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Eastleigh 2-3 Barnet: Hav that! Bees make Spitfires pay dear

Ryan De Havilland pounced on a schoolboy defensive error to grab a stoppage-time winner as Eastleigh gift-wrapped Barnet a first victory in six National League outings.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 April 2022

By Michael Vimpany

EASTLEIGH 2
Smart 15, Whitehall 55

BARNET 3
Marriott 48 (pen), 51, De Havilland 90+4
RYAN De Havilland pounced on a schoolboy defensive error to grab a stoppage-time winner as Eastleigh gift-wrapped Barnet a first victory in six National League outings.
The influential 20-year old midfielder could hardly believe his luck when the ball dropped at his feet after Eastleigh goalkeeper Joe McDonnell and defender Michael Kelly bungled what should have been a straight forward clearance.
His goal meant that Barnet, who played the last ten minutes with ten men after substitute R...

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