Southport 1(0) v (1)3 Kidderminster Harriers

Football Conference National - Hag Avenue - 23 March 2013

Attendance: 946

Individual Stats
Southport
Shots
Fouls
Off.
v Kidderminster
Shots
Fouls
Off.
 
On
Off
For
Ag
     
On
Off
For
Ag
 
Ben Smith 5 0[4] 0 0 0 0 [26/1] Danny Lewis 5 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Chalmers 5 0 0 1 1 0 [15/2] Lee Vaughan 6 1(1) 0 2 1 0
Chris Lever 5 0 0 0 1 0[3] Mickey Demetriou 5 0 0 1 0 0
Andy Parry 5 0 0 0 0 0 [5/30] Josh Gowling 5 0 0 1 1 0
Simon Grand 5 0 1 0 0 0 [6/22] Chey Dunkley 5 0 0 0 1 0
Alan Moogan 5 0 1 0 2 0 [16] Danny Jackman 6 1(1) 2 1 0 0
Shaun Whalley 5 0 1 0 3 0 [7/4] Kyle Storer 5 0 0 3 2 0
Godfrey Poku 5 0 0 3 4 0 [22/21] Keith Briggs 5 0 0 1 0 0
Danny Hattersley 6 1 0 2 0 1 [19/10] Anthony Malbon 7 2(1) 1 1 0 1
Andy Owens 5 0 1 0 1 0 [9/20] Michael Gash 6 1 0 0 3 4
Karl Ledsham 5 0 2 0 1 0 [8/26] Martin Devaney 6 1 1 0 0 0
Sean Clancy 5 0 0 1 0 0 [10/8] James Vincent 5 0 1 1 1 0
Chris Almond 5 0 0 2 0 0 [11/9] Ryan Rowe6 1 0 0 0 0
Neill Byrne     [14] Danny Pilkington 6 1(1) 0 2 0 0
Scott Kay 5 0 0 0 0 0 [21/18] Callum Gittings     
Zac Hibbert      [13/23] Nathan Vaughan     
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Southport 13 1 7 1 6
Kidderminster 9 5 8 8 5
GOALS
Southport Kidderminster
58 Danny Hattersley 43 Michael Gash
   86 Anthony Malbon
   90 Ryan Rowe
Formations
Southport
   Smith  
Chalmers Parry  Grand Lever
     
Whalley Poku  Moogan Ledsham
     
  Hattersley  Owens 
Kidderminster
   Lewis  
L. Vaughan Gowling  Dunkley Demetriou
     
  Storer Briggs Jackman 
     Devaney
  Malbon  Gash 
SUBSTITUTIONS
Southport Kidderminster
46 Almond Ledsham Almond to striker, Poku to centre midfield, Whalley to right central midfield.  Now 4-3-3. 66 Vincent Briggs Vincent to right central midfield, Storer to central midfield.
79 Kay Moogan Kay to left central midfield. 67 Pilkington Devaney Pilkington to winger.
82 Clancy Whalley Clancy to right central midfield. 86 Rowe Jackman Rowe to striker, Malbon to right central midfield, Vincent to central midfield, Storer to left central midfield.
BOOKINGS
Southport Kidderminster
   Storer 12 Foul
Dunkley 41 Foul
Gowling 79 Foul
 
Referee: Darren Handley (Manchester)
Match Report by St@tto

Harriers overcame difficult conditions and a stubborn Southport side to extend their lead at the top of the Conference.

Icy winds blowing in from the north east gave the feel of sub-zero temperatures and were strong enough that the team kicking into the wind struggled to get the ball out of their own half.

Steve Burr made two changes to the team that had won at Newport in midweek, bringing in Kyle Storer in place of James Vincent and Martin Devaney in place of Danny Pilkington. The manager signalled his attacking intentions, though, with a subs' bench that included no defenders.

There were early chances for Harriers when Devaney's cross evaded both Anthony Malbon and Michael Gash and then Malbon being denied by a well timed block by Simon Grand after he mis-controlled Mickey Demetriou's cross. After these, however, the home side began to take control of the game, adapting better to the conditions with the wind behind them.

Harriers took the lead two minutes before the break; Keith Briggs made a strong run at the centre of the home defence before sliding the ball to his right to the overlapping Lee Vaughan who saw his shot parried by Southport's debutant keeper Ben Smith only as far as Gash at the far post who lashed in his fifth goal in as many games.

Southport needed just twelve minutes of the second half to draw level; Danny Hattersley was allowed to run unchallenged for too long before hitting a dipping shot towards the top corner of the Harriers net.

The introduction midway through the second half of Pilkington and Vincent changed the game in Harriers' favour; Pilkington almost restored Harriers' advantage within five minutes of coming on, picking up Danny Jackman's pass on the left he cut inside and curled a shot towards the far post that Smith tipped away for a corner.

Harriers finally regained the lead four minutes from time; Gash on the right wing found Malbon in the inside right channel who curled a shot from 25 yards inside the far post. In the last minute the result was made safe when Pilkington's looping cross from wide on the right was only palmed out by Smith to the feet of Ryan Rowe who tucked in his eleventh goal of the season.

With Mansfield's game with Macclesfield postponed, Harriers' win moved them three points clear at the top of the league putting pressure on the chasing clubs to win their games in hand.