What a season,part 1

Barnet responded well and depite saturating Rovers half with wave after wave of attacks, went in one nil down at the break.

Two minutes after the restart, Graham's cross from the left fell into the path of Liam Hatch who should have done better with the header. Three mintues later, from a Ben Strevens cross, a thunder bolt from Graham drew the Bees level.

Rovers' muscular advantage was no match for some slick Bees passing. Barnet took the leader in the 58th mintue through classy Giuliano Grazioli. Graham fed Grazioli who rounded Rovers' keeper Steven Perrin, striking into the unguarded net .

It was all Barnet now, the attack teasing the Rovers defence, with Liam Hatch stretching his legs in the 66th mintue, his powerful shot whistling over the bar. Ex-Norwich City man Dean Sinclair had an inpressive debut, showing pace and power, and his driven shot late on was too much for Perrin who collected the ball at the second attempt.

The Bees total possession was rewarded in the 77th minute when Graham put Grazioli in on goal, he made no mistake for his second, and Barnet's third goal.

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 14th August 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium





Graham 50
Grazioli 58, 69
Griffin 29





Starting Line-ups
1 Gore 7
4 Hendon 7
14 Yakubu (Champion 80) 7
3 King 7
11 Graham 9
17 Lee 7
16 Clist 7
10 Strevens 8
18 Sinclair 7
9 Grazioli 8
7 Hatch 7
Substitutes
13 Millard
15 Champion (Yakubu 80)
2 Bailey
8 Lopez
12 Roach
21 Goal Attempts 4
5 On Target 2
14 Off Target 2
2 Hit Woodwork 0
1 Offsides 6
7 Corners 3
10 Fouls 15
Starting Line-ups
1 Perrin 5
4 Gadsby 6
3 Davies 5
2 Green (Danks 77) 5
16 Gould 6
12 Cowe (Brown 37) 5
15 Holloway 6
11 Sykes 6
8 Rogers (Cleverley 82) 5
9 Griffin 5
10 Beesley 6
Substitutes
23 Brown (Cowe 37) 5
13 Greaves
20 Bown
14 Cleverley (Rogers 82)
22 Danks (Green 77)

Referee
K Yeo, Purfleet
Attendance
1321

Barnet Cards
Strevens 24 unsporting behaviour
Forest Green Cards
Rogers 15 unsporting behaviour
Davies 26 unsporting behaviour

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 14th Aug 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2

2 Barnet 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
4 Hereford United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 2
5 Aldershot Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 2

6 Scarborough 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 2
7 Crawley Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1
8 Gravesend & Northfleet 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0
9 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
10 Morecambe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
11 Canvey Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Tamworth * 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
14 Halifax Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
15 Leigh RMI 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
16 Burton Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2
17 Farnborough Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2
18 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2
19 Stevenage Borough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 -2

20 Woking 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2
21 York City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2
22 Northwich Victoria * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 -9 0

Nationwide Conference, Tuesday 17th August 2004 @ 19:45; Cherrywood Road
Farnborough Town 0-0 Barnet

Farnborough Town secured their first point of the Conference season in an emotional night at Cherrywood Road.

Dean Austin's men battled hard against the buzzing Bees and might have even nicked all three points late on had captain Gary Holloway not screwed his shot wide when in a good position.

This was an emotional night for the home supporters who are currently protesting over the proposed takeover of the club.

A large percentage of the 1,069 crowd, including the large Barnet contingent, staged a sit-in vigil on the pitch to demonstrate over the new ownership of Ron Higgins and Tony Turberville.

With this going on, anything on the pitch was a bonus for Boro and the fans, for the first time in a long summer went home happy.

Barnet started the stronger however and had Boro on the ropes early on with giant striker Liam Hatch finding himself with no fewer than three aerial opportunities, two of which missed the target, the third bravely gathered by keeper Craig Holloway.

Although Boro showed spirit, they were second best to Barnet who were quicker and sharper to the chase.

That said however, although they created chances, there wasn't much to worry the somewhat makeshift Boro backline.

Instead, the best chance of the half came at the other end when Ali Chaaban released Tony Taggart, who shot into the body of Bees keeper Shane Gore.

The half-time protest warmed up the fans and the team responded after the break as the rain came down and quickened up the pace of the game.

Barnet still posed the biggest threat in front of goal however with Richard Graham twice going close from the edge of the box, the second of which producing a fine reaction save from Holloway.

Boro's Adam Theo came too close to putting the ball through his own net, while substitute Lee Roach saw his glancing header from Graham's corner fly just wide of the far post.

Holloway could well have sealed what would have been the ultimate in smash and grab raids from Taggart's throughball late on, but Boro fans would have been happy to end what has been a turbulent fortnight on a somewhat happier note.

Nationwide Conference, Tuesday 17th August 2004 @ 19:45; Cherrywood Road










Starting Line-ups
19 Holloway, C 7
27 Townsend 7
28 Taggart 6
2 Rooney 5
6 Charles 8
5 Hughes 6
7 Holloway, G 7
15 Theophanides 7
14 Chaaban (Harkness 83) 7
29 Mulhern (Allen-Page 62) 6
10 Blackman 6
Substitutes
1 Osborn
3 Allen-Page (Mulhern 62) 5
12 Miles
18 Harkness (Chaaban 83)
20 Belaid
3 Goal Attempts 11
2 On Target 3
1 Off Target 8
0 Hit Woodwork 0
4 Offsides 7
4 Corners 12
15 Fouls 15
Starting Line-ups
1 Gore 6
3 King 7
5 Plummer 6
4 Hendon 8
16 Clist 7
18 Sinclair 7
11 Graham 7
17 Lee (Bailey 79) 6
10 Strevens 7
7 Hatch (Roach 74) 7
9 Grazioli 6
Substitutes
13 Millard
2 Bailey (Lee 79)
8 Lopez
19 Gwyther
12 Roach (Hatch 74)

