BARNET 4
Collinge 33, Kabamba 44, Freeman 48, Kanu 90+4
KIDDERMINSTER H 1
Weston 59
BARNET cemented the runners-up spot with a convincing win over already relegated Kidderminster Harriers, who attacked purposefully on occasion, but rarely threatened the home side’s superiority.
The Bees were two to the good by the interval through headed efforts from Danny Collinge and Nicke Kabamba before Luke Freeman scored his first for the club early in the second half.
Charlie Weston reduced the deficit on the hour as Kiddy briefly flickering into life but Idris Kanu’s game for the football club, I’ve told the players we are in the final furlong and we have to get to the line first. “It’s cup football and we have to produce. We’ll respect the opposition but I know we have got some big-game players.”
Kidderminster boss Phil Brown took the opportunity to hand debuts to Seb Thompson and Noah Rubio and named three players recalled from loans to start on the bench.
Looking to the future, he said: “Very interesting, very exciting, they have a chance in the game. They put down a little marker.
“I know there was nothdeflected effort from distance following a determined run from the halfway line finished the job.
“Our team performance was solid,” Barnet head coach Dean Brennan said. “I played a strong side, I didn’t want to rest people.”
Brennan’s focus quickly moved to Saturday’s home playoff semi-final against either Solihull Moors or Gateshead, adding: “It’s a huge ing to play for per se but there is always something to play for!
“It was a competitive game in the first half before we were unhinged by a mistake by a senior pro. We gave ourselves a
