St@tto's Match Report - Kidderminster Harriers v Shrewsbury Town 18 March 2003

Kidderminster Harriers 2(0) v (2)2 Shrewsbury Town

Football League Division 3 - Aggborough - 18 March 2003

Attendance: 3284

Individual Stats
Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Shrewsbury	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Fraser Digby 5	0(1)	0	0	0	0	[18/33]	Mark Cartwright 5	0(4)	0	0	0	0
Adie Smith 6	1(1)	2	2	0	0	[6/2]	Darren Moss 5	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Shilton 5	0	0	0	0	0	[11/15]	Jason van Blerk 5	0	0	0	3	0
Wes Morgan 7	0	0	2	2(1h)	0	[2/30]	David Artell 5	0	0	0	1	0
Dion Scott 5	0	0	1	0	0	[25/8]	Mark Atkins 5	0	0	1	0	0
Craig Hinton 6	0	0	1	1	0	[5]	Matt Redmile 5	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Melligan 5	0	3	2	0	0	[24/4]	Jamie Tolley 5	0	0	1	0	0
Danny Williams 6	1(1)	2	3	1	0	[4/20]	Ian Woan 7	0	0	0	4(1h)	0
Drewe Broughton 8	4(2)	2	1	1(1h)	2	[9]	Luke Rodgers 7	1	1	2	1	3
Andy Bishop 8	0	6	0	1	3	[27/10]	Nigel Jemson 5	0	0	1	2	0
Sean Flynn 5	0	3	1	2	0	[21/12]	Peter Wilding 6	1	0	0	2	0
Scott Stamps						[3/6]	Karl Murray
Sean Parrish						[8/7]	Steve Jagielka 6	1(1)	0	0	0	0
Ian Foster						[10/11]	Sam Aiston 5	0	0	1	1	0
Lee Ayres						[16]	Ian Stevens
Stuart Brock						[1/17]	Ryan Lowe	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Kidderminster	8	5	11	6	18
Shrewsbury	14	3	2	3	1

GOALS
Kidderminster			Shrewsbury
62	Drewe Broughton	Bishop turned two defenders inside out on the right and crossed into the middle for Broughton to turn in from close range.	7	Peter Wilding	Met Woan's free kick from the left with a glancing header into the far corner from the edge of the penalty area.
67	Drewe Broughton	Melligan found Bishop on the right and his cross-shot was turned in from close range by Broughton at the far post.	15	Luke Rodgers	Woan found Rodgers on the left who cut inside Morgan and tucked a low shot into the bottom corner from 18 yards.

FORMATIONS

Kidderminster
		Digby
	Morgan	Scott	Hinton
Smith				Shilton
	Melligan	Williams	Flynn

	Broughton		Bishop

Shrewsbury
		Cartwright
	Artell	Atkins	Redmile
Moss				van Blerk
	Tolley	Woan	Wilding

	Rodgers		Jemson

SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster	Shrewsbury
	22	Jagielka	Tolley	Jagielka to right central midfield.
	79	Aiston	Wilding	Aiston to left wing back.
	90+	Lowe	Rodgers	Lowe to striker.

BOOKINGS
Kidderminster		Shrewsbury
Melligan 36 Dissent		Jemson 73 Foul
Referee: R.Olivier

Match Report by St@tto

The second Worcestershire-Shropshire derby of the season ended all square after a typical "game of two halves", the visitors taking an early two goal lead only to be pegged back after the break.

After a cagey opening Shrewsbury took the lead on 7 minutes, Ian Woan's free kick on the left was met with a glancing header by Peter Wilding that guided the ball beyond the reach of Fraser Digby and into the far corner. Harriers had a good chance to hit back within two minutes, Adie Smith got to the byline on the right and crossed to the far post where JJ Melligan headed over with the goal at his mercy and Andy Bishop better positioned behind him to take the shot.

Woan was the instigator of the second goal after 14 minutes, his pass sprayed out to the left wing from the centre circle found Luke Rodgers who cut inside Wes Morgan and tucked a shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area. Five minutes later Kidderminster wasted another chance, good work by Danny Williams set Melligan free on the right but his low cross to the near post was steered just wide by Bishop.

After the break Kidderminster came out the stronger team and thought that they had been handed a lifeline on 57 minutes when referee Olivier pointed to the penalty spot after seeing a hand strike the ball. The Shrewsbury players surrounded him protesting and persuaded him to consult his linesman who pointed out that it was Morgan's hand and not that of Wilding that had hit the ball and a free kick was awarded to the visitors instead.

Fired up, the home team attacked in waves and their persistence paid off after 61 minutes when Bishop turned two defenders inside out and crossed for Drewe Broughton to turn the ball in from close range. Five minutes later the scores were level, Melligan set up Bishop who's cross-shot from the right was again turned in by Broughton.

As the game wore on Harriers created chance after chance and looked certain to snatch the points. In the last ten minutes Broughton headed wide from a Melligan corner; Bishop saw a 20 yard shot fly over the bar; Williams had a shot tipped over the bar by Mark Cartwright; and with the last action of the game Broughton headed Sean Flynn's cross weakly at Cartwright and the game ended all square.