Barnet 3-2 Leigh- Full time

Last updated : 04 December 2004 By Bm91

Barnet went 10 points clear of the Nationwide Conference league with a stunning comeback against ten-man Leigh to run out 3-2 winners at Underhill.

                                    
The Railwaymen had defender Barry Miller red carded after his second bookable offence on the hour mark with his side 2-1 to the good.


Nicky Bailey rammed home the equaliser two minutes after Miller's red card and a miserable afternoon was completed for Leigh when second half substitute Lee Roach fired his team to victory in the dying seconds of injury time.

The Bees had the best possible start going ahead on two minutes with their first attack of the game.


Richard Graham's skills on the left eventually saw the ball fall to Simon Clist and his cross was put away by Giuliano Grazioli for his 14th and Barnet's 50th goal of the season.

Current form suggested the Bees would romp to victory. But their express form ran into buffers against the plucky Railwaymen. Awarded a penalty when Dwane Lee handled in the box, Karl Rose sent Bees keeper Scott Tynan the wrong way for the equaliser on 15 minutes.

Shell-shocked Barnet lost shape and confidence as particularly Andy Roscoe and Gary Williams from the left took control. Leigh skipper Gareth Stoker put his side in the lead on 21 minutes after combining well with Chris Simm before rounding Tynan in the Barnet goal.

With Bailey's thumping equaliser from 12 yards, a draw seemed a fair result; however Roach popped up in the dying seconds to score from Ben Strevens.

Bailey scored the second goal of the game


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LINE UPS & STATS
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Starting Line-ups
26Tynan
3King
24Batt
2Bailey (Y) (OFF)
11Graham
14Yakubu
17Lee
16Clist
10Strevens
9Grazioli
7Hatch (OFF)
Substitutes
13Millard
15Champion
8Lopez (ON)
20McBean
12Roach (ON)
Starting Line-ups
1Martin
5Miller (Y) (Y) (R)
17Clarke
4Stoker (Y)
8Holmes (Y)
15Roscoe
25Shillito(OFF)
26Williams
12Smith
14Simm(OFF)
9Rose (Y)
Substitutes
22Morton
17Tench(ON)
19Ashmore(OFF)
11Peyton