Referee
S Beck, Essex
Attendance
1069

Farnborough T. Cards
Theophanides 24 unsporting behaviour
Mulhern 27 unsporting behaviour
Chaaban 45 unsporting behaviour
Townsend 60 unsporting behaviour
Charles 79 unsporting behaviour
Barnet Cards
Millard 32 unsporting behaviour
Clist 35 unsporting behaviour

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 17th Aug 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 7 2 6 5

2 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 2 6 3
3 Aldershot Town 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 6 3
4 Hereford United 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 4 2
5 Barnet 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 2

6 Crawley Town 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 4 1
7 Scarborough 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1
8 Halifax Town 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0
9 York City 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0
10 Exeter City 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 4 4 2 0
11 Gravesend & Northfleet 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 2 0
12 Carlisle United 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0
13 Canvey Island 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0
14 Morecambe 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 -1
15 Leigh RMI 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 -1
16 Woking 2 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 -2
17 Burton Albion 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 -2
18 Farnborough Town 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 -2
19 Tamworth * 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 -1

20 Stevenage Borough 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 4 0 -3
21 Forest Green Rovers 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 7 0 -5
22 Northwich Victoria * 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 -8 0

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 21st August 2004 @ 15:00; The Shay
Halifax Town 2-3 Barnet

Halifax Town v Barnet

21.8.04 3pm

By Jeffrey Benge

Score: Halifax 2 Barnet 3

Goals: Halifax: Howell (25) Monington (35)

Barnet: Haslam, o.g. (50), Hatch (68), Grazioli (69)

Attendance: 1382

Teams:

Halifax.T: Dunbavin, Doughty, Monington, Munroe, Ingram, Foster, Howell, Haslam, Willis (Hockenhull 54), Midgley (Toulson 74), Sugden (Killeen 74).

Subs Not Used: Mallon, Quinn.

Barnet: Gore, Clist, King, Plummer, Hendon, Graham, Lee, Sinclair (Bailey 90), Strevens (Lopez 90), Hatch, Grazioli.

Subs Not Used: Millard, Dobson, Roache.

With Ismail Yakabu still not fully fit, Barnet fielded the same starting line-up as against Farnborough in midweek, with one change on the bench; former Crystal Palace midfielder, Craig Dobson, replacing Protec youngster, Daniel Gwyther. This meant that Simon King continued in his role at centre back with Simon Clist filling in on the left side.

Barnet had the better of the first 20 minutes with Richie Graham going close when he hit the side netting when he might have done better. Later, Graham, finding a lot of space on the left, crossed well only for Liam Hatch to get under his cross and head badly over the top.

Having dominated the early stages, Barnet had a slack five minutes and paid for it when poor play by Ben Strevens, lead to Halifax midfielder, Dean Howell, picking the ball up in midfield, driving through an off-balance Barnet midfield, rounding Shane Gore and scoring with a firm shot into an empty net for a very well taken goal.

Barnet were a bit unlucky with a possible penalty award ignored following a handball in the area, but further slack play lead to them falling further behind. On 35 minutes, Halifax were awarded a free kick on the right of the penalty area. Barnet’s attempt to play the offside trap failed and centre-back Mark Monington was left with an easy task of slotting his shot past Gore for Halifax’s second goal.

Half-Time: 2-0

Barnet came out for the second half determined to make up for their disappointing first half performance and the players got together for a group huddle before the game re-started.

They were soon rewarded when, five minutes into the second half, following some nice interplay between Graham and Simon Clist, Graham sped down the left touchline, cut in and put a dangerous cross over, which Halifax defender, Steve Haslam, making his home debut, sliced over goalkeeper, Ian Dunbavin into the far corner of the net for an own-goal.

This goal brought Barnet right back into the game and was followed by their best spell of the game. Though Gore had to save smartly following a crisp snapshot from Howell, Barnet were by now in control of the game and were attacking with far more invention, while at the same time closing Halifax down tightly in midfield.

Hatch missed a good chance to put Barnet level when he scuffed his shot well wide when clear of the Shaymen’s defence, before he made amends in the 68th minute. Richie Graham’s run was broken up on the edge of the penalty area, but some slack defending by Halifax lead to the ball arriving at Hatch’s feet on the edge of the penalty area and he made no mistake this time, driving it into the far corner of the net, giving Dunbavin no chance.

A minute later and the comeback was complete. Spotting Dunbavin off his line, Guiliano Grazioli hit a wonderful lob over the former Shrewsbury goalkeeper, into the top of the Halifax goal for a magnificent goal, already, surely, a contender for goal of the year award!!!!!!!

The Halifax fans were stunned into silence as the players all ran towards Paul Fairclough in celebration of Grazioli’s winner. Barnet controlled the rest of the game with Chris Plummer dealing easily with most of Halifax’s poor tactic of using the long high ball.

However, Halifax almost sneaked an equaliser with a fine curving shot from lively midfielder, Martin Foster, which just curled wide of Shane Gore’s left hand post. In spite of a rather surprising four minutes of injury time added on following a half with hardly any stoppages, Barnet held on comfortably for an historic win.

Halifax manager, Chris Wilder must be sick of the sight of Grazioli by now!

