Watch: Wrexham score three times in first-half added time to stun Barrow

Wrexham scored three times in first-half stoppage time as they came from behind to beat Barrow 4-1, with Steven Fletcher hitting a hat-trick.

Kian Spence put Barrow ahead in the first minute before Fletcher’s brace and Paul Mullin’s free-kick, all in 14 minutes of time added on at the end of the first half, gave Wrexham the advantage at the break.

Fletcher completed his hat-trick in the second half.

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Barrow took the lead after just 33 seconds when Spence tapped home Elliot Newby’s cross.

Play was stopped for 10 minutes as Barrow’s David Worrall was taken off on a stretcher after a clash of heads.

Fletcher levelled nine minutes into first-half stoppage time by finishing off a slick move.

Paul Farman then could not keep out Mullin’s sublime free-kick before Fletcher nodded home from James McClean’s corner.

After half-time play was halted for six minutes when Barrow’s Luca Stephenson left the pitch on a stretcher after another clash of heads.

Fletcher completed his hat-trick with a pinpoint header from Anthony Forde’s cross.

Farman denied Elliot Lee and Forde before full-time, while Barrow’s Dean Campbell hit a post.

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Fletcher goal #1#WxmAFC #Wrexham pic.twitter.com/rpNOFxUfOG

— Jason - WrexhamPhoenix (@WrexhamPhoenix) January 1, 2024

Fletcher goal #2#WxmAFC #Wrexham pic.twitter.com/eD1voGI7HE

— Jason - WrexhamPhoenix (@WrexhamPhoenix) January 1, 2024

Super Paul Mullin!#WxmAFC #Wrexham pic.twitter.com/GVKNrJ1FL5

— Jason - WrexhamPhoenix (@WrexhamPhoenix) January 1, 2024

And that’s a hat trick for Fletcher!!!#WxmAFC #Wrexham pic.twitter.com/IZMXgXoKdt

— Jason - WrexhamPhoenix (@WrexhamPhoenix) January 1, 2024