Non-League Paper

SPARKES FLY AS BEES BUZZ ON!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 February 2019

By Matt Badcock
Dan’s super strike lifts Barnet

DAN SPARKES had a good feeling when he lined up a Barnet free-kick with the Bees trailing Brentford – team-mate Byron Harrison had taken a leaf out of Nostradamus’ book and predicted it beforehand!
With 15 minutes left of their FA Cup fourth round tie with the Championship side that had swung back and forth, substitute Sparkes had their chance.
What followed was a sublime set-piece that curled over the wall, crashed off the underside of the bar and dropped over the line to make it 3-3 and send the Hive – and manager ...

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