Bees Man of the Match: Richie Graham

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 21st August 2004 @ 15:00; The Shay





Howell 25
Monington 35
Haslam 50 (og)
Hatch 68
Grazioli 69





Starting Line-ups
1 Dunbavin 6
19 Howell 8
20 Munroe 7
5 Monington 6
15 Foster 7
16 Willis (Hockenhull 54) 7
21 Haslam 6
6 Ingram 6
17 Doughty 6
8 Midgley (Toulson 74) 5
11 Sugden (Killeen 74) 6
Substitutes
2 Hockenhull (Willis 54) 5
12 Quinn
10 Killeen (Sugden 74)
26 Toulson (Midgley 74)
7 Mallon
7 Goal Attempts 13
2 On Target 7
5 Off Target 6
0 Hit Woodwork 0
4 Offsides 3
2 Corners 6
11 Fouls 12
Starting Line-ups
1 Gore 6
4 Hendon 7
3 King 7
5 Plummer 5
11 Graham 6
17 Lee 7
10 Strevens (Lopez 90) 7
16 Clist 7
18 Sinclair (Bailey 90) 7
9 Grazioli 8
7 Hatch 7
Substitutes
13 Millard
2 Bailey (Sinclair 90)
21 Dobson
8 Lopez (Strevens 90)
12 Roach

Referee
R Hewitt, Scarbrough
Attendance
1382

Halifax Town Cards
Haslam 73 unsporting behaviour
Barnet Cards
Graham 87 unsporting behaviour

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 21st Aug 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Dagenham & Redbridge 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 7 2 3 0 0 10 3 9 7

2 Hereford United 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 7 2 7 5
3 Barnet 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 6 3 7 3
4 Crawley Town 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 2 7 2
5 Scarborough 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 2 6 2

6 Aldershot Town 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 6 2
7 Accrington Stanley 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 6 2 0 1 5 7 6 -2
8 Carlisle United 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 2 5 3
9 Gravesend & Northfleet 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 6 4 5 2
10 Exeter City 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 6 5 5 1
11 Woking 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 5 4 -1
12 Stevenage Borough 3 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 4 3 2
13 Canvey Island 3 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 3 0
14 Halifax Town 3 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 6 3 -1
15 York City 3 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 5 3 -3
16 Tamworth * 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 5 6 1 -1
17 Leigh RMI 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 -2
18 Morecambe 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 6 1 -3
19 Farnborough Town 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 -3

20 Burton Albion 3 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 -4
21 Forest Green Rovers 3 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 0 -8
22 Northwich Victoria * 3 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 5 6 -8 -1

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 28th August 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium
Barnet 4-0 Northwich
Barnet's unbeaten start to the season continued at Underhill as Northwich Victoria were crushed 4-0 by the rampant Bees.

The Vics had started well and had Paul Brayson's shot gone in instead of hitting the post on eight minutes, the Cheshire side may have got something from this game.

The catalyst for the Vics' miserable afternoon however was the 36th minute sending-off of captain Peter Handyside for a professional foul on Bees hitman Guiliano Grazioli in the area.

Handyside was given his marching orders and Bees skipper Ian Hendon blasted the resultant penalty to Ben Connett's right.

Further goals from Dean Sinclair before the interval and Liam Hatch in the second half, with Grazioli adding a fourth, stretched Barnet unbeaten run to four games.

The home side never gave the Vics time to settle with Richard Graham harassing from the left and Hendon being a nuisance to the Vics defence from the right.

Having gone into the lead, the Bees made early use of the numerical advantage when ex-Norwich City man Sinclair netted his first Barnet goal on 40 minutes after being put through by Graham.

When Northwich did attack they found Bees keeper Ricky Millard in inspired form, pulling off a double side from Brayson and Mark Quayle's follow-up on 52 minutes.

The Bees were further ahead when Graham, seemingly chasing a lost cause, crossed from the left and Hatch headed in for the Bees third.

Man of the match Hendon's 65th minute throw-in was missed by everyone except an alert Grazioli, whose spectacular overhead kick was buried in Connett's net for Barnet's fourth.

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 28th August 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium





Hendon 38 (pen)
Sinclair 40
Hatch 52
Grazioli 66





Starting Line-ups
13 Millard 7
4 Hendon 9
3 King 7
5 Plummer 7
11 Graham 8
17 Lee 8
16 Clist 7
10 Strevens 7
18 Sinclair (Bailey 71) 8
9 Grazioli (Roach 67) 7
7 Hatch (Dobson 67) 8
Substitutes
1 Briquez
2 Bailey (Sinclair 71)
21 Dobson (Hatch 67) 5
8 Lopez
12 Roach (Grazioli 67) 5
20 Goal Attempts 7
10 On Target 4
8 Off Target 2
2 Hit Woodwork 1
5 Offsides 3
7 Corners 0
20 Fouls 6
Starting Line-ups
22 Connett 5
3 Charnock 4
2 Royle 5
4 Foran (Norris 15)
21 Handyside 5
11 Burke 4
25 McLachlan (Hunter 67) 5
12 Devlin 5
8 Garvey 6
18 Brayson (Hadland 56) 5
10 Quayle 5
Substitutes
14 McCarthy
7 Hadland (Brayson 56) 4
15 Norris (Foran 15) 4
16 Hunter (McLachlan 67) 4
17 Thompson

Referee
D McDermidd, Catterick
Attendance
1422

Barnet Cards
(none)
Northwich Vic. Cards
Handyside 36 professional foul

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 28th Aug 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Dagenham & Redbridge 4 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 11 4 10 7

2 Barnet 4 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 10 3 10 7
3 Aldershot Town 4 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 6 1 9 5
4 Accrington Stanley 4 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 2 6 3 0 1 9 7 9 2
5 Carlisle United 4 1 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 12 2 8 10

6 Gravesend & Northfleet 4 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 10 4 8 6
7 Hereford United 4 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 7 3 7 4
8 Scarborough 4 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 7 2
9 Crawley Town 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 1 4 6 7 -2
10 Stevenage Borough 4 1 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 7 4 6 3
11 Halifax Town 4 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 8 6 6 2
12 Canvey Island 4 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 4 6 1
13 Exeter City 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 0
14 Woking 4 1 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 5 6 5 -1
15 Tamworth * 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 9 6 4 3
16 York City 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 2 9 3 -7
17 Morecambe 4 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 7 2 -3
18 Leigh RMI 4 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 1 -5
19 Burton Albion 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 3 2 9 1 -7

20 Farnborough Town 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 0 1 3 1 11 1 -10
21 Forest Green Rovers 4 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 4 2 14 0 -12
22 Northwich Victoria * 4 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 6 0 2 2 5 10 -8 -5

Canvey Island v Barnet
Monday, 30th August 2004

Nationwide Conference

Attendance: 1230

Score: 0-1

Goals: Barnet: Sinclair (27)

With news that Shane Gore would be out for about 6 weeks, Ricky Millard continued to deputise in goal. Chris Plummer had received a knock at the weekend and was replaced by fit again, Ismail Yakubu, with Simon Clist continuing at left back.

