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Good Tigers display goes unrewarded
Barrow 2 Worksop Town 1 THE Tigers came away from Holker Street pointless from a game where they deserved at least a point, after the home side had been gifted two goals in the opening 11 minutes.
Barrow 2 Worksop Town 1
THE Tigers came away from Holker Street pointless from a game where they deserved at least a point, after the home side had been gifted two goals in the opening 11 minutes.
Manager Ronnie Glavin named the same starting line-up as Saturday but it did not prevent the team getting the worst possible start.
Barrow won a corner on the right and former Doncaster Rovers man Jamie Patterson swung it in with his left foot.
As the ball was in flight, a Barrow striker seemed to impede Worksop keeper Kris Rogers on the line. But the incident was seen by everyone except the referee and, as the ball sailed directly into the net, the goal was allowed to stand.
Worse was to come for the visitors in the 11th minute as Rogers, trying to let the ball run out of play, allowed Patterson to get to the ball on the by-line.
The Barrow man sent the ball bobbling across the goalmouth from the narrowest of angles and somehow it ended up finishing in the back of the net.
That left the Tigers with a real uphill struggle but they fought their way back into the game.
And in the 29th minute they pegged a goal back when Mark Wilson found Gary Townsend in space and he rifled a left foot shot into the bottom corner from 15 yards.
Now playing some good football and pressurising the home defence, Worksop should have equalised seven minutes later as a sublime ball from Townsend put Dene Cropper through, only for home keeper Adam Capp to rush out and block the big striker's effort.
Before the interval, Cropper headed wide, Paul Dempsey was inches away with a 20-yard strike and Kev Davies' 20-yard free-kick was deflected wide.
The second period saw a greater domination from Worksop as Barrow sat on their lead.
Cropper shot straight at the keeper and Dempsey put one over the bar, before American signing Chris Cleary was introduced in place of Blake Norton with 25 minutes remaining.
He made a near instant impact as his cross saw Capp fumble under pressure from Townsend, but the Tigers striker was unable to take advantage.
With the clock running down the Tigers bombarded the home goal but Cropper headed wide from a good position and Capp pulled off a good save to thwart Townsend from a goalbound free-kick.
Then, with a minute to go a clearance fell to Wilson and he volleyed from fully 40 yards over Capp but as the ball was heading in, full back Guy Heffernan came from nowhere to head off the line.
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