Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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Fouls |
Off. |
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On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
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Daniel Lewis 7 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [13] | Scott Howie 5 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Sedgemore 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [7/31] | Gavin Heeroo 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jonny Harkness 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [5/26] | Danny Bunce 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Burgess 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [6/21] | Michael Morrison 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Simon Rea 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [4/5] | Mark Peters 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gavin Hurren 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [21/23] | Simon Wolleaston 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Russ Penn 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [20/12] | Jon Brady 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1(h) | 0 |
Lee Thompson 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [10/28] | Richie Hanlon 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 1(h) | 0 |
Luke Reynolds 6 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [9/10] | Jamie Guy 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gareth Sheldon 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [14/30] | Craig Westcarr 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Terry Fleming 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [8/29] | Courtney Pitt 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2(1h) | 0 |
Michael McGrath 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [18/8] | David Bridges 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ashley Walker | [22/9] | Fola Onibuje 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jon Newby 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | [23/16] | Darren Quinton | |||||
Tom Byrne | [25/18] | Stephen Smith | ||||||||||
John Danby | [1/27] | Jamie Waite |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Cambridge | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Kidderminster | Cambridge | ||||
13 | Mark Peters | Own Goal |
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Kidderminster | Cambridge | ||||||
66 | Newby | Thompson | Newby to striker, Sedgemore to right midfield, Sheldon to left midfield, Hurren to right back, Harkness to left back, Rea to left central defender. Now 4-4-2. | 59 | Bridges | Hanlon | Bridges to right central midfield. |
90+ | McGrath | Reynolds | McGrath to striker. | 59 | Onibuje | Heeroo | Onibuje to striker, Peters to central defender, Bunce to left central defender. Now 3-4-3. |
Kidderminster | Cambridge | ||
Penn 39 Foul | |||
Referee: Ian Smedley (Derbyshire) |
An own goal from Mark Peters was enough for Harriers to win a scrappy game and guarantee Conference football at Aggborough for another season. Harriers maintained their hoodoo over Cambridge who have still not beaten them since a Southern League match in September 1959. There was a welcome return from suspension for Daryl Burgess while Gareth Sheldon and Lee Thompson came in to the starting line-up at the expense of Michael McGrath and Jon Newby with Ashley Walker also dropping down to the bench. The changes looked to have done the trick as Harriers started brightly and things could have been different had Luke Reynolds not blazed over the bar in the first fifteen seconds, bursting through the defence on the Harriers' right. Jonny Harkness' corner from the right set Harriers on the way to victory with Mark Peters heading into his own net past the stranded Scott Howie. United almost drew level straight away as confusion in the Harriers defence, Burgess and Simon Rea left a through ball for Dan Lewis who was slow coming out and Craig Westcarr poked his shot narrowly past the post. The game died a death as a spectacle from then on and there was little in the way of good football or goalmouth excitement for the rest of the half although a strong breeze didn't help matters. After the break the game continued in similar fashion; Cambridge had the lion's share of the possession although they didn't really trouble Lewis. Just after the hour Michael Morrison tried his luck from 30 yards out and saw his shot curl away from Lewis' left-hand post. Ten minutes later Lewis managed to grab the ball at the second attempt ahead of Robert Wolleaston after Westcarr had crossed low from the right. Fifteen minutes from the end Harriers managed their first shot on target, ex-United man Terry Fleming won the ball in midfield and hit a 25-yard drive that Howie held onto. In the closing stages Cambridge pressed hard for an equaliser, throwing on an extra striker and changing formation to 3-4-3; they went close to drawing level on a couple of occasions. A free kick from the left caused Lewis to flap and Sheldon had to clear off the line, the ball ran to Jamie Guy who fired into the side netting. At the other end a Harkness corner from the left begged to be put away as it flew just ahead of three Harriers heads. United had the last chance to score, Fola Onibuje received a pass through the inside-right channel, appeared to handle, and shot wide across the face of goal. |
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