Canvey, in their first season in the Conference, started the match unbeaten and fresh from a first win away at Exeter, two days before. However, it was Barnet who started the game the stronger with Liam Hatch, in particular, causing the Canvey defence all sorts of problems. Hatch had a couple of clear chances which he might have done better with and Dwane Lee sent Canvey keeper, Potter, sprawling across the goal to keep out a speculative shot.

Barnet were well in control and just before the half hour, Dean Sinclair, finding space on the right hand side of the penalty area, jinked past two defenders before unleashing a terrific shot past a despairing Potter to put the Bees a goal up.

Canvey created few problems for Barnet though Ricky Millard had to make a fine tip-over save following a long shot from Chris Duffy. At the other end an out of sorts Ben Strevens, got around the back of the Canvey defence and crossed for Guiliano Grazioli, only for the Bees’ top scorer to head wide when well placed.

Half Time: 0-1

After controlling most of the first half, Barnet seemed happy to play a game of containment in the second, letting Canvey Island have most of the possession. Despite this, Barnet had the better of the chances, Potter foiling Grazioli twice, the first time with a fine save, tipping Graz’s close-in shot over the bar.

Canvey rarely threatened for all their possession, with the central defence of Simon King and Ismail Yakubu dealing with most of anything Canvey threw at them and stifling Canvey’s high scoring striker, Lee Boylan, who limped off late in the game. On the rare occasions when Canvey did break through on the right, they were foiled by a sublime performance at left back by Simon Clist, who impressed the Bees’ fans with his tackling, heading and fine distribution.

However, Barnet almost let their lead slip, a few minutes from the end when Ricky Millard had to make an excellent save following a close-in header from former Barnet trialist, Ben Sedgemore. A few nerve wracking minutes followed

as time added on seemed to go on for ever for the Bees’ fans. At the end Barnet’s third win on the trot and their fourth in five games, meant that they ended the day top of the Conference following Dagenham & Redbridge’s defeat at Crawley Town.

Bees Man of the Match: Simon Clist

Teams:

Canvey Island: Potter, Joseph, Smith (Cowan 64), Chenery, Gooden (McDougald 76), Duffy, McGhee, Kennedy, Sedgemore, Gregory, Boylan (Berquez 85).

Barnet: Millard, Hendon, Yakubu, King, Clist, Strevens, Sinclair (Lopez 90), Lee, Graham, Grazioli, Hatch.

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 30th Aug 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 5 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 0 11 3 13 8

2 Aldershot Town 5 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 3 2 4 0 1 8 2 12 6
3 Gravesend & Northfleet 5 1 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 9 3 3 2 0 15 5 11 10
4 Hereford United 5 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 8 2 3 1 1 11 4 10 7
5 Dagenham & Redbridge 5 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 1 11 6 10 5

6 Scarborough 5 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 1 8 5 10 3
7 Crawley Town 5 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 5 3 1 1 6 6 10 0
8 Stevenage Borough 5 2 0 1 7 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 2 9 4 9 5
9 Accrington Stanley 4 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 2 6 3 0 1 9 7 9 2
10 Carlisle United 4 1 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 12 2 8 10
11 Halifax Town 4 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 8 6 6 2
12 Canvey Island 5 0 2 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 5 5 6 0
13 Exeter City 5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 5 -1
14 Morecambe 5 1 0 2 4 6 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 6 8 5 -2
15 Woking 5 1 1 1 5 5 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 6 8 5 -2
16 Tamworth * 5 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 2 3 7 2 1 2 9 8 4 1
17 Farnborough Town 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 10 1 1 3 3 12 4 -9
18 York City 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 2 9 3 -7
19 Leigh RMI 5 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 4 2 8 1 -6

20 Burton Albion 5 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 4 4 12 1 -8
21 Forest Green Rovers 5 0 0 3 2 12 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 5 3 19 0 -16
22 Northwich Victoria * 5 0 1 2 4 8 0 1 1 2 6 0 2 3 6 14 -8 -8

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 4th September 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium

Barnet 5-1 Morecambe

Five-star Barnet ran riot against ten-man Morecambe in a dramatic encounter Underhill.

The Bees started at place and Morecambe found themselves with backs against the wall. Giuliano Grazioli's header on four minutes was well saved by Adam Sollitt.

The Shrimps however could have stolen the lead when Chris Blackburn got on the end of Kieron Walmsley free-kick, but his header from only six yards went straight at Ricky Millard.

The visitors were then forced to defend for long periods with Grazioli and Liam Hatch proving to be a persistent threat in attack.

Grazioli thought he given the Bees the lead after 22 minutes when his overhead kick looped over the head of Sollitt, but an acrobatic goal-line clearance from Michael Twiss kept the scores level.

As the temperature on the pitch rose, so too did the tempers. Referee Yerby started to lose his common sense and issued yellow cards for fairly innocent challenges.

The Shrimps were then dealt a tougher task of maintaining a clean sheet when Walmsley received a second yellow card.

After the restart it was the visitors were quicker out of the blocks and despite being under pressure for much of the first half they actually took the lead.

Terry McFlynn's beautiful piece of individual skill put them one up in the 59th minute. He flicked the ball over Simon Clist's head before calmley slotting the ball past Millard much to the delight of the 64 travelling fans.

Morecambe's goal ignited the hosts.

Simon King scored his first goal for the club two minutes after McFlynn's strike.

