Assistant manager Ian Hendon took three and a half hours to get to the QPR training ground near Heathrow in rain-lashed weather ... and his side were two down in the first 10 minutes or so against a side boasting several of the host side's first team regulars in a behind-closed-doors game.

The Bees fielded four PROTEC youngsters who impressed in last week's game against Barnet U18s alongside squad players who did not start at Chesterfield. They failed to score against QPR goalkeeper Mark Bosnich.

Hendon reports: "Both Joe O'Cearuill and James Cole did well. Liam Hatch did a bit better than last time. Ashley Carew, too, did well.

"Although it took all that time to get across London, referee Dermot Gallagher started promptly at 11.30 a.m. - and we were two down almost after getting out of the cars and before we got a grip. After that we did alright, particularly the two lads at the back, and Rangers rarely looked like scoring again. To be fair, we didn't create much either".

The Bees beat QPR on a previous visit last month, as fully reported on www.barnetfc.com. Today's game was not covered by a professional journalist because of the disparaging and negative reaction to last week's report on the game against Barnet U18s.

These matches are purely designed to allow members of the Barnet squad who do not play at the weekend 90 minutes football.

Dennis Signy