St@tto's Match Report - Yeovil Town v Kidderminster Harriers 26 December 2003

Yeovil Town 1(0) v (1)2 Kidderminster Harriers

Football League Division 3 - Huish Park - 26 December 2003

Attendance: 5640

Individual Stats
Yeovil	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Chris Weale 5	0(2)	0	1	0	0	[1]	Stuart Brock 6	0(4)	0	1	0	0
Adam Lockwood 5	0	0	3	0	0	[2]	Adie Smith 5	0	1	0	0	0
Colin Pluck 5	0	0	1	1	0	[5/3]	Scott Stamps 5	0	0	0	1	0
Hugo Rodrigues 5	0	0	2	0	0	[12/5]	Craig Hinton 5	0	0	1	1	0
Terry Skiverton 5	0	0	0	0	1	[4/22]	Wayne Hatswell 6	0	0	1	2	0
Paul Terry 6	1(1)	0	1	1	1	[24/8]	Lee Jenkins 5	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Williams 5	0	1	2	1	0	[20]	Graham Ward 5	0	0	1	2	0
Lee Johnson 6	2(2)	0	4	1	1	[8/4]	Danny Williams 5	0	0	3	2	0
Kevin Gall 5	1	1	0	1	0	[9]	John Williams 7	2(1)	1	0	2	0
Kirk Jackson 5	0	1	0	2	0	[18/7]	Dean Bennett 5	1(1)	0	1	2	0
Nick Crittenden 5	0	1	1	0	0	[10/14]	Sean Parrish 6	1	0	0	4	1
Adam Stansfield 5	0	0	2	0	1	[7/6]	Matt Gadsby 6	0	0	0	1	0
Stephen Reed						[15/12]	Bo Henriksen
Jake Edwards 5	1(1)	0	0	0	2	[17/16]	Scott Rickards
Lee Elam 5	0	0	0	1	0	[22/25]	Andy White 5	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Collis						[13/15]	John Danby

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Yeovil	8	6	5	5	4
Kidderminster	17	1	2	4	2

GOALS
Yeovil			Kidderminster
59	Kevin Gall	Terry played the ball through the centre of the Harriers defence for Gall to chase and he lifted it over the advancing Brock.	45+	John Williams	Matt Gadsby got free on the right and crossed lowe to the far post where Williams was on hand to tap it in from close range.
			74	Sean Parrish	Hatswell took a free kidk on the right that beat the wall and reached Gadsby at the far post who fired it back across goal and Parrish just nipped in ahead of John Williams to turn it in.

FORMATIONS

Yeovil
		Weale
Lockwood	Rodrigues		Skiverton	Pluck

Williams	Johnson		Terry	Crittenden

	Gall		Jackson

Kidderminster
		Brock
Smith	Hinton		Hatswell	Stamps

Ward	D. Williams		Jenkins	Parrish
		Bennett
		J. Williams

SUBSTITUTIONS
Yeovil				Kidderminster
46	Edwards	Lockwood	Edwards to sgtriker, Skiverton to central defender, Pluck to left central defender. Now 3-4-3.	35	Gadsby	Smith	Gadsby to right central midfield, D. Williams to left central midfield, Jenkins to right back.
75	Elam	Crittenden	Elam to left midfield.	90+	White	J. Williams	White to striker.
80	Stansfield	Jackson	Stansfield to striker.

BOOKINGS
Yeovil		Kidderminster
Gall 15 Dissent Pluck 73 Foul Rodrigues 90+ Unsporting Behaviour		Hinton 15 Unsporting Behaviour J. Williams 90++ Unsporting Behaviour
Referee: G. Hegley

Match Report by St@tto

Harriers recorded a crucial away win, picking up three more points to keep them moving away from the relegation zone, and putting a dent in the promotion challenge of Yeovil ending their run of six consecutinve league wins at Huish Park.

Jan Molby made a number of changes to the team that had surrendered so easily to York City in the previous game; out went Andy White, Sam Shilton, Matt Gadsby and Steve Burton and in their places came Lee Jenkins for his debut, Graham Ward, Sean Parrish and John Williams. Despite the changes Harriers struggled to improve their performance early int he game, as did the hosts, because the first half was played in gale force winds and torrential rain that made decent football impossible. Harriers were lucky not to be reduced to ten men within the first fifteen minutes after Craig Hinton clashed with Kevin Gall; the Harriers man took exception to Gall kicking the ball away to prevent a free kick being taken and lashed out at him. The Yeovil striker went down as if he had been shot but referee Hegley only showed a yellow card to each player.

The home team had the first decent chance shortly afterwards, Kirk Jackson headed wide from Lee Johnson's right-wing cross. At the other end Adie Smith got forward at a corner but headed into the side netting. The conditions were keeping the number of scoring chances down and it was not until first-half stoppage time that Harriers took the lead: the ball went out to Gadsby, on as a sub for Smith, on the right wing and he whipped in a low cross to the far post where John Williams, unmarked, was able to tap the ball in from close range - although the standing water on the pitch almost kept it out of the net.

Yeovil drew level just before the hour mark, Paul Terry played a long ball out of defence straight through the middle of the Harriers rearguard for top scorer Gall to run on to. The striker beat the advancing Stuart Brock to the ball and managed to lift it over him as he slipped on the treacherous surface. As the game wore on it opened up more, the weather eased and the rain stopped, and both teams went in search of victory. Twenty minutes from time Harriers almost regained the lead; John Williams got free on hte right and his cross to the far post just evaded the reach of Parrish.

The winning goal came minutes later; Colin Pluck upended Graham Ward just outside the penalty area to give away a free kick in range for a Danny Williams shot. Wayne Hatswell surprised everyone by taking the kick instead and his shot beat the wall and reached Gadsby at the far post who steered the ball back across goal and Parrish got in just ahead of John Williams to turn it into the bottom corner.

A surging run from Dean Bennett created anothrer chance in the final ten minutes; he outpaced the defence and picked out John Williams on the right but his shot was hit straight at Weale. At the other end a Johnson free-kick from 30 yards tested Brock but it was hit straight at him and was easy to deal with. In the last minute Harriers had a scare when Hinton missed the ball allowing Adam Stansfield a run at goal; instead of shooting, however, he played the ball square towards Gall and Harriers somehow scrambled it clear. Brock came to the rescue again in stoppage time; another Johnson free-kick beat the wal and the keeper just got a hand to it to tip it onto the crossbar. Harriers scrambled it clear and managed to see out the rest of the time to take all of the points.