Captain Ian Hendon then gave the Bees the lead from the penalty spot. His powerful drive was thumped straight down middle of the goal after Grazioli had won the kick after being hacked down by Sollitt.

Grazioli added two more for his fifth and sixth goals of the season. His first on 73 minutes was a diving header at the far post after Hatch supplied the pass.

His second three minutes later was clinical. He produced a neat flick and dinked the ball over Sollitt before tapping the ball into the empty net.

Substitute Nick Bailey completed the scoring in the 90th minute as the Morecambe defence finally ran out of steam.

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 4th September 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium





King 61
Hendon 71 (pen)
Grazioli 74, 76
Bailey 90
McFlynn 59





Starting Line-ups
13 Millard 6
3 King 7
4 Hendon 8
16 Clist 7
18 Sinclair (Bailey 84) 8
11 Graham 7
14 Yakubu 7
17 Lee (Lopez 79) 7
10 Strevens 6
7 Hatch (Roach 77) 9
9 Grazioli 8
Substitutes
1 Briquez
2 Bailey (Sinclair 84)
21 Dobson
8 Lopez (Lee 79)
12 Roach (Hatch 77)
15 Goal Attempts 1
12 On Target 1
3 Off Target 0
0 Hit Woodwork 0
1 Offsides 3
7 Corners 0
15 Fouls 15
Starting Line-ups
1 Sollitt 5
4 Howard (Carlton 79) 5
5 Bentley 8
18 McFlynn 6
29 Blackburn 7
3 Perkins 5
14 Swan 5
23 Walmsley 4
7 Twiss 7
21 Hunter 5
9 Curtis 5
Substitutes
17 Rogan
24 Mahoney
20 Dodgson
15 Carlton (Howard 79)

Referee
M Yerby, Kent
Attendance
1787

Barnet Cards
Graham 6 unsporting behaviour
Sinclair 27 unsporting behaviour
Morecambe Cards
Walmsley 5 unsporting behaviour
Walmsley 28 second bookable offence
Swan 36 unsporting behaviour
Blackburn 55 unsporting behaviour
Sollitt 69 unsporting behaviour
Twiss 84 unsporting behaviour

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 4th Sep 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 6 3 0 0 12 2 2 1 0 4 2 5 1 0 16 4 16 12

2 Aldershot Town 6 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 3 2 5 0 1 10 3 15 7
3 Gravesend & Northfleet 6 2 1 0 8 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 2 0 17 6 14 11
4 Accrington Stanley 6 2 1 0 7 1 2 0 1 3 6 4 1 1 10 7 13 3
5 Scarborough 6 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 1 5 4 3 2 1 9 6 11 3

6 Carlisle United 6 1 2 0 7 0 1 2 0 7 4 2 4 0 14 4 10 10
7 Hereford United 6 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 8 2 3 1 2 13 7 10 6
8 Halifax Town 6 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 13 10 10 3
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 6 1 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 11 9 10 2
10 Crawley Town 6 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 4 8 3 1 2 8 9 10 -1
11 Stevenage Borough 6 2 0 1 7 1 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 3 10 6 9 4
12 Exeter City 6 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 0
13 Canvey Island 6 0 2 1 4 5 1 2 0 2 1 1 4 1 6 6 7 0
14 Farnborough Town 6 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 10 2 1 3 5 12 7 -7
15 Woking 6 1 1 1 5 5 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 6 8 6 -2
16 York City 6 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 4 5 10 6 -5
17 Morecambe 6 1 0 2 4 6 0 2 1 3 7 1 2 3 7 13 5 -6
18 Tamworth * 6 2 0 1 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 1 3 9 10 4 -1
19 Leigh RMI 6 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 4 8 4 -4

20 Burton Albion 6 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 2 1 6 0 2 4 4 12 2 -8
21 Forest Green Rovers 6 0 0 3 2 12 0 0 3 1 9 0 0 6 3 21 0 -18
22 Northwich Victoria * 6 0 1 2 4 8 0 1 2 3 8 0 2 4 7 16 -8 -9

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 11th September 2004 @ 15:00; The Lamb Ground

Tamworth 0-2 Barnet

Leaders Barnet continued their impressive start to the season with a comfortable win at Tamworth.

A Dean Sinclair strike after 13 minutes and Giuliano Grazioli's seventh goal of the season on the stroke of half-time were enough to keep Paul Fairclough's men in pole position and condemn Mark Cooper's Lambs to their third consecutive defeat.

But it could have been different if Lambs defender Matt Redmile's header against his former club after just one minute had been allowed to stand, but he was penalised for pushing.

Barnet recovered from the early scare and began to boss the game with Sinclair forcing Lambs keeper Ryan Price into a superb one-handed save low to his left, but Price could do nothing about Sinclair's opening goal.

The Bees midfielder capitalised on a weak defensive header from Aaron Brown and lashed the ball beyond Price.

Tamworth were rocked by the immediate loss of player-manager Cooper, who limped off with an ankle injury.

Tris Whitman should have equalised for Tamworth on 21 minutes when the ball fell kindly to him eight yards from goal after a poor back header from Simon King, but the Lambs' topscorer blazed over.

On the stroke of half-time, Brown slipped again and Sinclair stole in behind the Lambs defence and squared the ball to Grazioli who rolled the ball into the empty net.

Tamworth tried to get back into the game in the second half, but found no way passed a Barnet defence marshalled superbly by captain Ian Hendon and only two good blocks from Brown stopped Grazioli adding a third for the visitors.

Dwane Lee was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 85th minute after a tackle on Chad Shepperd that sparked a mass brawl.

