Hull City 2(0) v (0)1 Kidderminster Harriers
Fotball League Division 3 - Boothferry Park - 27 August 2001
Attendance: 8835

 

Individual Stats
Hull Shots Fouls Off. v Kidderminster Shots Fouls Off.
 OnOffForAg   OnOffForAg 
Matt Glennon 6 0(2) 0 0 0 0 [14/1] Stuart Brock 6 0(4) 0 1 0 0
Mike Edwards 5 1(1) 0 1 0 0 [2/6] Adie Smith 5 0 0 0 1 0
Justin Whittle 4 0 0 0 1(1p) 0 [4/3] Scott Stamps 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nicky Mohan 5 0 0 0 2 0 [28/24] Mark Blake 7 0 0 3 3 1
Ian Goodison 5 0 1 4 1 0 [12/5] Craig Hinton 5 0 0 0 1 0
Theo Whitmore 7 1(1) 0 0 0 0 [23/16] Lee Ayres 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Greaves 6 1(1) 0 1 2 1 [5/19] Tony Bird 8 3(1,1w) 0 0 2 0
Julian Johnsson 5 0 0 0 1 0 [15/8] Danny Williams 5 0 0 1 1 0
David Beresford 7 1 0 3 1 0 [11/9] Drewe Broughton 6 0 0 2 1 4
Lawrie Dudfield 6 0 1 1 1 1 [8/20] Dean Bennett 5 1 1 0 1 0
Gary Alexander 7 3(1) 1 2 2 2 [9/11] Sam Shilton 6 2(1) 1 1 1 1
David Lee 5 0 0 0 0 0 [6/10] Ian Foster 5 0 0 0 1 0
Rodney Rowe 5 0 0 0 0 0 [10/14] Andy Ducros          
Rob Matthews           [20/17] Ben Davies          
Ben Petty 5 0 0 0 0 0 [29/21] Stewart Hadley 5 0 0 1(1p) 0 1
Paul Musselwhite           [1/13] Brendan Murphy          
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Hull 11 4 5 7 3
Kidderminster 13 7 3 6 2
GOALS
Hull Kidderminster
52 Gary Alexander Dudfield broke free on the right and his cross into the penalty area found an unmarkedd Alesander who headed in from 6 yards 81 Tony Bird Penalty to the keeper's right, with Glennon diving the wrong way.
92 Gary Alexander The Harriers defence stood and allowed a long throw from the right to travel all the way to the far post unchallenged where Alexander turned it in.      
FORMATIONS

Hull: (Orange/Black/Black)
1
2-4-28-12
23-5-15-11
8-9

Kidderminster: (Red/Red/Red)
1
6-16-5-3
19-8-24-11
20-9

SUBSTITUTIONS
Hull Kidderminster
83 Petty Whitmore Petty to right central defender, Dudfield to right midfield. Now 4-4-1 22 Foster Ayres Foster to right midfield, Bird to right back, Smith to right central defender.
90 Lee Greaves Lee to right central midfield. 46     Bennett to right central midfield, Williams to central midfield. Now 4-5-1.
92 Rowe Dudfield Rowe to right midfield. 69 Hadley Broughton Hadley to striker.
BOOKINGS
Hull Kidderminster
Greaves 72 Foul
Alexander 80 Dissent
Whittle 80 Professional Foul Broughton 15 Dissent
Williams 45 Foul
Bird 77 Foul
 
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Match Report
After winning their previous match in stoppage time, it was Kidderminster's turn to suffer a last-gasp goal.

After surviving an early onslaught by the Tigers, Harriers took the sting out of the game and the home crowd and were deservedly level at the break. Both teams had created chances, Stuart Brock saved well from both Greaves and Whitmore, while Tony Bird rattled the crossbar with a 25 yard free-kick. Having lost young Lee Ayres to injury a forced reshuffle left Bird at right back and Foster wide on the right of midfield.

After the break the game continued to ebb and flow in an even manner, but Harriers will be disappointed with the goal that gave City the lead. Former Kettering starlet Lawrie Dudfield evaded Sam Shilton's challenge on the wing and crossed into the danger area for Alexander who was completely unmarked and could not fail to score with his close range header.

This setback knocked the wind out of Harriers for some time and they almost found themselves two down after 76 minutes when Alexander turned in Dudfield's wayward shot but was ruled offside. Harriers did not give up, however, and Tony Bird went close with another free-kick which Glennon was forced to turn around the post.

Kidderminster kept pressing and were thrown a lifeline when Justin Whittle brought down Stewart Hadley from behind when the Harriers striker was clear on goal and about to shoot. Bird steppped up and calmly sent Glennon the wrong way with the spot kick. The goal brought a spark back into Harriers' play and they created several chances in the closing minutes which they could not convert and then deep into stoppage time sloppy defending cost them dearly when they allowed a long throw to travel across the face of goal unchallenged to Alexander who turned it in at the far post.