Barrow 3-1 Hayes and Yeading: Shots galore in the sunshine, lucky yellow boots and a bizarre penalty decision.
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| A sunny Furness Building Society Stadium (Holker St) before Barrow v Hayes and Yeading |
It seems that Andy Cook can only score in threes. His 3 goals scored earlier this season came in a hat-trick scored in the 4-0 victory over Fleetwood Town in August.
Returning from his three match suspension after receiving a red card against Lincoln City, Cook earned a second hat-trick in Barrow’s 3-1 victory over Hayes and Yeading.
Less than a minute after kick off, Cook grabbed the opener from 18 yards out after receiving Gavin Skelton’s cross from the left wing.
In a match with brilliant open play from both teams, Cook counter-attacked and ran the whole length of Hayes and Yeading’s half. The striker netted his second on the 33rd minute with just goalkeeper Steve Arnold to beat.
The Bluebirds went 3-0 up at the start of the second half after Cook stole Curtis Ujah’s back pass and lobbed the ball over the keeper to earn his hat-trick on the 48th minute.
Referee Mr Clark left all the press box and probably most fans puzzled after awarding Hayes and Yeading a penalty. Paul Smith’s push on Pierre Dubois in the penalty area seemed to be the cause.
Hayes and Yeading earned their consolation after Louis Soares placed his penalty kick into the bottom right corner 58 minutes into the match.
It was an exciting display of football for 65 minutes that moved Barrow to 12th in the Blue Square Bet Premier.
All the chances and action from the match can be heard in my match report recorded for The Bay's Goalzone.
Joint Manager Dave Bayliss thought Barrow did a terrific job in my post-match interview for The Bay’s Goalzone.
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Shots galore in the sunshine
My 100 mile drive up the M6 and the A590 before the game was better than usual. Sunshine lit up the Furness peninsula and the spectacular scenery of the Lake District. I had a feeling it was going to be a good day of football.
Joint managers Dave Bayliss and Darren Sheridan made two changes to the side that were demolished 5-2 away to Grismby last Tuesday night.
Paul Smith was shuffled to right back for Kelvin Lomax and Mike Pearson returned from injury to replace Andy Nicholas.
With a 4-4-2 Formation, Barrow were immensely strong going forward, but were still at times left a little open at the back.
Aside from Cook’s hat-trick, the first half was a display of attacking football from both teams.
The Bluebirds fired 13 shots in one of their best attacking spells of the season.
Jack Mackreth and Dominic Rowe both had great pace on the wings and fed in crosses that troubled the Hayes and Yeading defence.
Mackreth made a magnificent run before cutting in and squaring the ball across the goal face on the 23rd minute.
James Owen looked hungry for goals with a drive from 20 yards out that was deflected wide by Tom Cadmore.
After Cook’s hat-trick and Hayes and Yeading’s penalty, the pace of the game slowed for the final 25 minutes as the players tired and played out the remainder of the match.
Adam Boyes had an opportunity to score his 11th goal of the season on the 72nd minute, but snatched his shot slightly and Steve Arnold easily saved.
Richie Baker almost stole a goal in injury time from a free kick 20 yards out which curled towards the top left corner and forced a magnificent save from Arnold.
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| Barrow training before the match |
However, Hayes and Yeading were competitive and threatened the Barrow defence for 65 minutes, before their attacks finally fizzled out.
Mark Bentley’s brilliant shot from the right channel forced save of the day from Barrow’s Danny Hurst before he parried Pierre Dubois’ rebounding header wide.
Several headers from Pierre Dubois were close to becoming goals and Louis Soares’ attacking runs left Barrow’s defence open on a few occasions. Hayes and Yeading proved that they are going to be a tough team to beat as the season progresses.
A round up of all the action and chances is in my full time report for The Bay’s Goalzone.
Lucky Yellow Boots
At kick off I tweeted that I loved Andy Cook’s yellow boots and before I could hit the send button, he had already used them to score the first goal of the day.
For the second goal, I have never seen Cook run that fast before when he sprinted across Hayes and Yeading’s half.
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| Andy Cook (left of centre) wearing "lucky" yellow boots |
If you’re a superstitious football fan like me, I think the yellow boots provided some assistance. This for me was the first time that Cook outshone Boyes upfront, in both his footwear and his performance.
While Bluebirds’ fans will hope Cook’s scoring continues, I’d like to see if those yellow boots really are a lucky charm for Barrow.
Yellow was also the colour of card shown to Adam Quinn, his fifth of the season, which means he will miss the next match.
The trip to Darlington on Tuesday night is a vital game for the Bluebirds to start collecting more points on the road.
All attention is now on the FA Cup Qualifying fourth round draw on Monday lunchtime to see who Barrow will face at the start of their cup campaign.
Barrow: Hurst, Smith, Skelton (Capt), Pearson, Quinn, Mackreth, Baker, Owen, Cook (Almond 82), Boyes, Rowe
Subs not used: Clancy, Nicholas, Ferrell, Hollis
Hayes and Yeading: Arnold, John, Cadmore, Soares, Dubois, Williams, Bentley (Marsaud 82), Mackie (Crockford 68), Ujah, Collins (Wishart 76), Spence
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