STATISTICS

Date: Tuesday 6th August 2024
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Competition: FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Venue: Lawtech Stadium
Attendance: 108
Starters: Max Spence, Miles Smith, Jay Bacon, Sam Edwards, Teddy Stacey, Chris John (C), Nelly Martins, Jerold Cobblah, Juwon Akintunde, Marcel McDonald, Izzy Bademosi
Substitutes: Steven Wade, Bradley Monks, Colin Mugoya-Tabingwa, Kye Mitchell, Teddy Bowden, Ollie Webdale, Stephen Stafford
Substitutions:
73′ Mitchell for Martins
88′ Wade for John
Goal:
George Carbery (OG) 80′ 1-0
Yellow cards: Smith, Wade 
Red cards: None

REPORT

NICE AND SCRAPPY DOES IT

In a tight FA Cup clash that always seemed destined to be decided by a single goal the longer the game progressed, saw Barking edge past Tring Athletic with an 80th minute strike to secure their spot in the preliminary round. 

According to FA Cup Factfile on X, our last exit at the Extra Preliminary Round stage occurred ten years ago, away to Haverhill Borough with a 1-0 loss on August 16, 2014. The following season, we began our current decade-long run by defeating Felixstowe & Walton United 3-1 after a replay.

In the most recent FA Cup encounter in August 2009 at the same stage, Tring secured victory with a single goal, winning by a 3-2 scoreline. However, this time, it was Barking who emerged triumphant by the same narrow margin.

With Andy Greenslade injured Nelly Martins made his first start, following up from his senior debut on Saturday.

Barking keeper Max Spence had a relatively quiet evening, making only one significant save, while Tring’s Dan Gould was kept busy, thwarting us several times.

We started the match brightly, with two dangerous crosses from Izzy Bademosi in the opening minutes, however, by the ten-minute mark, Tring began to apply pressure, forcing Spence into a full-stretch save, his only real test of the night. The first chance of note for a while came at the 23rd minute mark when a foul on Jerold Cobblah presented Sam Edwards with a free-kick opportunity, but unlike his wonder strike from Saturday his shot went straight to Gould. Barking’s attacking efforts intensified, with Jay Bacon and Bademosi both having shots blocked, and when the ball ran to Edward’s he fired over from just outside the box. Bademosi continued to be a thorn in Tring’s side on the Barking left. In the 34th minute, Juwon Akintunde’s flick-on put Bademosi through on goal, but his shot was turned behind by Gould for a corner. Moments later, Cobblah set up Bademosi again, only again for his shot to be blocked. On the stroke of half time Edward’s free kick into the box lands at Marcel McDonald’s feet: he swivels and shoots but the ball hits the post and bounces to safety with Gould rooted to the spot.

Before then we return to league action and on Saturday afternoon travel to Station Road to take on Takeley.

Report source: Terry Gilbert/Barking FC
Please note that the opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, nor should be attributed to Barking Football Club.

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