Kidderminster Harriers 1(1) v (0)3 Mansfield Town

Football Conference National - Aggborough - 21 August 2010

Attendance: 1487

Individual Stats
Kidderminster
Shots
Fouls
Off.
v Mansfield
Shots
Fouls
Off.
 
On
Off
For
Ag
     
On
Off
For
Ag
 
Danny Lewis 5 0(2) 0 0 0 0[1] Alan Marriott 5 0(1) 0 0 0 0
Tom Shaw 7 1 0 0 1 0 [5/2] Gary Silk 5 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Williams 5 0 0 2 1 0 [3/17] Paul Stonehouse 5 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Briscoe 5 0 0 0 2 0 [16/6] Chris Smith 5 0 0 1 2(1p) 0
Marc Albrighton 5 0 0 1 2 0 [6/5] Steve Foster 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Byrne 6 1(1) 1 2 0 0 [11/8] Tyrone Thompson 5 1(1) 1 3 1 0
Dave Hankin 5 0 0 1 0 0[7] Louis Briscoe 6 0 0 0 2 0
Keith Briggs 6 0 1 1 2 0 [8/4] Gary Mills 5 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Wright 6 0 1 1 2 1 [14/23] Paul Connor 7 1(1) 1 1 0 1
Chris McPhee 5 0 1 2(1p) 0 0 [10/21] Keigan Parker 5 0 0 1 2 0
Callum Gittings 5 0 0 0 0 0 [18/11] Adam Smith 5 1(1) 1 1 2 0
Aaron Griffiths      [13/3] Kevin Sandwith 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Sharpe      [15/9] Rob Duffy 6 1 0 0 1 0
Matty Blair 5 0 0 0 0 1 [17/16] Tom Naylor     
Marc Williams 6 0 4 1 2(1h) 1 [29/22] Luke Medley 7 2 3 3 0 0
Andy Stevens      [33/25] Neil Collett     
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Kidderminster 12 3 6 2 8
Mansfield 11 1 3 7 7
GOALS
Kidderminster Mansfield
8 Tom Shaw (penalty) 54 Luke Medley
   56 Paul Connor
   90 Rob Duffy
Formations
Kidderminster
   Lewis  
Shaw Briscoe  Albrighton Williams
     
Hankin Briggs  Byrne Gittings
     
  Wright  McPhee 
Mansfield
   Marriott  
Silk C.Smith  Foster Stonehouse
     
Briscoe Mills  Thompson A.Smith
     
  Connor  Parker 
SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster Mansfield
46 Williams Gittings Marc Williams to striker, McPhee to left central midfield, Byrne to left midfield. 46 Medley Parker Medley to striker.
75 Blair McPhee Blair to left midfield, Byrne to left central midfield. 75 Duffy Connor Duffy to striker.
     84 Sandwith A. Smith Sandwith to left midfield.
BOOKINGS
Kidderminster Mansfield
Albrighton 65 Foul  Thompson 41 Foul 
Referee: Mark Heywood (Cheshire)
Match Report by St@tto

Poor defending from Harriers saw them throw away the lead and slip to their second home defeat in as many games.

Unchanged from the team that was beaten by Southport in midweek Harriers got off to a great start when Chris McPhee was bundled over in the penalty area after just seven minutes by Chris Smith; Tom Shaw stepped up to take the spot-kick and sent Alan Marriott the wrong way.

Harriers looked good in the early stages but failed to capitalise and increase their advantage.  They were soon pushed back by The Stags and just before the half-hour mark the visitors could have been level; Louis Briscoe made a good run on the right wing and crossed to the far post where former Harriers trialist Paul Connor was left unmarked but his header was straight at Danny Lewis who was able to fumble it around the post for a corner.

A short time later there was confusion in the Harriers penalty area as Mansfield pressed again, Lewis clawed the ball away from the goal but was unable to hold on to it and Keith Briggs hacked it away to safety.  On 38 minute sa long crossfield pass from Shaw picked out Jack Byrne who ran at the heart of the visiting defence before hitting a shot that Marriott did well to push away for a corner.  In the last minute of the half Adam Smith cut in from the left-hand side and hit a shot toward the top corner that pushed around the post.  From the resultant corner Gary Mills picked out a completely unmarked Briscoe who headed tamely at Lewis.

Mansfield brought on Luke Medley at the interval and his introduction changed the game, causing Harriers all sorts of problems.  On 53 minutes the substitute was in the right place at the right time as Adam Smith was allowed to run at the Harriers defence before crossing to the far post where Briscoe was on hand to head down for Medley to volley in from close range.

Two minutes later Mansfield were in front when Connor latched onto a long ball through the middle, knocked it past Lewis who had charged from his goal and rolled it into the empty net. Harriers fell apart now and looked likely to concede every time Mansfield attacked.  At the other end Harriers attacks were few and didn't really test Marriott in the Mansfield goal.  A cross from the left by Byrne flew across the face of goal just out of the reach of McPhee and Nick Wright.

Midway through the half the lively Medley saw a shot cleared off the goal line by Mike Williams and shortly afterwards was allowed a free run at goal with the Harriers defence backing off but fired his shot narrowly wide into the side neaten.  Inside the last ten minutes he broke clear of the Harriers defence but couldn't control his shot and blasted it high over the bar.

Marc Williams looked the most likely to bring Harriers back into the game on a number of occasions: a shot on the turn from Matty Blair's pass went inches past the post and he Wright got to the byline on the right and pulled the ball back to him he again fired wide.

In the last minute town completed the scoring when Medley got away on the left again and crossed low to the far post to set up a simple finish for Rob Duffy.