This was my first visit to The Len Salmon Stadium and it's quite a nice setup. Bowers need to overturn a one goal deficit to get through in this tie. On 27 minutes their task was made all the more difficult when Bari took the lead when a ball from the right was attempted to be cut out at the near post by Bowers defender Matt Thoma but sadly he knocked the ball past his keeper instead. Bowers were level on 38 minutes however when Calvin Poku was played through and he slotted home expertly. On 67 minutes Bowers levelled the tie overall at 3-3 and 2-1 on the night when Matt Tapley broke into the box and his ball across the goal was turned into his own net by Bari midfielder Jack Sawyer. On 70 minutes it was 3-1 to Bowers when a corner from the right by Lloyd Wilson was headed home by Ollie Hadley. On 77 minutes Bowers put breathing space between them and the visitors when another corner from Lloyd Wilson was yet again headed home by Ollie Hadley. Lloyd Wilson was a constant thorn in the visitors defence all evening. Deep into stoppage time a scuffle between both sides resulted in Bari's Aaron May to be sent off for a second booking but by then the result was not in doubt and Bowers deserved their victory.
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