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 11th September 2004 @ 15:00; The Lamb Ground





Sinclair 13
Grazioli 45





Starting Line-ups
1 Price 6
5 Redmile 6
3 Colkin 6
15 Stamps 5
2 Smith 5
11 Blunt (Taylor 79) 5
16 Cooper (Johnson 15)
23 Sheppard 5
6 Brown 7
25 Whitman 7
10 Ross (May 68) 5
Substitutes
18 Johnson (Cooper 15) 6
4 Bampton
24 Shaw
9 May (Ross 68) 5
19 Taylor (Blunt 79)
11 Goal Attempts 16
1 On Target 6
10 Off Target 10
0 Hit Woodwork 0
9 Offsides 6
3 Corners 9
18 Fouls 17
Starting Line-ups
1 Millard 6
4 Hendon 8
3 King 7
11 Graham 9
14 Yakubu 8
17 Lee 6
16 Clist 7
10 Strevens (Bailey 90) 7
18 Sinclair 8
9 Grazioli (Lopez 89) 8
7 Hatch 7
Substitutes
26 Tynan
2 Bailey (Strevens 90)
21 Dobson
8 Lopez (Grazioli 89)
12 Roach

Referee
P Grove, West Midlands
Attendance
1199

Tamworth Cards
Blunt 58 unsporting behaviour
Colkin 61 unsporting behaviour
Smith 78 unsporting behaviour
Sheppard 87 dissent
Barnet Cards
Lee 20 unsporting behaviour
Hendon 63 unsporting behaviour
Lee 88 second bookable offence

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 11th Sep 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 7 3 0 0 12 2 3 1 0 6 2 6 1 0 18 4 19 14

2 Accrington Stanley 7 2 1 0 7 1 3 0 1 8 6 5 1 1 15 7 16 8
3 Aldershot Town 7 3 0 0 7 1 2 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 13 6 16 7
4 Gravesend & Northfleet 7 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 9 3 4 2 1 18 8 14 10
5 Halifax Town 7 2 1 1 10 6 2 0 1 7 4 4 1 2 17 10 13 7

6 Hereford United 7 1 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 10 3 4 1 2 15 8 13 7
7 Crawley Town 7 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 4 8 4 1 2 9 9 13 0
8 Scarborough 7 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 3 1 10 7 12 3
9 Carlisle United 7 1 2 0 7 0 1 3 0 8 5 2 5 0 15 5 11 10
10 Canvey Island 7 0 2 1 4 5 2 2 0 5 2 2 4 1 9 7 10 2
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 7 1 1 2 4 10 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 3 11 14 10 -3
12 Stevenage Borough 7 2 0 2 7 2 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 4 10 7 9 3
13 Exeter City 7 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 9 0
14 Woking 7 1 2 1 6 6 0 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 7 9 7 -2
15 Farnborough Town 7 1 1 2 3 5 1 0 2 3 10 2 1 4 6 15 7 -9
16 Morecambe 7 1 0 2 4 6 0 3 1 5 9 1 3 3 9 15 6 -6
17 York City 7 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 0 5 5 11 6 -6
18 Leigh RMI 7 1 1 2 6 8 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 4 7 11 5 -4
19 Burton Albion 7 0 1 2 3 6 1 1 2 2 6 1 2 4 5 12 5 -7

20 Tamworth * 7 2 0 2 6 5 0 1 2 3 7 2 1 4 9 12 4 -3
21 Forest Green Rovers 7 0 0 3 2 12 0 0 4 1 13 0 0 7 3 25 0 -22
22 Northwich Victoria * 7 0 2 2 6 10 0 1 2 3 8 0 3 4 9 18 -7 -9

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 18th September 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium

Barnet 4-1 Gravesend

Bandaged Liam Hatch wrapped up the points for rampaging Barnet with a first-half brace as the Bees humiliated Gravesend 4-1.

Hatch, whose arm was in plaster with a fractured wrist, helped end Gravesend's unbeaten away run stretching back nine months as Barnet maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

Barnet were by far the classier team, and the visitors came to kick their way to a result.

Barnet refused to compromise their slick passing style and this eventually forced Gravesend's defence to collapse.

In the 36th minute, star man Richard Graham drifted a corner into the danger area and Hatch rose unchallenged to head through goalkeeper Charlie Mitten's legs.

Then, on the stroke of half time, Barnet sealed it.

A mistake by Mitten in dealing with Jay Saunders' back header allowed Giuliano Grazioli to slide the ball into an empty net for his eighth goal of the season.

A minute later Graham's free-kick was again spilled by Mitten and Hatch lifted a volley over the defender on the line and into the roof of the net.

Dean Sinclair made sure of the points as he rounded Mitten and poked into an empty net with ten minutes left.

Substitute Emmanuel Omoyinmi pulled a goal back late on when he pounced on a loose ball and smashed his shot past Barnet keeper Ricky Millard.

Chris Moore was sent off for a second bookable offence to further frustrate Gravesend. It was just not their day.

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 18th September 2004 @ 15:00; Underhill Stadium





Hatch 36, 45
Grazioli 44
Sinclair 80
Omoyinmi 88





Starting Line-ups
1 Millard 6
4 Hendon 7
3 King 6
11 Graham 8
14 Yakubu 7
8 Lopez (Bailey 82) 7
16 Clist 6
10 Strevens (Dobson 85) 6
18 Sinclair 7
9 Grazioli (Roach 77) 6
7 Hatch 8
Substitutes
26 Tynan
15 Champion
2 Bailey (Lopez 82)
21 Dobson (Strevens 85)
12 Roach (Grazioli 77)
16 Goal Attempts 11
9 On Target 7
6 Off Target 4
1 Hit Woodwork 0
4 Offsides 6
4 Corners 5
16 Fouls 21
Starting Line-ups
1 Mitten 3
19 Moore 4
14 Surey 6
22 Lovell 5
18 Shearer (Jackson 31) 6
16 Protheroe 5
7 McKimm 7
8 Saunders 6
23 Drury 6
17 Louis 5
11 Essandoh (Omoyinmi 71) 6
Substitutes
12 Wilkerson
10 Jackson (Shearer 31) 5
2 Gledhill
5 Omoyinmi (Essandoh 71)
25 Sidibe (Jackson 64) 6

