Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
v | Stevenage | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
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Off |
For |
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Jasbir Singh | [12/16] | Chris Day | ||||||||||
Duane Courtney | [2/25] | Ronnie Henry | ||||||||||
Lee Baker | [3] | Scott Laird | ||||||||||
Martin Riley | [6/5] | Jon Ashton | ||||||||||
Luke Prosser | [33/14] | Mark Roberts | ||||||||||
John Finnigan | [4/23] | Andy Drury | ||||||||||
Brian Smikle | [14/24] | Michael Bostwick | ||||||||||
Jack Byrne | [27/11] | Yemi Odubade | ||||||||||
Robbie Matthews | [21/20] | Chris Beardsley | ||||||||||
Chris McPhee | [7/9] | Charlie Griffin | ||||||||||
Darryl Knights | [10/13] | Joel Byrom | ||||||||||
Dean Bennett | [8/2] | Lawrie Wilson | ||||||||||
Tom Sharpe | [17] | Tim Sills | ||||||||||
James Lawrie | [25/18] | David Bridges | ||||||||||
Lloyd Kerry | [31/21] | Mitchell Cole | ||||||||||
Ross Atkins | [30/1] | Ashley Bayes |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
Kidderminster | Stevenage | ||
2 | Charlie Griffin | ||
62 | Joel Byrom |
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Kidderminster | Stevenage | ||||||
46 | McPhee to right midfield, Smikle to left midfield, Knights to striker. | 64 | Wilson | Odubade | Wilson to central midfield, Drury to right wing. | ||
71 | Lawrie | Knights | Lawrie to striker. | 69 | Bridges | Byrom | Bridges to left central midfield. |
71 | Kerry | Matthews | Kerry to right midfield, McPhee to striker. | 87 | Sills | Griffin | Sills to striker, Beardsley to left wing. |
Kidderminster | Stevenage | ||
Finnigan 37 Dissent Matthews 41 Dissent | Byrom 60 Foul Roberts 72 Foul | ||
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire) |
Stevenage took the three points that they needed to clinch the Conference title and promotion to the Football League with a comfortable win at Aggborough. Showing four changes to the side that drew at Hayes & Yeading two days earlier - Jasbir Singh, Duane Courtney, Robbie Matthews and Jack Byrne all restored to the starting line-up - Harriers got off to the worst possible start. Inside the first minute Singh was penalised for picking up a back-pass and from the indirect free kick inside the penalty area Scott Laird set up Charlie Griffin who rolled his shot inside Singh's right-hand post. Harriers had a fair amount of possession but the visitors were easily able to keep them at a safe distance from their goal. It was the Champions-elect who looked most likely to trouble the scorers again and they should have doubled their advantage on 19 minutes; a free-kick from deep on the right was headed goalwards by former Harrier Chris Beardsley, Singh made a great save to parry the ball and Griffin following up crashed a shot against the post. Byrne had a good chance to level the scores just four minutes into the second half; Darryl Knights' pass opened up the defence for him and allowed him a run into the penalty area but he blasted his hot high and wide. At the other end Andy Drury tried a long-range shot that bounced in front of Singh but as the pitch was hard bounced over the bar. Stevenage wrapped up the game moments later; Joel Byrom picked up the ball on the left, cut inside Courtney into the penalty area and curled a shot beyond Singh and just inside the far post. Finally, in the closing ten minutes Harriers came to life and tested Chris Day in the Borough goal. Chris McPhee's pass found Brian Smikle on the left, his cross to the far post fell to Lloyd Kerry who controlled the ball with one movement and hit a crisp shot with the next that Day beat away. A minute later another Smikle cross found James Lawrie who hit a shot straight at the keeper, the rebound hitting Mark Roberts in the face before being scrambled away to safety. With four minutes left Lawrie flicked on Singh's long clearance into the path of McPhee on the right but he dragged his shot wide of the far post. Stevenage's defence was able to stand firm to keep out the weak Harriers attack and maintain their impressive defensive record of only conceding two goals in the previous 12 games. The final whistle brought a welcome end to another disappointing afternoon for Harriers and spark celebrations among the traveling Stevenage support. |
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