Those Were The Days; 25th July 2001

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
25th July 2001

Pre-Season Friendly

HRBFC 5 (Alleyne, Manuella, Maskell, O’Connor, Thompson) Barnet 0 Att; 151

HRBFC;-
Stuart McKenzie; Steve French, Darren Deegan, Matt Flitter, Anthony Howard, Fiston Manuella, Richard O’Connor, Martin Carter, Warren Williams, Craig Maskell, Danny Alleyne.
Subs; Adam Dunsby; Richard Thompson, Paul de Luca, Paulino de Costa, Gregory, Dudley Gardner, Leon Canning, Ryan Hillary.

Barnet;-
Bert Bossu; Mark Taylor, Chris Cashman, Danny Brown, Ross D’Arcy, Olayinka, Williams, Latte Jallow, Neil Midgley, Ben Strevens, Austin Berkley.
Subs; Millard; Oshitola, Still, Wayne Purser, Langton.

Barnet, freshly relegated from the Nationwide League, struggled to make any headway against the Beavers. The previous season, Barnet had knocked the club out of the F A Cup and to a certain extent there was an element of revenge in this victory – even if it was only a friendly. O’Connor side-footed home in the 5th minute, courtesy of Maskell’s lay-off. A few minutes later Maskell headed in cross from the left. Manuella made it 3-0 with a close-range header following a corner. In the 28th minute McKenzie’s punched clearance set up the next goal, Maskell found Warren Williams who provided Alleyne with a pass to make it 4-0. Barnet’s best player, Mark Taylor was substituted off at half time. Ten minutes from time, Thompson nipped behind the Barnet defence to lob substitute goalkeeper, Millard, 5-0 done and dusted.


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