JACK PUTS A SMILE BACK ON INJURED HARRY’S FACE
MOST parents like to keep tabs on their children at the weekend, and Phil and Lisa Taylor went through a whole range of emotions watching their offspring at the Hive on Saturday. Son Harry, 20, started for Barnet against Luton, but younger brother Jack had to be content with a place on the bench. The Taylors’ anguish at watching Harry sustain an horrendous facial injury during the first half was eventually replaced by the ecstasy of Jack’s sublime injury-time winner. Harry’s gory wound will require plastic surgery, although Jack’s first senior goal should keep a rather painful smile on his brother’s face. ‘I’ve waited 15 years for that moment,’ beamed proud father Phil. ‘Harry’s ugly anyway!’
joked match-winner Jack, who is a year younger than his stricken sibling. Barnet head coach Rossi Eames had coached the pair in his previous roles at the club’s academy, and was as made up as anyone after Jack’s late intervention. ‘I’m very proud because he’s a fantastic lad to coach,’ he said. ‘I call him “The Iceman” as nothing really fazes him. This will really kick him on.’ Luton never looked like scaling the heights of their mightily impressive opening-day 8-2 hammering of Yeovil Town. ‘They were contrasting games, so we are bitterly disappointed,’ said defender Dan Potts, who came closest to scoring for the visitors with a first-half header. Luton manager Nathan Jones said: ‘I said Barnet would be a surprise package because they work very hard and have a structure about them.’