National League

Dagenham & Redbridge 0 BARNET 1

Darren Currie got off to the perfect start as Bees new Head Coach thanks to Shaq Coulthirst’s fifth goal of the season. Barnet fielding two defensive midfield players dominated the early exchanges taking the lead after 34 minutes when Coulthirst bundled the ball over the line after the Daggers had blocked Craig Robson’s header from Medy Elito’s corner. The introduction of Lamar Reynolds at half time led to the home side enjoying their best period of the match. Marc Cousins who’d blocked Balanta’s effort in the first half denying Reynolds with an excellent sliding challenge on the edge of the area. The arrival of Simeon Akinola after 59 minutes produced a big cheer from the 301 Bees fans and the substitute almost scored curling a right foot shot over the top. Substitute Shamir Mullins missed the Daggers best chance of drawing level heading wide with only Cousins to beat.

Bees: Cousins, C.Reynolds, Alexander, Sweeney, Johnson, Adams, Robson, Mason-Clark (Akinola), J.Taylor, Elito (Harrison), Coulthirst (Tutonda)

Attendance: 1775 (301)

HRB Man of the Match: Shaq Coulthirst

League Position: 13th

Bostik League Premier

POTTERS BAR TOWN 1 Enfield Town 2

The Scholars were struck by another late goal when former Wingate & Finchley defender Marc Weatherstone scored the winner 3 minutes from time. Sean Bonnet-Johnson‘s first goal for the club had put Potters Bar ahead in the 6th minute only for Muhammadu Faal pulling the visitors level three minutes later.

Attendance: 504

League Position: 15th

Spartan South Midlands League Premier

HADLEY 3 Leverstock Green 0

Goals from Nathan Linton, Shaq Anwar and Manny Hammond gave the Bricks a comfortable victory.

League Position: 3rd

EDGWARE TOWN 4 London Tigers 0

League Position: 9th

The final Saturday of 2018 promises to end the local sporting year in style with plenty of key games and many talking points. A poor sequence of results in the last round adds to the importance of the matches and as usual HRB Sport will be on air to report all the action.

Centre stage will be commentary on Barnet’s visit to Dagenham & Redbridge, with Darren Currie taking charge of his first match following John Still’s retirement.

News and goal action from Boreham Wood, looking to build on their derby win, Potters Bar, Hadley and Edgware.

Saracens’ memorable year concludes with a festive fixture at Allianz Park, with the Men in Black looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season. Exeter Chiefs loss to Northampton on Friday means Sarries can regain top spot with a bonus point victory against Worcester Warriors.

Martin and Fiona are back in the presenters seat from 2.30…..featuring

The Bees travel to East London looking to salvage something from a festive campaign that turned into a plate of the coldest turkey at Boreham Wood on Boxing Day. Not only did they fall to their second consecutive defeat to a goal in the last ten minutes of a match but the lack of attacking presence made it a frustrating visit for the 977 Barnet fans.

Tomorrows match has been given added importance by the fact that it will be the first without John Still in the managers dug out. His comments on the clubs website suggest that Darren Currie will be in charge of the squad at the Chigwell Construction Stadium. Currie spent two seasons as a player at Dagenham as well as being part of John Still’s coaching team at the club.

The problem facing the caretaker boss is that so far the seven recognised strikers in the Bees squad have only managed 14 goals between them. In contrast last time Barnet were at this level John Akinde had surpassed that total on his own by the middle of November. It will be interesting to see which attacking options Barnet’s 5th manager of 2018 picks against a Daggers side who currently top the divisions form league.

Under the wise eye of Peter Taylor Dagenham have won seven out of their last eight since going down 1-0 at Sutton on November 3rd and beat league leaders Orient 2-1 on Boxing Day. Things are looking up for the club off the pitch as well after being taken over by an American consortium which includes former Everton keeper Tim Howard.

Bees have only won one once at the newly named Chigwell Construction Stadium Luke Gambin and Michael Nelson scoring the goals in February 2016. The teams met earlier this season when Barnet recovered from conceding a goal in the opening minute to take the points courtesy of goals from Wes Fonguck and Jack Barham.

We’ll have full live commentary on the match from Pete Hill and Garry Lakin starting at 2:55.

Dagenham Fact: Famous people born in Dagenham include Dudley Moore, Sandie Shaw, Sir Alf Ramsey and Terry Venables.

