While thousands of people across the country and worldwide tuned into Ben Foster’s superb 95th-minute penalty save against Notts County in what is arguably the largest game ever to be held in the world of non-league football, Barnetplayed out a bore draw against an already-relegated Maidstone United at the Gallagher Stadium.
Phil qParkinson’s Wrexham are the face of the league, sitting on top with 103 points as they fight for a much-awaited promotion back to the Footballq League. Life under Hollywood owners Ryan qReynolds and Rob McElhenney has been brilliant for the community of Wrexham.
The Racecourseq Ground is selling out weekly as fans come watch the stars of the Vanarama National League, including goalscorer Paul Mullin and the recently acquired former Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Barnet are not far below the Red Dragonsin the table, sitting in fifth place, but the gap is colossal, a monstrous 34 points split the two sides. The Bees are not in the best of form, with three points out of their last four games, but their home form against top sides is something that manager Dean Brennan is hoping the squad will take advantage of.
Barnet have been excellent at home when facing tough opposition, beating Chesterfield convincingly in a 3-0 win, putting two past Woking earlier on in the season and playing out a 1-1 draw with title contenders Notts County in March.
However, Wrexham are a different type of opposition. Before Good Friday’s shock loss away at Halifax, they hadn’t lost since October in the league, where they fell to County at Meadow Lane.
The Halifax result does give the Bees hope, with a second half resurgence from the Shay managing to put three past the experienced Foster and the well-organised backline.
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Despite this, it seems that the result is beyond them after their outstanding Easter qMonday result. With the game levelled at 2-2 with 15 minutes left, formerLuton Town man Elliott Lee‘s strike turned out to be the game winner, but not without the returning Foster who saved the Red Dragons with a save off Cedwyn Scott’s spot-kick with seconds left.
Barnet are very close to selling out the Hive Stadium for this affair, which holds up to 6,500 people. It is the first time that the Hive has been full since January 2019, when they hosted a star-studded Brentford side in the 4th round of the FA Cup.
The visitors have been allocated 1,800 which was sold out months prior to this tie, but there is no doubt despite the restrictions that Barnet have implemented that there will be more travelling from Wales in hope of seeing this red-hot Wrexham side.
