St@tto's Match Report - Kidderminster Harriers v Macclesfield Town 19 February 2002

Kidderminster Harriers 0(0) v (0)1 Macclesfield Town

Football League Division 3 - Aggborough - 19 February 2002

Attendance: 2256

Individual Stats
Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Macclesfield	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Stuart Brock 5	0(1)	0	0	0	0	[1/13]	Steve Wilson 8	0(6)	0	0	0	0
Ian Clarkson 6	0	0	0	1	0	[12/21]	Karl Munroe 5	0	0	1	0	0
Scott Stamps 7	1(1)	1	0	1	0	[3]	Danny Adams 5	0	0	0	1	0
Adie Smith 5	1(1)	1	0	1	0	[6/38]	Steve MacAuley 5	0	0	0	1	0
Craig Hinton 5	1(1)	0	0	1	0	[5]	Darren Tinson 6	0	0	0	1	0
Lee Ayres 5	0	0	0	0	0	[16/6]	Dave Ridler 6	0	0	1	0	1
Colin Larkin 5	0	1	0	1	0	[27/19]	Danny Whitaker 6	2(1,w)	1	1	3	0
Dean Bennett 5	0	1	1	0	0	[20/37]	Dave Smith 5	0	0	0	0	0
Drewe Broughton 5	2(1,w)	0	3	2	0	[9/15]	Ricky Lambert 5	0	0	1	0	1
Ian Foster 5	1	2	2	0	1	[10/25]	Matthew Tipton 6	1	2	0	0	1
Richie Appleby 6	1(1)	0	0	0	0	[29/4]	Chris Byrne 7	1	2	0	0	0
Daire Doyle 5	1(1)	3	1	2	0	[7]	Kyle Lightbourne 5	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Davies						[17/8]	Chris Priest 5	0	0	2	0	0
Matt Lewis 5	0	0	0	0	0	[23/10]	Lee Glover 5	0	1	2	0	2
Ian Joy 5	0	0	0	0	0	[25/16]	George Abbey
John Danby						[28/1]	Lee Martin

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Kidderminster	9	1	6	8	8
Macclesfield	7	5	8	4	6

GOALS
Kidderminster	Macclesfield
	60	Chris Byrne	The ball was played in from the left, Tipton with his back to goal laid it off to Bryne who fired it in off the post from the edge of the penalty area.

FORMATIONS
Kidderminster: (Red/Red/Red) 1 12-16-5-3 29-20-6 27-9-10	Macclesfield: (Blue/Blue/Blue) 13 21-5-38-6-3 19-37-4 15-25

SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster				Macclesfield
35	Doyle	Appleby	Doyle to right midfield.	26	Glover	Munroe	Glover to striker, Tinson to right back, MacAuley to right central defender, Adams to left back. Now 4-3-3.
79	Joy	Ayres	Joy to left midfield, Smith to right central defender.	72	Lightbourne	Tipton	Lightbourne to striker.
79	Lewis	Larkin	Lewis to striker.	78	Priest	Byrne	Priest to left midfield.

BOOKINGS
Kidderminster		Macclesfield
Larkin 13 Foul
Referee: P.Joslin (Newark)

Match Report by St@tto

Harriers' injury-hit side gave one of their worst performances of the season and can have no complaints about the final result.

A bright opening to the game saw Harriers on top and they should have been two or three goals ahead inside the first fifteen minutes. A string of chances were created by the Reds in dificult conditions but poor finishing let them down again. Richie Appleby and Adie Smith forced Steve Wilson into saves, Drewe Broughton hit the bar and Scott Stamps hit a free-kick into Wilson's arms.

Macclesfield's five man defence was being cut to shreds and manager David Moss made a tactical switch after just 25 minutes, removing Karl Munroe and replacing him with Lee Glover and changing his formation to the same 4-3-3 employed by Harriers. This killed the game dead, both sides cancelling each other out and the scoring chances dried up. Harriers were then dealt another blow when Richie Appleby pulled his hamstring again and limped off to be replaced by Daire Doyle making his first League appearance of the season.

The swirling wind and rain did not make life easy for the players, both sides struggled to keep their footing on the greasy surface and good football was difficult to produce. After the break Harriers' performance steadily deteriorated and they only managed to produce one shot on target but Ian Foster's effort was well blocked by Darren Tinson. Late on young Matt Lewis was brought on to replace the anonymous Colin Larkin but made little difference to Harriers' attack. Again Harriers lacked a leader on the field and will be desperate for the return of Danny Williams and Richie Appleby to the midifeld and Bo Henriksen to the attack.