| Worcester City 2(1) v (0)2 Kidderminster Harriers |
| Friendly - St George's Lane - 27 July 2002 |
| Attendance: 600(est.) |
| Worcester | v | Kidderminster |
| Danny McDonnell | 1 | Stuart Brock |
| Jon Holloway | 2 | Adie Smith |
| Paul Carty | 3 | Ian Joy |
| Carl Heeley | 4 | Lee Ayres |
| Mark Shail | 5 | Craig Hinton |
| John Snape | 6 | Danny Williams |
| Darren Middleton | 7 | Dean Bennett |
| David Foy | 8 | Sean Parrish |
| Mark Owen | 9 | Drewe Broughton |
| Adam Webster | 10 | Andy Ducros |
| Michael Blackwood | 11 | Matt Lewis |
| Marc Burrow | 12 | Bo Henriksen |
| Paul Wyatt | 13 | John Danby |
| Leon Jackson | 14 | Sam Shilton |
| Jamie Edwards | 15 | Daire Doyle |
| Grant Pinkney | 16 | Andy Corbett |
| Jon Shirley | 17 | - |
| GOALS | |||||
| Worcester | Kidderminster | ||||
| 9 | Adam Webster | 88 | Bo Henriksen | ||
| 54 | Jamie Edwards | 89 | Andy Corbett | ||
| SUBSTITUTIONS | |||||||
| Worcester | Kidderminster | ||||||
| 46 | Jackson | Middleton | 46 | Shilton | Ducros | ||
| 46 | Edwards | Blackwood | 46 | Doyle | Smith | ||
| 61 | Burrow | Shail | 57 | Henriksen | Lewis | ||
| 71 | Shirley | Holloway | 63 | Corbett | Broughton | ||
| 78 | Middleton | Owen | |||||
| 85 | Wyatt | McDonnell | |||||
| BOOKINGS | |||
| Worcester | Kidderminster | ||
| Referee: A.Penn | |||
| Match Report by St@tto |
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Two goals in the final three minutes by Bo Henriksen and Andy Corbett saved Harriers'
blushes at Worcester.
In uncormfortably warm conditions, the home team began the game brightly and prevented Harriers from getting their passing game working. In the opening twenty minutes it was City who had the best of the game and they took the lead after just eight minutes when Adam Webster capitalised on Stuart Brock's poor clearance that rebounded off Lee Ayres and took the ball around the stranded keeper and rolled it into the empty net. Former Harriers trialist Darren Middleton caused lots of problems for the Harriers defence, shortly before the half hour mark he set Webster free on the right whose low cross was almost turned into his own net by Lee Ayres. Ten minutes before the break Middleton spotted Brock off his line and almost lobbed him from on the touchline. Harriers did manage to do some attacking, the best chances fell first to Andy Ducros who saw his shot well saved by Danny McDonnell, and then from the resultant corner Drewe Broughton's header was cleared off the line by Paul Carty. Early in the second half Harriers fell further behind, Jamie Edwards chased a long ball out of defence and turned stand-in right back Daire Doyle inside out before curling a shot inside the far post. On the hour Harriers had another scare when Mark Owen hit the bar. The second period saw Harriers improve, however, and City were thankful for the performance of McDonnell in their goal. On 64 minutes he saved well from Andy Corbett, and four minutes later he clawed a Bo Henriksen header away after Carty had cleared off the line again, this time from Henriksen. The turning point came five minutes from the end when Worcester substituted McDonnell with Paul Wyatt. Within three minutes Harriers had pulled a goal back, Ian Joy crossed from the left to Henriksen at the far post who tucked his shot inside the near post. A minute later Henriksen was the provider as he set up Corbett who slotted home the equaliser under Wyatt from close range. City did have one last chance to snatch victory in stoppage time when Middleton beat Craig Hinton but shot over. |
