Morecambe | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
v | Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
||||
On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
|||||
Steven Drench 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [30/1] | John Danby 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Hardiker 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [24] | Johnny Mullins 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Howard 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [4/5] | Jonny Harkness 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chris Blackburn 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | [14/21] | Gavin Hurren 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Darran Kempson 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [12/6] | Daryl Burgess 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ged Brannan 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [25/8] | Terry Fleming 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Garry Thompson 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [11/15] | Simon Russell 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Perkins 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | [3/20] | Russ Penn 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Danny Carlton 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2(1h) | 0 | [15/14] | Gareth Sheldon 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Stuart Barlow 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | [19/10] | Lee Thompson 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Michael Twiss 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [7/11] | Michael Blackwood 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wayne Curtis 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [9] | Cayne Hanley 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Adriano Rigoglioso 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [10/12] | Laurie Wilson 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lee Dodgson | [16/17] | Wayne Graves | ||||||||||
Garry Hunter 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [17/18] | Francino Francis 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Davies | [13] | Daniel Lewis |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Morecambe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Morecambe | Kidderminster | ||||
32 | Michael Twiss | ||||
86 | Wayne Curtis |
|
|
Morecambe | Kidderminster | ||||||
68 | Curtis | Barlow | Curtis to left midfield, Twiss to striker. | 64 | Hanley | Sheldon | Hanley to striker. |
77 | Rigoglioso | Carlton | Rigoglioso to striker. | 64 | Francis | Thompson | Francis to striker. |
87 | Hunter | Perkins | Hunter to left central midfield, Brannan to right central midfield. | 75 | Wilson | Fleming | Wilson to left central midfield. |
Morecambe | Kidderminster | ||
Perkins 44 Foul Carlton 57 Unsporting Behaviour | Hurren 14 Unsporting Behaviour | ||
Referee: Andy Haines (Tyne & Wear) |
Sharpness in front of goal was the difference between the teams as Harriers were beaten by a goal in each half from play-off chasing Morecambe. Terry Fleming returned from suspension to take the place of Jake Sedgemore in the midfield, but offered no creativity, and Michael Blackwood came in to the side pushing Gareth Sheldon forward to replace Andy White who had been recalled from loan by Notts County. Surprisingly, given Morecambe's position in the league, they were not that much better than Harriers, but the game was not too exciting and had the air of an end-of-season encounter about it in much the same way Harriers' last game at Forest Green had. There was little goalmouth incident and it was not until midway through the half that Harriers created the best chance of opening the scoring; an excellent crossfield pass from Jonny Harkness found Lee Thompson in the inside right channel who broke clear but rather than shooting himself rolled the ball square to Sheldon who was slow to react with an open goal at his mercy and allowed Chris Blackburn to clear. Gavin Hurren also had a chance but headed wide at the far post from Harkness' left-wing corner. Morecambe took the lead just after half an hour when Harriers failed to deal with Stuart Barlow's low cross from the right and Michael Twiss was able to drill a low shot past John Danby into the bottom corner of the net. The Shrimps could have doubled their advantage early in the second half when Garry Thompson's free kick from deep on the left found Blackburn at the far post but he headed over. Harriers had a fair proportion of the possession in the second half but were unable to break down a well-drilled home defence. The introduction of youngsters Francino Francis and Cayne Hanley did little to improve Harriers' fortunes in front of goal although in truth they, like Thompson and Sheldon before them, were not given the service from midfield with neither Russ Penn or Fleming being creative players and wingers blackwood and Simon Russell not getting into the game enough. The game was put beyond Harriers' reach five minutes from time when Twiss slipped the ball through to substitute Wayne Curtis who was left in acres of space to fire across Danby from the edge of the penalty area to the far post. |
© 2000-2024 Andrew Frazier / KidderminsterHarriers.com. Smokin-Joe Web Design