Referee
M Harris, Lincolnshire
Attendance
2235

Barnet Cards
Strevens 12 unsporting behaviour
Sinclair 22 unsporting behaviour
Graham 50 dissent
Gravesend & N. Cards
Surey 14 unsporting behaviour
Moore 50 dissent
Moore 89 second bookable offence

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 18th Sep 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 8 4 0 0 16 3 3 1 0 6 2 7 1 0 22 5 22 17

2 Aldershot Town 8 4 0 0 11 1 2 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 17 6 19 11
3 Accrington Stanley 8 3 1 0 9 2 3 0 1 8 6 6 1 1 17 8 19 9
4 Halifax Town 8 2 1 1 10 6 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 2 18 10 16 8
5 Hereford United 8 2 0 2 6 5 3 1 0 10 3 5 1 2 16 8 16 8

6 Carlisle United 8 2 2 0 9 1 1 3 0 8 5 3 5 0 17 6 14 11
7 Gravesend & Northfleet 8 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 10 7 4 2 2 19 12 14 7
8 Crawley Town 8 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 3 4 9 4 1 3 9 10 13 -1
9 Exeter City 8 2 1 1 6 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 3 2 13 11 12 2
10 Scarborough 8 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 2 5 5 3 3 2 10 8 12 2
11 Canvey Island 8 0 2 2 4 6 2 2 0 5 2 2 4 2 9 8 10 1
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 8 1 1 2 4 10 2 0 2 7 8 3 1 4 11 18 10 -7
13 Stevenage Borough 8 2 0 2 7 2 1 0 3 3 7 3 0 5 10 9 9 1
14 Morecambe 8 2 0 2 6 7 0 3 1 5 9 2 3 3 11 16 9 -5
15 Burton Albion 8 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 2 2 6 2 2 4 6 12 8 -6
16 Farnborough Town 8 1 1 2 3 5 1 1 2 4 11 2 2 4 7 16 8 -9
17 Woking 8 1 2 1 6 6 0 2 2 2 5 1 4 3 8 11 7 -3
18 York City 8 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 1 5 5 11 7 -6
19 Leigh RMI 8 1 1 2 6 8 0 1 3 2 5 1 2 5 8 13 5 -5

20 Tamworth * 8 2 0 2 6 5 0 1 3 4 9 2 1 5 10 14 4 -4
21 Forest Green Rovers 8 0 1 3 3 13 0 0 4 1 13 0 1 7 4 26 1 -22
22 Northwich Victoria * 8 0 2 2 6 10 0 2 2 3 8 0 4 4 9 18 -6 -9

Nationwide Conference, Tuesday 21st September 2004 @ 19:45; Underhill Stadium

Barnet 2-3 Burton

Barnet's unbeaten run came to an abrupt end against Burton Albion, after the Brewers came from behind on two occasions before eventually nicking the winner at Underhill.

Burton player-coach Nigel Clough named himself amongst the substitutes just the day after the death of his father, Brian.

The players responded and a Dave Anderson strike after 57 minutes ensured that the Midlands club took all three points, while Barnet were condemned to their first defeat of the season.

The home side started well and Dean Sinclair gave them the lead in the sixteenth minute with his fifth goal of the season, after racing onto Giuliano Grazioli's flick on, he kept his cool to fire a low shot into the bottom right hand corner.

The Brewers drew level through Robbie Talbot on 30 minutes. Burton sprung the Barnet offside trap when a Michael Simpkins cross found Craig Dudley. He then cut the ball back for Talbot to tap in from five yards.

While Barnet were left scratching their heads, lightning nearly struck twice as Talbot could have made it two, when he left the Barnet back four looking for a offside flag that never came. But the former Morecambe player saw his shot saved when really he should have scored.

Just as the visitors were imposing themselves into the game, Barnet regained the lead. Liam Hatch scored his fifth of the season to finish a neat Barnet move. Richard Graham found Ben Strevens with acres of space. He in turn fed Ian Hendon, whose cross was headed in by Hatch on the stroke of half time.

After the restart Talbot grabbed his second of the evening when he converted Andrew Ducros free-kick on 55 minutes to level the score. Two minutes later Anderson made it 3-2, and despite six minutes of injury time Albion were able to hold onto their lead.

Nationwide Conference, Tuesday 21st September 2004 @ 19:45; Underhill Stadium





Sinclair 14
Hatch 43
Talbot 29, 55
Anderson 57





Starting Line-ups
1 Millard 5
4 Hendon 6
3 King 5
11 Graham 8
14 Yakubu 5
17 Lee (Bailey 70) 6
16 Clist (Roach 78) 5
10 Strevens (Dobson 75) 6
18 Sinclair 7
9 Grazioli 7
7 Hatch 7
Substitutes
26 Tynan
2 Bailey (Lee 70) 6
21 Dobson (Strevens 75)
8 Lopez
12 Roach (Clist 78)
11 Goal Attempts 7
5 On Target 4
6 Off Target 3
0 Hit Woodwork 0
3 Offsides 7
6 Corners 3
15 Fouls 11
Starting Line-ups
21 Crane 4
3 Simpkins 6
22 Austin 5
19 Ayres 6
6 Webster 5
11 Shilton (Crosby 90) 6
16 Dudley 6
10 Ducros 7
8 Anderson (Clough 87) 7
4 Kirkwood 6
18 Talbot (Hall 77) 8
Substitutes
31 Robinson
17 Wassall
29 Crosby (Shilton 90)
14 Hall (Talbot 77)
20 Clough (Anderson 87)

Referee
N Kinseley, Essex
Attendance
1919

Barnet Cards
Sinclair 61 dissent
Hatch 65 unsporting behaviour
Burton Albion Cards
Ayres 43 unsporting behaviour
Simpkins 73 dissent

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 21st Sep 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 9 4 0 1 18 6 3 1 0 6 2 7 1 1 24 8 22 16

