Kidderminster | Shots |
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v | Gateshead | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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Danny Lewis | [1] | Tim Deasy | ||||||||||
Lee Vaughan | [2/24] | Michael Kay | ||||||||||
Mike Williams | [3] | Paul Heckingbottom | ||||||||||
Michael Briscoe | [16/5] | James Curtis | ||||||||||
Ollie Thorne | [22/6] | Ben Clark | ||||||||||
Jack Byrne | [11/8] | Phil Turnbull | ||||||||||
Matt Blair | [17/7] | Martin Brittain | ||||||||||
Keith Briggs | [8/4] | Kris Gate | ||||||||||
Chris McPhee | [10/19] | Gary Mulligan | ||||||||||
Marc Williams | [29/9] | Jon Shaw | ||||||||||
Callum Gittings | [18/11] | Craig Nelthorpe | ||||||||||
Tom Shaw | [5/2] | Craig Baxter | ||||||||||
Mark Albrighton | [6/12] | Andy Ferrell | ||||||||||
Lee Morris | [9/18] | Nathan Fisher | ||||||||||
Nick Wright | [14/21] | James Marwood | ||||||||||
Andy Stevens | [33/20] | Mark Cook |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
Gateshead | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Kidderminster | Gateshead | ||
52 | Jack Byrne | 8 | Martin Brittain (penalty) |
75 | Matt Blair |
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Kidderminster | Gateshead | ||||||
42 | Albrighton | Thorne | Albrighton to left central defender. | 57 | Fisher | Mulligan | Fisher to striker. |
69 | Wright | Ma. Williams | Wright to striker, Blair to left midfield, Gittings to right midfield. | 68 | Marwood | Nelthorpe | Marwood to left midfield. |
90 | Shaw | Gittings | Shaw to right midfield. | 82 | Ferrell | Brittain | Ferrell to left midfield, Marwood to attacking midfield, Gate to right midfield. |
Kidderminster | Gateshead | ||
Thorne 39 Foul | Heckingbottom 24 Foul Shaw 35 Foul Curtis 61 Foul | ||
Referee: Paul Graham (Manchester) |
Two second half goals helped Harriers come from behind to beat Gateshead and end a two-game losing streak in front of the lowest crowd - just 937 - at Aggborough for a league games since Stalybridge Celtic were the visitors in September 1993. Following two disappointing defeats on the road Harriers needed to get back to winning ways but that didn't look likely as they fell behind to a penalty from former Harrier Martin Brittain after just seven minutes; Ollie Thorne fouled Kris Gate and Brittain took the spot-kick sending it just beyond the reach of Danny Lewis. The first half was a poor spectacle from both sides with Harriers struggling in front of goal particularly. Midway through the half Jon Shaw was allowed to turn and shoot but Michael Briscoe was on hand to header clear at the expense of a corner. At the other end Mike Williams' pass set Jack Byrne free on the left, he pulled the ball back to skipper Keith Briggs who blasted his shot out of the stadium. Before the interval Matt Blair found Chris McPhee wit a cross from the right but his header looped over onto the roof of the net while for Gateshead Brittain's 25-yard free-kick beat the wall but was held by Lewis.. A half-time rollicking seemed to do the trick for Harriers and they found an extra gear in the second half. first, though, Shaw pounced on a poor defensive header only to see his shot hit the far post and rebound to safety. The equaliser came on 52 minutes; Keith Briggs setting up Jack Byrne to score with an angled shot across the face of goal. Briggs was the provider again for the winning goal fifteen minutes from the end; a good passing move put the captain in a good position on the right, his low cross to the far post finding Blair who had an easy tap-in his first goal in a Harriers shirt. In the closing stages Harriers could have made the victory more comfortable with a number of good chances. On 80 minutes a long ball through the middle of the visitors' defence set Nick Wright clear, he clipped the ball neatly over Tim Deasy but Michael Kay was on the line to clear. Three minutes later Blair ran free through the inside-left channel and picked out Wright who fired wide across the face of goal and in the last minute Byrne's left wing cross found Callum Gittings at the far post but he fired narrowly wide of Deasy's left-hand post. |
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