Harriers continued their winning run with a narrow victory over
Paget that they made very hard work of achieving.
Paget suffered their third defeat in four games, but put up a brave
fight making Harriers work for everything that they could get. Harriers
had the best chance of the first half, Chris McHale set Nick Heath
free on the left and his cross was headed narrowly of the far post
by Lee Bowen. At the other end, Paget's best efforts were long
range shots from Tom Franklin.
The second half followed a similar pattern, Harriers had the best of
the possession but Paget battled hard to keep them at bay. It
was not until Harriers made a double substitution on 79 minutes that
they began to exert themselves, substitute Richard Langford forced
Carrick into a save, and then Robert Alman was foiled by the 'keeper.
Harriers eventually made the breakthrough in the last minute, Langford
rose highest to head a corner through a crowd of bodies and into
the net. Langford had another chance in stoppage time but Carrick
managed to grab his header just under the crossbar. Paget made a
desperate last ditch effort to equalise but Harriers held on to
take the points.
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