Late winner for Barrow breaks Eastleigh hearts.
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Barrow |
2-1 |
Eastleigh |
Cook 36, Walker 90 |
|
Forbes 85 |
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
First Round Proper
3pm, Saturday 7 November 2009
Holker Street, Barrow FC
Winning Clubs receive £18,000 from The FA's Prize Fund
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Jason Walker sealed a dramatic late victory for Barrow in The FA Cup First Round Proper, breaking Eastleigh hearts at Holker Street.
The striker’s long range effort, three minutes into stoppage time, earned the hosts a nail-biting victory after Andrew Forbes looked to have sealed a replay for the visitors.
Forbes equalised Andy Cook’s first-half opener for Barrow with just five minutes left on the clock, but there was still time for Walker’s late winner.
More than 300 miles separate the towns of Eastleigh, in Hampshire, and Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, but there was little between the sides on the pitch in an evenly matched tie.
Barrow have endured a mixed start to their Conference Premier league campaign, finding themselves 16th in the standings.
But with Eastleigh having a similarly mixed season in the Conference South, the hosts saw the tie as an ideal opportunity to kick start their season.
Cook opened the scoring on 36 minutes, firing from the edge of the visitors penalty area past goalkeeper Jason Matthews.
Second-half Eastleigh pressure finally took its toll when Forbes equalised from close range on 84 minutes, but it will be Barrow’s name in the draw for the Second Round Proper after Walker’s dramatic late effort.
Barrow Stuart Tomlinson, Simon Spender, Paul Jones(c), Gareth Jelleyman, Robin Hulbert, Andrew Bond, Mike Pearson, Paul Rutherford (Carlos Logan, 74) Malvin Kamara, Jason Walker, Andy Cook
Unused Subs: Tim Deasy, Phil Bolland, Dave Bayliss, Mark Boyd, Darren Sheridan, Jon Shaw.
Eastleigh Jason Matthews, Warren Goodhind, Tom Jordan, Brett Poate, Anthony Riviere, Danny Smith (Shaun McAuley, 62) Peter Adeniyi, Andrew Forbes, Tony Taggart (Jamie White, 75) Jamie Brown (James Taylor, 84) Richard Gillespie
Unused Subs: Dan Loader, Trevor Challis, Ian Oliver.
Referee R L Lewis
Assistant Referees N S Davies & M Ackerman
Fourth Official G P Johnson
Attendance 1655