Barnet 4 York City 0

Last updated : 23 October 2004 By Footymad Previewer

Who needs Guiliano Grazioli? Without him Barnet eased past York City 4-0 - with all their goals coming from midfield and defence.

In truth, York were poor and Barnet - despite not finding their best form - played them off the park.

After 16 minutes Richard Graham zipped past Matthew Coad down the left and sent over an inviting ball.

Barnet players were queuing up to attack it, but the chance fell to Nick Bailey at the far post.

He composed himself and powered home a header, despite a last-ditch attempt to clear by York player-boss Chris Brass.

With the game falling into a rut, Dwane Lee came to the rescue with a goal of the season contender in the 36th minute.

The ball bounced out of the area and Lee, around 20 yards out, hit a first-time volley which crashed off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal.

It was a wonderful effort which gave York keeper David Stockdale no chance.

After the interval Barnet managed to lose the sloppiness which had plagued their first-half performance.

In the 65th minute Graham whipped in another testing ball which Ben Strevens headed goalwards.

Stockdale produced a fine point-blank save but the ball fell to defender Ismail Yakubu, who couldn't miss as he netted his first goal of the campaign.

Nine minutes later, man of the match Dean Sinclair pounced upon a mistake in the York defence. He strode past the keeper and slipped the ball into an unguarded net.

Despite missing Grazioli, Barnet have now scored 15 goals in four games since his Achilles injury.

This strength in depth bodes well for their promotion push.