Local product Dempsey, a 19-year-old midfielder, netted 11 times for Carlisle United in the season just ended and also wore the captain's armband for the final game against Hartlepool United.
He attracted transfer attention late in 2014, prompting manager Keith Curle to say at the time: “In my opinion he would be better to stay here, play 100 league games and move to a Championship club which he could get promoted with. He then goes into the Premier League as a fixture in a team."
Striker Akinde has had a more circuitous route to being mentioned in transfer despatches with Barnet being the latest stop in a career that begin at Gravesend & Northfleet and has included spells at Bristol City and Crawley Town along the way.
2014/15 saw him come of age with over 30 goals for Barnet as they returned to the Football League by winning the Vanarama Conference.