A tale of two strikers: Furlong stays in Barnet; Mooney stays in Spain

Paul Furlong, who made such an impact with the Bees while on loan from Southend, has signed a one-year deal with Barnet.

He has been training with Barnet this summer and scored in a friendly against Charlton last week.

40-year-old Furlong will also work as a strikers' coach with the League Two team.

The Furlong Files

Full name	Paul Anthony Furlong
Date of birth	1 October 1968 (1968-10-01) (age 40)
Place of birth	Wood Green, London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1991 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996-2002 2000 2002 2002 2002-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009	Enfield Coventry City Watford Chelsea Birmingham City → Queens Park Rangers (loan) → Sheffield United (loan) → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Queens Park Rangers Luton Town Southend United Barnet	00? 0(?) 037 0(4) 079 (37) 065 (13) 130 (50) 003 0(1) 004 0(2) 006 0(2) 162 (54) 032 0(8) 003 0(0) 021 0(9)
National team2
1990-1991	England Semi-Pro	006 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Furlong)

'I had hair before Fry signed me'

Meanwhile Tommy Mooney, the former, wait for it; Watford, Aston Villa, Scarborough, Southend, Birmingham, Swindon, Wycombe, Oxford United, Walsall, (phew), striker, (see 'The Mooney Files' below to see if I missed anyone), has decided to call it a day after a long career up and down the Football league.

His final team was UD Marbella in Spain, and he's decided the weather was to his liking and has stayed in the country.

A member of the Fry revolution, I remember well a hat-trick in a 6-1 hammering of Oxford City at Roots Hall on October 16th, 1993.

However, the late winner against Stoke City away, a month before the Oxford game on September 25th 1993, will always be my personal favourite, especially as a vocal band of Shrimpers were down below a huge stand of screaming Stoke supporters in a crowd of 16,146! (Now there's a 'Back In Time' I've got to do some research on!)

Good luck from S24 to both Paul and Tommy.

The Mooney Files

Personal information
Full name	Thomas John Mooney
Date of birth	11 August 1971 (1971-08-11) (age 37)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	1.80 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1990 1990-1993 1993-1994 1994 1994-2001 2001-2003 2002 2003 2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009	Aston Villa Scarborough Southend United → Watford (loan) Watford Birmingham City → Stoke City (loan) → Sheffield United (loan) → Derby County (loan) Swindon Town Oxford United Wycombe Wanderers Walsall UD Marbella	000 0(0) 107 (30) 014 0(5) 010 0(2) 241 (58) 034 (13) 012 0(3) 003 0(0) 008 0(0) 045 (19) 042 (15) 087 (29) 036 (11) 004 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:59, 20 September 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Mooney)