Rivalries
Traditionally, the club's main local rivals were Enfield. The two clubs were amongst the biggest in Non-League during the 1980s and matches between them were fiercely contested. Enfield suffered numerous off-field problems and the original club has since ceased to exist after the formation of the breakaway club Enfield Town. As such, the last clash with the original club was in 1991, in the FA Cup, a match which Barnet won 4–1. The Bees have played the new club Enfield Town in a friendly in 2006.
With promotion to the league in the 1990s, rivalries developed with the likes of Leyton Orient and Fulham though neither reached anything like the mutual hatred felt with Enfield, especially with Fulham's meteoric rise to the Premiership.
More recently a rivalry developed with Hertfordshire outfit Stevenage Borough during the club's stay in the Conference between 2001 and 2005. The rivalry grew with home and away attendances increasing with every game played, but with Barnet's promotion in 2005 and Borough's continued failure to follow suit, the sides have only met in the Herts Senior Cup since. This changed in the 2010–11 season, after Stevenage's successful promotion to League Two, where Stevenage won 3–0 at Underhill Stadium and 4–2 at Broadhall Way. Against Stevenage in the Herts Cup Barnet won 2–1 to claim the cup.
Matches with Brentford have been dubbed "The Battle Of The Bees" owing to the two sides being nicknamed The Bees. The rivalry is good natured, with the two sets of supporters exchanging nickname-based taunts. In December 2011 Barnet beat Brentford on 5–3 on penalties to reach the regional Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy where they played Swindon Town and drew the first leg 1–1 on 8 January 2012 at Underhill.
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