New boys Marsh and Randall on the mark as Chesterfield play out a thrilling draw with Barnet

Marsh, the new loan signing from Sheffield United, twice bagged equalisers against the unbeaten Bees before Randall, fresh in from Bolton Wanderers, came off the bench to head a stoppage time leveller as it ended 3-3.

It was an incredible ending to am absorbing contest and a good point against a dangerous team.

Earlier, the Spireites had been slow getting into their stride, not playing with the fluidity they had in midweek against Gillingham, and the most notable action of the early exchanges was a yellow card for Barnet boss Dean Brennan.

However his team were growing into the game when they took the lead on 29 minutes.

Home defenders seemed to stand off as Tom Knowles ghosted into the penalty area and then guided the ball beautifully past Lee Boot and into the top corner.

The lead should have been doubled soon after when Charlie Lakin made a mess of a one-on-one and the but t growing unease in the crowd was punctured by a wonderful equaliser on 39 minutes.

Marsh smashed a venomous shot in off the upright and suddenly Chesterfield sparked into life and pressed the visitors back.

Then, just as they looked like turning around at 1-1, Knowles played a ball in and Zac Williams got in go steer a header inside a post to put the Bees back in front.

Cook had stayed true to his word to rotate the squad more now there is more players at his disposal.

As well as Marsh, No.9 Fraser Bryden and centre-half Alfie Pond also came in for their first starts for Lee Bonis and Kyle McFadzean respectively.

The manager saw his team’s goal lead a charmed life at the start of the second half and it took the outstretched foot of Boot to stop Lakin making it 3-1.

Led up front by former high-scoring Spireite Kabongo Tshimanga and with many scoring threats, Barnet were looking very much like an unbeaten side.

That said, the scores should have been level again when Lewis Gordon steered wide at the far post from Romeao Hutton’s lovely ball in.

The leveller did arrive on 71 minutes though. Markanday’s stinging shot was parried and Marsh was on hand to gobble up the rebound.

The match hung in the balance and Adam Senior headed over from close in for Barnet.

Two more of this week’s loan signings, Kiano Dyer and Randall, were introduced late on and it was Chesterfield who finished the stronger before the game took another turn on 89 minutes,

The visitors made an incision down the left and Tshimanga was there to steer the ball low past Boot.

The SMH was stunned but there was one last twist.

In time added on Chesterfield broke down the right and substitute Bonis’s ball fell to Randall to gleefully head in.

Another sub, Koroma, might even have won it with a late drive before the final whistle blow on a terrific contest that leaves the Spireites with five points from their opening five games in League Two.

Chesterfield (4-2-3-1): Boot; Hutton, Pond, Simpson (capt), Gordon; Stirk, McEachran (Naylor 81); Markanday (Randall 86), Marsh (Dyer 81), Mandeville (Koroma 59); Bryden (Bonis 58)

Not used: Eccleston, Lamptey

Barnet: Cox, Collinge (capt), Senior, Williams, Knowles (Noel-Williams 68), Lakin, Ofoborh, Kanu, Comley (Maskell 74), Gallagher, Tshimanga (Wright 90)

Not used: Ashby-Hammond, Ajayi, Reeves,

Referee: Leigh Doughtey