Barnet extends win streak over Halifax Town

The Shay
By Highroadwellian
January 3 2004

First half belonged to Mallon and Yates, who had freely pushed the ball about at will, down the right hand side of the park for most of the first 45 minutes. Highroadwellian MotM Adam Yates.

Match report

First Half 03 First Barnet corner headed off the line by Dudgeon. 10 A quick Yates free kick releases Mallon on the right his quick cross was wasted by Lee, who couldn’t get enough into his shot, went wide right. 16 Yates and Mallon combined well on the right, cross for Lee, but a weak header is caught by Gore. 20 Mallon cuts in from the right, released by Owen after good work on the left by McAuley. But Mallon’s thundering shot bounces away off Gore’s left upright. 22 A Strevens header hits the bar, with Cartwright easily beaten. 23 A Cartwright clearance hits Grazioli on the seat of his pants, forcing the Town keeper to make a dangerous sliding tackle to win the ball from Grazioli. 28 Lee goes one to one with the keeper, Gore is the favourite and gets there first. The Referee judges it a foul, Lee has to be careful. 31 The Mallon and Yates combo on the right finds Owen, his shot cleared for a corner. 36 1-0 After Maddix’s foul on Midgley and yellow card. McAuley takes a free kick, though the wall is only 8 yards away, he drives in a shot that Gore can only parry out to Killeen, who makes no mistake from 6 yards. 41 Midgley does a flying left wing run into the box and lays it across, the defence clear. 43 Lopez tries a fancy overhead kick from twelve yards, an easy catch for the Town keeper. Second Half 53 1-1 Grazioli steals into the box unmarked onto the end of a Strevens cross from the right. Has time to stroke the ball home. 55 A Midgley free kick nearly squeezes in and a goalmouth scramble follows. 63 1-2 Hendon fires a swirling 25 yard shot in, Cartwright fails to hold, Strevens is yards in front of any Town defenders and makes it look so easy by firing in bottom right. 69 Gore tips over a shot cum cross from Yates. 69 Mallon spurns a golden chance on the left, fires wide left after some good flowing Town movement. 70 Farrell heads over from 6 yards on a good Yates cross from the right. 72 Midgley shot caught by Gore. 79 Mallon shoots wide left again after a corner. 84 Hard hit McAuley shot from 25 yards is parried by Gore, but there are no Town attackers in sight. 87 Owen shot wide right from 20 yards. 90+ Town pile on the pressure in search of an equaliser, during 5 minutes of the 2 minutes of added time shown by the 4th official. Halifax Town 1 (Killeen 36) Cartwright, Monington, Mallon, Midgley, Lee (Farrell 63), Killeen, Owen, Hudson (Sagare 73), Dudgeon, McAuley, Yates. Unused Subs: Hockenhull, Senior, Allan. Yellow Cards: Lee (21), Monington (51) Barnet 2 (Graziloi 53,Strevens 63) Gore, King, Hendon, Maddix, Williams, Lopez, Grazioli (Rooney (90+2), Strevens, Taggart (McNamee 52), Yakubu, Gamble. Unused Subs: Millard, Campion, Henry. Yellow Cards: Maddix (35), Yakubu (75), Gamble 90). Attendance: 1517