Phil’s pride lead to Tigers

By Robin Jones

HOMETOWN: Phil Barnes is the new manager of Holbeach

PHIL BARNES is celebrating landing his dream job of a lifetime – as manager of Holbeach United.
Barnes began playing for the United Counties Premier Division outfit’s junior ranks as a teenager, and apart from two seasons turning out of Spalding United, he has been part and parcel of his hometown club ever since.
A pivotal figure in the development of the Tigers’ junior sides, he has run the club’s reserve side in in the Peterborough League Premier Division for th...