Kidderminster Harriers 0(0) v (0)0 Braintree Town

FA Trophy Round 3 - Aggborough - 3 February 2007

Attendance: 1543

Individual Stats
Kidderminster
Shots
Fouls
Off.
v Braintree
Shots
Fouls
Off.
 
On
Off
For
Ag
     
On
Off
For
Ag
 
Scott Bevan 6 0(1) 0 0 0 0 [1] Nick Morgan 7 0(4) 0 0 0 0
Jeff Kenna 6 0 1 0 0 0 [2/6] Steve Good 5 0 0 0 1 0
Jonny Harkness 7 1(1) 1 0 1 0 [3] Mark Jones 5 0 0 1 0 0
Stuart Whitehead 6 0 0 0 1 0 [6/5] Russell Edwards 5 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Creighton 6 1(1) 3 2 3 0 [5/4] Olli Adedeji 5 0 0 2 3 0
Jake Sedgemore 5 0 0 1 1 0 [7/11] Louis Riddle 5 0 1 1 3 0
Brian Smikle 6 1(w) 1 1 1 0 [18/7] Robbie Martin 5 0 2 1 1 0
Simon Russell 6 1 0 1 1 0 [15/2] Billy Burgess 5 0 0 2 0 0
Andy White 5 1(1) 0 0 1 0 [9/10] Bertie Brayley 5 0 0 1 1 3
James Constable 5 0 5 4 1 0 [26/9] James Baker 5 0 1 4 1(h) 2
Michael Blackwood 7 1(1) 0 3 0 0 [11/8] James Hawes 5 1(1) 0 0 2 0
Luke Reynolds 5 0 0 1 0 0 [14/12] Dean Bradshaw 5 0 0 0 1 0
Michael McGrath 5 0 0 0 2 0 [17/14] Chris Sullivan      
Scott Eaton       [19/15] Ashley Harewood      
Neil Howarth       [20/16] Liam Bailey      
Steve Taylor       [13/17] Ryan Sutton      
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Kidderminster 12 0 9 6 11
Braintree 14 5 1 1 4
Formations
Kidderminster
   Bevan   
Kenna Whitehead   Creighton Harkness
     
Smikle Russell   Sedgemore Blackwood
     
  White   Constable  
Braintree
   Morgan   
Good Edwards   Adedeji Jones
     
Martin Burgess   Riddle Hawes
     
  Brayley   Baker  
SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster Braintree
20    Russell to right midfield, Smikle to right central midfield. 90+ Bradshaw Good  
68 Reynolds White Reynolds to striker.     
86 McGrath Kenna McGrath to right central midfield, Smikle to right back.     
BOOKINGS
Kidderminster Braintree
McGrath 90+ Foul   Hawes 71 Foul  
Referee: David Robinson (West Yorkshire)
Match Report by St@tto

Harriers face an unwanted midweek trip to deepest Essex after the massed ranks of Braintree defenders thwarted their attempts to make a breakthrough and ended their eight-game winning streak.

Harriers were without key players Russ Penn (suspended), Iyseden Christie and Gavin Hurren (both injured) and as a result lacked their normal drive and spark and gave a thoroughly lacklustre display.  Even so, dour as the game was, the home team had enough chances to win the game and were rarely threatened by their lower league visitors who set out their stall to return home with a draw.

James Constable should have fired Harriers ahead on 19 minutes after Simon Russell's pass had split the Town defence open and put in Brian Smikle who got to the byline on the right and pulled the ball back to the far post where constable fired over the bar.  Andy White went close soon afterwards, receiving the ball from Michael Blackwood he flicked it up and hit a 25-yard volley that Nick Morgan did well to keep out.  A neat passing move between Jonny Harkness, Jeff Kenna and Russell ended with Smikle getting in a snap-shot that hit the side netting.

Just past the hour mark Braintree had their best chance of the game; a ball through the inside left channel split Harriers apart and set James Hawes clear on goal but Scott Bevan stood up and kept the shot out with an outstretched arm and Harkness was on hand to get rid of the loose ball.

At the other end a run from Blackwood through the middle of the Braintree defence ended with a 25-yard shot that Morgan spilled at the expense of a corner.  The last good chance for Harriers came with 20 minutes left; Harkness crossed from the left and picked out Smikle who grazed the bar with a diving header.  The visitors were by now defending with most, if not all, men behind the ball and frustrated Harriers in their attempts to snatch a winner.