Just 24 hours before taking on his old club Dagenham and Redbridge Barnet boss John Still has announced his retirement from football management. Only appointed in the summer Still moves upstairs with the team in 15th place in the National League table having won just one of their last four league games. A statement on the clubs website quotes the 68 year old as saying “I have managed in over 2,000 matches and had a fantastic time in the game to date. I look forward to embracing my new role and supporting my young protégé Darren Currie in his growth as a Coach.” Darren Currie will be in charge of the team for tomorrows visit to the Chigwell Construction Stadium.

John Still’s Managerial Record:

Barnet: Matches 253 Wins 95 Draws 63 Defeats 95

National League

Boreham Wood 1 BARNET 0

The Bees were undone by a controversial goal a minute from the end of a tetchy local derby that saw nine players booked. With Barnet claiming offside Bradley Ash scored the only goal of the game after 89 minutes to send the Bees home pointless.

Bees: Cousins, Alexander, Johnson, Adams, J.Taylor, Reynolds, Robson, Fonguck (Elito), Sweeney, Harrison, Coulthirst (Barham)

Attendance: 1894

League Position: 15th

Next Up: Saturday 29th v Dagenham & Redbridge (a)

Bostik League Premier

Enfield Town 4 WINGATE & FINCHLEY 1

The Blues never got out of the starting blocks at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. The hosts led 2-0 at half time thanks to a brace from Muhammadu Faal. David Manu‘s third goal in two games did cut the deficit before a penalty from Billy Bricknell and a Junior Mubiayi goal seven minutes from time sewed up the points for the home side.

Attendance: 444

League Position: 18th

Evo Stik League Premier South

Harrow Borough 3 HENDON 1

Hendon’s recent poor run continued as they fell to their fifth straight defeat despite taking the lead through a 6th minute Ricardo German penalty. Ryan Moss pulled Harrow level 8 minutes later, second half goals by Jordan Ireland and Dylan Kearney completing a miserable afternoon for The Greens.

Attendance: 248

League Position: 7th

We can confirm that shortly after 10:56 this morning we were offered press accreditation to attend todays match between Boreham Wood and Barnet unfortunately the offer arrived too late for us to arrange studio cover to broadcast the match. We would like to thank Boreham Wood for their efforts to try to retrieve the situation but regrettably there will be no match coverage by HRB.

We would also like to thank all the Barnet fans who expressed their support and concern at the situation via social media it means a lot to know you are behind us. We look forward to seeing you at Dagenham on Saturday.

National League

BARNET 2 Dover 0

Goals from JackTaylor and the returning Mauro Vilhete gave the Bees their first home league win since October. Manager John Still’s plans were disrupted shortly before kick off when Craig Robson sustained an injury in the pre match warm up resulting in Mauro Vilhete getting an unexpected call to the bench. After a largely forgettable opening 45 minutes Barnet got into their stride after the break. Ephron Mason-Clark failed to make most of a one on one with visiting keeper Mitch Walker before a long ball from skipper Callum Reynolds caught the Dover defence out allowing man of the match Jack Taylor to calmly finish his fourth goal of the season. The arrival of Vilhete for a tiring Mason-Clark was greeted by one of the biggest cheers of the afternoon the Bees longest serving player producing an excellent save from Walker after he connected perfectly with Wes Fonguck’s corner. With Dover failing to mount anything against a defence in which Dan Sweeney was outstanding Mindy Elito crashed a shot against the Dover bar before Vilhete completed a fairytale comeback beating Walker from close range in the final minute.

Bees: Cousins, Reynolds, Alexander, Sweeney, Johnson, Adams, Mason-Clark ( Vilhete), J.Taylor, Elito, Fonguck, Duku (Harrison)

HRB Man of the Match: Jack Taylor

Attendance: 1011

League Position: 14th

Bostik League Premier

Haringey Borough 1 POTTERS BAR TOWN 0

Ralston Gabriel scored the only goal of the game in the 51st minute as The Scholars lost their second straight league game.

Attendance: 320

League Position: 14th

WINGATE & FINCHLEY 2 Carshalton 0

A double from David Manu gave the Blues a much needed victory at the Abrahams.

Attendance: 89

League Position: 18th

Evo-Stik League Premier South

HENDON 0 Frome Town 1

Hendon’s poor run of form continued thanks to a goal from Ryan Bath 10 minutes from time. The Greens have now lost their last four matches.

Attendance: 223

League Position: 6th

Spartan South Midlands League Premier

Cockfosters 0 HADLEY 1

A Paul Wright penalty was good enough to give Hadley the points at Chalk Lane.

League Position: 3rd

North Greenford United P EDGWARE TOWN P