2 Accrington Stanley 9 3 1 0 9 2 3 1 1 11 9 6 2 1 20 11 20 9
3 Hereford United 9 3 0 2 8 5 3 1 0 10 3 6 1 2 18 8 19 10
4 Aldershot Town 9 4 0 0 11 1 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 2 17 8 19 9
5 Carlisle United 9 3 2 0 11 2 1 3 0 8 5 4 5 0 19 7 17 12

6 Gravesend & Northfleet 9 3 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 10 7 5 2 2 21 13 17 8
7 Halifax Town 9 2 1 2 11 9 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 3 19 13 16 6
8 Exeter City 9 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 1 10 9 4 3 2 16 13 15 3
9 Crawley Town 9 3 1 0 5 1 1 1 3 6 11 4 2 3 11 12 14 -1
10 Stevenage Borough 9 2 0 2 7 2 2 0 3 6 7 4 0 5 13 9 12 4
11 Scarborough 9 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 3 6 7 3 3 3 11 10 12 1
12 Morecambe 9 2 0 2 6 7 1 3 1 8 10 3 3 3 14 17 12 -3
13 Canvey Island 9 0 3 2 6 8 2 2 0 5 2 2 5 2 11 10 11 1
14 Burton Albion 9 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 2 5 8 3 2 4 9 14 11 -5
15 Woking 9 1 2 1 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 2 4 3 11 12 10 -1
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 9 1 1 2 4 10 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 5 12 20 10 -8
17 York City 9 1 2 2 3 5 1 0 3 3 7 2 2 5 6 12 8 -6
18 Farnborough Town 9 1 1 3 3 8 1 1 2 4 11 2 2 5 7 19 8 -12
19 Leigh RMI 9 1 1 2 6 8 0 2 3 3 6 1 3 5 9 14 6 -5

20 Tamworth * 9 2 0 3 7 8 0 1 3 4 9 2 1 6 11 17 4 -6
21 Forest Green Rovers 9 0 1 4 5 16 0 0 4 1 13 0 1 8 6 29 1 -23
22 Northwich Victoria * 9 0 3 2 9 13 0 2 2 3 8 0 5 4 12 21 -5 -9

Nationwide Conference, Saturday 25th September 2004 @ 15:00; The McCain Stadium





Thompson 52
Grazioli 19





Starting Line-ups
1 Walker 7
22 Nicholson 7
23 Foster 6
6 Hotte 7
7 Gilroy 9
8 Kerr 7
4 Redfearn 7
2 Thompson 7
18 Cryan 7
20 Hackworth 6
15 Senior 5
Substitutes
17 Horrigan
5 Foot
10 Burton
11 Pounder
9 Gill
11 Goal Attempts 8
5 On Target 4
6 Off Target 4
0 Hit Woodwork 0
6 Offsides 1
3 Corners 7
9 Fouls 22
Starting Line-ups
13 Millard 6
4 Hendon 8
3 King 6
11 Graham 7
14 Yakubu 6
17 Lee 7
16 Clist 6
10 Strevens 7
18 Sinclair 6
9 Grazioli 9
7 Hatch 6
Substitutes
26 Tynan
2 Bailey
21 Dobson
8 Lopez
12 Roach

Referee
M Tilling, Cleveland
Attendance
1542

Scarborough Cards
(none)
Barnet Cards
Grazioli 83 unsporting behaviour

Nationwide
Conference
2004/2005 Historical league standings at 25th Sep 2004
Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
1 Barnet 10 4 0 1 18 6 3 2 0 7 3 7 2 1 25 9 23 16

2 Hereford United 10 3 0 2 8 5 4 1 0 14 6 7 1 2 22 11 22 11
3 Carlisle United 10 3 2 0 11 2 2 3 0 13 5 5 5 0 24 7 20 17
4 Gravesend & Northfleet 10 3 1 1 11 6 3 1 1 12 8 6 2 2 23 14 20 9
5 Accrington Stanley 10 3 1 1 10 4 3 1 1 11 9 6 2 2 21 13 20 8

6 Aldershot Town 10 4 0 1 11 6 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 17 13 19 4
7 Crawley Town 10 4 1 0 9 3 1 1 3 6 11 5 2 3 15 14 17 1
8 Halifax Town 10 2 1 2 11 9 3 0 2 10 8 5 1 4 21 17 16 4
9 Exeter City 10 2 2 1 8 6 2 2 1 10 9 4 4 2 18 15 16 3
10 Stevenage Borough 10 3 0 2 11 3 2 0 3 6 7 5 0 5 17 10 15 7
11 Scarborough 10 1 4 0 6 4 2 0 3 6 7 3 4 3 12 11 13 1
12 Woking 10 2 2 1 7 6 1 2 2 5 6 3 4 3 12 12 13 0
13 Morecambe 10 2 1 2 7 8 1 3 1 8 10 3 4 3 15 18 13 -3
14 Dagenham & Redbridge 10 2 1 2 8 12 2 0 3 8 10 4 1 5 16 22 13 -6
15 Canvey Island 10 0 3 2 6 8 2 2 1 5 3 2 5 3 11 11 11 0
16 York City 10 1 2 2 3 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 2 5 8 12 11 -4
17 Burton Albion 10 1 1 3 4 8 2 1 2 5 8 3 2 5 9 16 11 -7
18 Farnborough Town 10 1 1 3 3 8 1 2 2 5 12 2 3 5 8 20 9 -12
19 Leigh RMI 10 1 1 3 9 12 0 2 3 3 6 1 3 6 12 18 6 -6

20 Tamworth * 10 2 0 3 7 8 0 2 3 6 11 2 2 6 13 19 5 -6
21 Forest Green Rovers 10 0 1 4 5 16 0 0 5 3 17 0 1 9 8 33 1 -25
22 Northwich Victoria * 10 0 3 2 9 13 0 2 3 4 12 0 5 5 13 25 -5 -12