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Barnet vs Wrexham
 1 - 2 
Date: 
03/03/2007
Venue: 
Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 
2,180
Referee: 
R Lee

At long last the Reds finally record their first win under manager Brian Carey and it ever inch as dramatic as the close scoreline might suggest at Underhill.

Four minutes of added time at the final whistle just stretched the nerves that little bit further and after a couple of scares referee Mr Lee eventually decided enough was enough and ended our agony!

Early in the match a hopeful ball from Roche dropped between two defenders who failed to deal with it and as McEvilly moved onto the loose ball his shot was deflected behind for a corner by Yakubu.

Puncheon had two efforts coming in from the left wing, the first rebounding off Ingham's' chest, while the second was pulled wide of the Wrexham goal.

On 20 minutes, good work by Jeff Whitley saw him collect the ball in middle, fed McEvilly and from distance McEvilly elected to shot from distance and was just off target of Ross Flitney.

Barnet were socking up pressure an a quick break on 23 minutes saw Graham race free on the fight and his early cross into the Wrexham box was aimed at Allen, but a yard in front of the striker and Ingham was able to take control and collect.

Allen showed some nice skill to twist passed Mike Williams and get in an angled shot.

A long ball over the top allow Oliver Allen to hold off two challenges on the edge pof the Wrexham box before freeing himself and firing a shot that Ingham got a hand to but couldn't keep out of the net on 29 minutes.

To add insult the Reds also lost Danny Williams at the moment as the defender walked slowly off with a recurrence of his back injury and had to be replaced by Gareth Evans.

On 35 minutes, the Reds will feel hard done by when Simon King pulled Neil Roberts to the ground on the edge of the home penalty box, the referee gave a free kick, but as it was a last man challenge went to speak to his assistant before returning to issue a yellow card!

Much to the disgust of the travelling supporters on that side of the pitch.

From the free kick McEvilly float his shot over the wall and Flitney did well to tip the ball onto the crossbar for a corner!

Poor defending by Wrexham on 40 minutes allowed the Bees to walk through the Reds' back line and when the cross came in  from Puncheon, Sinclair rose on his own but somehow missed a simple header from close range.

HT

Straight from the restart, the ball was played up to Mark Jones, who from 25-yards fired an early shot that wasn't far off target.

Jones sent through a lovely defence splitting pass that freed Garrett, but Ian Hendon was able to scurry across and just nip it away from the midfielder as he threaten to close in on goal.

The Reds got back into the game when Lee McEvilly capitalised on great play by Llewellyn to hit a long-range effort that flew passed Flitney and pulled the visitors back in to the match on 57 minutes.

Then three minutes the combination turned the game in its head when Llewellyn crossed from the left and Lee McEvilly floated his header over the despairing keeper to send the Wrexham staff and supporters delirious.

A few minutes later from a corner Neil Roberts appeared to have his shirt pulled, next to the near post and then McEvilly went down under a challenge, but the referee was unimpressed.

There was a horrible scare on 67 minutes when Adam Gross was clear inside the Wrexham penalty area and with only Ingham in front of him the Irishman pulled off an outstanding save to preserve our slender lead.

The experienced Andy Hessenthaler was introduced by the Bees with 15 minutes remaining and then Magno Vieira replaced the popular Allen, with Barry Cogan on for defender Hendon.

Wrexham nearly grabbed third when McEvilly's run and cross from the right evaded Neil Roberts but Llewellyn ghosting in at the back slammed his effort against a post and it rebounded across the face of the Barnet goal.

A Wrexham free kick for a foul on Roberts saw the ball dropped in the home area and Yakubu needed to be alert to stop McEvilly.

With two minutes remaining a Bailey free kick found Hatch, but he missed a near post header with only the keeper to beat!

Four minutes of added time were shown as results from around League 2 were all going our way

Barnet: Ross Flitney, Nicky Bailey, Simon King, Ian Hendon (Barry Cogan 81), Adam Gross, Liam Hatch, Dean Sinclair, Richard Graham (Andy Hessenthaler 75), Ismail, Yakubu, Jason Puncheon, Oliver Allen (Magno Vieira 79).
Subs: Paul Warhurst, Giuliano Grazioli.

Wrexham: Michael Ingham, Mike Williams, Shaun Pejic, Danny Williams (Gareth Evans 29), Lee Roche, Chris Llewellyn, Jeff Whitley, Robbie Garrett, Mark Jones., Neil Roberts, Lee McEvilly.
Subs: John Ruddy, Scott Barron, Matty Done, Mike Carvill.

Referee: Ray Lee (Brentwood)
Attendance: 2,180
Away: 394

Booked -
Barnet:
King (foul), Hatch (foul)
Wrexham:
Garrett (foul)

STAT ATTACK
8
Shots On Target
6
4
Shots Off Target
4
19
Fouls (Conceded)
14
4
Corners
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
REFEREE: R Lee

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 Match Information
 
  Barnet Wrexham
Goals : 1 2
Possession : 35% 65%
Shots On Target : 8 6
Shots Off Target : 4 4
Corners : 4 7
Fouls : 19 14
Most Fouls : Sinclair (3) McEvilly (4)
Yellow Cards : 2 1
Red Cards : 0 0
 
Scorers :
Allen 27
McEvilly 57
McEvilly 60
 
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