A number of players have played for both Oxford United and Barnet including last season's Barnet midfield player, Sam Deering, who joined the Bees on loan in 2011 and made a permanent move to Underhill the following summer. He made 69 first team appearances for Barnet, scoring 5 goals and was voted Bees' joint player of the year last season before moving to Cheltenham. Deering made over 50 first team appearances for the Yellows, scoring 4 goals and helped them to win promotion from the Conference in 2010.
Another loan player from Oxford at Underhill in 2010/11 was Jack Midson, who like Deering, helped the Bees to escape relegation from League Two. Midson joined Oxfordf rom Histon in 2009 and scored 12 goals for them before being released during the summer and moving to AFC Wimbledon. He made 5 appearances for the Bees at the end of the 2010/11 season.
Jude Stirling was on loan at Barnet from MK Dons in 2010/11 and made 6 first team appearances helping Barnet stay in League Two. Jude had a spell at Oxford United in 2005/06 after arriving fromTamworth. He joined Lincoln City in January 2006.
Simon Clist and Damien Batt were in the Oxford United side that won promotion back to League Two after being relegated to the Conference in 2006. Batt joined Barnet in September 2004 having been released by Norwich City. He made 37 league appearances for the Bees scoring 1 goal, in the 7-1 home win over Farnborough.
Clist joined Barnet from Bristol Cityi n January 2004 and was one of Martin Allen’s last signings for the club. A midfield player for City, Paul Fairclough converted him to a left back with great success and he was a regular fixture in the club’s Conference success of 2005 becoming a great favourite with the fans. Clist made 68 league appearances for the club, scoring once, at Morecambe, before being rather surprisingly released at the end of the 2005/06 season, along with Batt. Clist now plays with Hereford.
Another member of the Barnet Conference winning side was Simon King. King began his career at Oxford United, but made just three league starts before joining Barnet in the summer of 2003. King scored the winning goal in the 3-1 win over Halifax Town that secured the Bees promotion back to the league in 2005. He made over 150 first team appearances for the Bees before moving to Gillinghami n 2007 for £200,000 having been voted Barnet player of the year for 2006/07. King is now with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Guy Butters had a loan spell at Oxford in 1994/95 while at Portsmouth and also played 7 Conference matches in 2003 for Barnet while on loan from Brighton.
Warren Goodhind began his career at Underhill and played a part in Barnet reaching the Division 3 play-offs in 1998 and 2000. He was in the Barnet side that was relegated to the Conference in 2001 and early on in 2001/02 he joined Cambridge United for £80,000. In 2006 he had a short loan spell at Oxford while playing for Rochdale.
Goalkeeper, Kevin Dearden had a short loan spell with Oxford in 1989, while at Tottenham and also had a loan spell at Barnet, in 1999, while at Brentford.
Manny Omoyinmi had a short loan spell in 2000 while at West Ham and then joined Oxford United in June of that year on a permanent basis from the Hammers. He made 67 league appearances for Oxford, scoring 9 goals being joining Gravesend & Northfleet in 2004.
Craig McAllister joined Oxford from Grays in January 2008 scoring 2 goals in 17 league appearances but moved to Exeter 6 months later. He had a loan spell with Barnet in 2009 making five appearances for the Bees but failing to score. He is currently with Eastleigh.