starting at 9am

https://barnetfc.com/match-report-barnet-fc-vs-dorking-wanderers

Dorking got a creditable 2-2 draw in the closed doors friendly at Barnet yesterday. Match report curtesy of Barnet.

Yet another free kick scored in pre-season; will we actually score one in a competitive match this season? It has been 1250+ days since we last did...

Very efficient performance against Leatherhead (5-1) last night. The new signings all look like an upgrade (although not sure on where Dennon will eventually be played, but at least he is versatile)

Hope Louie's quad is ok

Suprised at the amount of minutes Mooro is getting, feels like Marc has him high in his plans.

Didn't see the pre match interview but presume McShane and Gallagher had niggles and Prior is on holiday under his special arrangement (?).

Trialist A was a 31 year old defender from the North East and he did well at left back.  

Trialist B was a young forward who looked very keen and sharp, and has been at a club south of the Thames. Scored too. He may have featured more because Macca and Jason weren't available, but with Alfie looking really good already this pre-season he might struggle to get an opportunity to fit in.

Sholing next, more of the same please!

Another impressive performance, we're looking much better than we usually do in pre-season. Vincent, Rutherford, Carter, Muitt, Taylor all look really sharp this so far.

The only concern is the injuries again as we have Gallagher, McShane, JNW and now Annesley out injured already. Marc said McShane and JNW should be back for Sholing but I would be surprised if we Gallagher or Annesley again in pre-season. Really hope we're not starting the season with the same old problems...

Yes agreed very good performance and a high level of sharpness from many of the players. My first time seeing the new guys, all look like great additions, fingers crossed for Annesley. Trialist B also impressed with his running, eagerness and finish for the goal.

Good crowd in too, think it was 882?

Yes, a good performance and some well taken goals. New signings and Trialists did well. Hopefully Annesley will be okay, as particularly good. Also thought young lads Saunders, Herbert and Tauta-Cabellero played well. I recognised Trialist A as he spent some time at my other club last season, but assume policy is not to mention names on here. Looking forward to seeing how we do against Aldershot which will be a step up.