
The Bees travel to the oldest continually used football ground in the world in search of an historic seventh straight clean sheet. It’s precisely 558 minutes since Mark Cousins has had to pick the ball out of the net the last time Barnet went on such a run in the League was 40 years ago in March 1979. Should they keep Maidenhead at bay for another 90 minutes it will set a new club record.
Darren Currie’s team will arrive in Berkshire I’m confident mood after Tuesdays excellent 3-0 win at play off chasing Eastleigh. The boss will check on the fitness of midfielder Andre Boucard before naming his team. He’ll also have to decide whether to recall striker Dave Tarpey to face the club where he spent three years scoring 80 goals for the Magpies.
Maidenhead have recovered after a poor start which saw them flirting with the relegation places. A recent improvement which has seen them unbeaten in their last five home games should be enough to keep them safe despite having conceded more home goals than any side apart from already relegated Braintree. Alan Devonshire in his second spell at York Road will be looking for a strong finish to the season which will make the Magpies dangerous opponents.
Whilst Barnet need a point to make them mathematically safe many fans now believe that a run of seven games without defeat has shown that Darren Currie deserves the chance to take the Bees into next season. It remains to be seen if Chairman Tony Kleanthos shares that view.
We’ll have live commentary from Pete Hill and Garry Lakin at York Road on HRB Saturday Sport from 2:45pm
Maidenhead Fact: Prime Minister Theresa May was voted in as the towns MP in 1997 and has stayed ever since.