On an overcast, but sunny day at The Hive London, Barnet faced a struggling Crawley side, as The Bees aim to get back to winning ways after the 1-1 draw with Carlisle United. A frustrating start to the first half for Barnet, with Crawley having the majority of possession, Mark Connolly slicing the ball over […]
It was in this competition last season that our U23s made the final, narrowly losing to Bristol City. Their group stage campaign this season got underway at home to Southend and it was the visitors who started well, with two shots going either side of both posts in the opening minutes. The first chance for
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Barnet started strongly and took a deserved lead seven minutes in. Craig Ross’ long ball was headed on by Shaq Coulthirst and sent Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro racing through on goal. His first effort struck the post but he tapped home the rebound. Carlisle responded strongly, but a clever flick from Reggie Lambe a couple of
From the start, it was clear to see these were two evenly matched teams as neither side managed to create any clear cut chances in the opening quarter of an hour. In the 15th minute, Christy Pym made the first of a number of great saves that his side would be thankful for later in
The match got off to a bad start for the Bees with Deadline Day signing Dave Tarpey having to be stretchered off after landing awkwardly on his knee. Rossi Eames confirmed after the match he will go for a scan on Monday. Twelve minutes in, good build up play resulted in Ricardo Santos seeing a
The hosts flew out of the traps, a flurry of crosses were half cleared by the Bees and in the 7th minute Keshi Anderson had a shot deflected behind. The Bees took the lead 9 minutes in following a defensive mix up. Chris Robertson and ‘keeper Lawrence Vigouroux left the ball to one another which
The Dons took the lead after just 5 minutes, Anthony Hartigan tried his luck from distance and Craig Ross could only parry the ball into the net, a moment the Barnet ‘keeper will wish to forget. Barnet responded brightly and 6 minutes later the game was all tied up. Coulthirst was fouled on the edge
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It was the visitors who started much the brighter, with Matt Godden getting on the end of Tom Pett’s low cross and poking a shot towards goal but Craig Ross saved comfortably. Tom Whelpdale’s effort in the 13th minute was blazed over the bar after neat control to bring the cross under control. It took
Following an injury in the warm up to Jamie Stephens, Craig Ross was drafted in to make his Barnet debut. Mauro Vilhete had the first shot of the game 3 minutes in after being given time and space 20 yards out, but his effort curled over the bar. The first chance for the hosts came
The first chance of the game fell to the hosts when George Cooper’s cross was deflected to Porter, but his header was blocked away for a corner. 14 minutes in and George Cooper attempted an ambitious half way line lob after spotting Stephens off of his line, but the shot went over. Further
