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As a member of the Underhill 200 Club you are entitled to an entry into an exclusive free draw to win the first prize of becoming the team's home shirt sponsor for the season. Click on the Underhill 200 Club link for more details.
A 3-0 scoreline in favour of Swansea City ended Barnet's interest in the Carling Cup but most observers felt that the scoreline flattered the Championship outfit. It was a big ask for the Bees to come to the Liberty Stadium and knock out the Swans on their own patch, but Barnet did create a number of decent early chances and through hard work kept themselves in the match until the latter stages.
Being without Steve Kabba the Bees selected Ricky Holmes as a central striker with Mark Byrne from midfield in particular being asked to augment the forward line, with the wide players Mark Marshall and Glenn Poole linking up whenever possible.
From the first Barnet were determined not to let Swansea play their possession football and frequently took the ball off their opponents high up the pitch but from the chances created they could not quite trouble the scoreboard.
Shefki Kuqi missed a penalty after Sam Cox had been harshly adjudged to have committed a foul in his own penalty area by smashing the ball against the crossbar and after a cross shot that also hit the woodwork the Swans took the lead when a deep cross was met by Cedric van der Gun who headed home in the 24th minute.
Swansea were seeing plenty of the ball but through hard work and endeavour Barnet were keeping their opponents at bay, always challenging and hassling whenever and wherever they didn't have possession of the ball.
In the second half Byrne was pushed further forward to work even more closely with Holmes. Holmes with tireless energy was always seeking an opening and did look a major goal threat but increasingly as the game wore on you got the feeling that this was not to be Barnet's night.
Swansea had the luxury of bringing on their more established players on as substitutes late on and it was the sub Darren Pratley who added the crucial second in the 72nd minute. He powerfully ran at the defence and thumped a shot from just inside the box that fairly fizzed into the net.
The task facing Barnet now looked ominous and with two minutes left Kuqi eventually got on the scoresheet when he slotted the ball home when he appeared acres offside to give the scoreline a very flattering look for the home side.
The result if not the outcome was unfair on the Bees and the 103 loyal supporters who had travelled to Wales to follow their team. For the Bees to progress in this competition a modicum of fortune was required, none was on offer tonight.
The Bees will now focus all their energies on the home league fixture against Burton Albion this Saturday.
David Bloomfield



















