Shoot!’s League Two Awards: October’s Player, Manager and Goal of the Month

Player of the Month: John Akinde (Barnet)

In the latter half of the month, Barnet have climbed up the table and a lot of their recent revival is down to the big centre forward.

He’s scored a quite remarkable 20 goals in his last 21 matches and these include five in his last four.

Having scored in the 4-1 loss to Exeter City, he grabbed a 90th minute goal at Adams Park to seal a 2-0 victory against Wycombe Wanderers before bagging a brace in a 2-2 draw with Newport County and then, with the Bees 2-0 down, he scored a nonchalant penalty against Hartlepool United.

They won the game 3-2. There was talk in the summer about him moving away from The Hive, but he signed a contract extension which is great news for Barnet, but bad news for League Two defenders.

Special mentions go out to Doncaster Rovers’ John Marquis and Will Norris of Cambridge United.