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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Gay Meadow
  • Attendance: 3628
  • Referee: Mattieson, S

Live Commentary

91mins

Goal!! Ben Herd scores for Shrewsbury.

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Goal!! Ben Herd scores for Shrewsbury.

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

88mins

Barnet are replacing Giuliano Grazioli with Liam Hatch.

88mins

Ben Strevens is being taken off, Ben Bowditch has come on in his place.

87mins

The referee has booked Simon King.

80mins

It's red. He's off. Ismail Yakubu has been sent off.

77mins

The referee has booked Dwane Lee.

69mins

Shrewsbury are replacing Duane Darby with Mark Stallard.

69mins

Jay Denny is replaced by Stuart Whitehead.

62mins

It's red. He's off. Jamie Tolley has been sent off.

52mins

The referee has booked Duane Darby.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 2.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by S Mattieson

29mins

Goal!! Barnet have scored with Louis Soares putting it in the back of the net.

14mins

Nicky Bailey takes a penalty for Barnet and scores!.

12mins

Colin McMenamin takes a penalty for Shrewsbury and scores!.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Shrewsbury Town and Barnet ended this highly-charged encounter with a point - and ten men - apiece as the sides shared four goals at Gay Meadow.

Ben Herd's 90th minute leveller brought Shrewsbury a deserved share of the spoils just when the Underhill side looked likely to claim victory and take the points back to north London.

By this stage both sides had lost a player to a straight red card offence – Shrewsbury's Under-21 Welsh midfield man Jamie Tolley having been ordered off in the 65th minute for a foul on Simon King with Barnet defender Ismail Yakubu given his marching orders for crashing into Neil Ashton with nine minutes left.

When the sides last met 16 months ago in a Conference play-off semi-final the match went to a penalty shoot-out with Shrewsbury finally winning the day. On this occasion a mini penalty shoot-out occurred with Colin McMenimen putting the home side ahead with his fifth goal of the season on 12 minutes after Shrews' skipper Kevin Sharp had been brought down by King.

But 90 seconds later Barnet were on level terms – themselves scoring with a penalty with Nicky Bailey firing home from the spot after Herd had handled a cross from the same player.

Both sides then had chances to establish the lead, but it was the visitors who eventually took the lead, when a fierce shot from Louis Soares beat teenage Shrewsbury goalkeeper Joe Hart at his near post in the 31st minute.

After the break Hart came to his side's rescue, twice saving well from Dean Sinclair, but Shrewsbury saw their bid to salvage a point made even harder against a well-organised Barnet side, when Tolley was dismissed shortly after the hour.

Barnet skipper Guiliano Grazioli missed a good chance to seal victory for his side with 15 minutes remaining, although at the other end it needed a fine diving stop from Ross Flitney to keep out a low drive from Herd.

With nine minutes left the visitors were also down to ten men with the dismissal of Yakubu for a rash challenge on Ashton – and there was to be one final twist in the enthralling contest when Herd nodded home a close range equaliser at the death.

Shrewsbury Town

Barnet

Corners

76

Fouls

515

Goal attempts

79

Shots off target

13

Offsides

65

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