St@tto's Match Report - Oxford United v Kidderminster Harriers 12 April 2003

Oxford United 2(1) v (1)1 Kidderminster Harriers

Football League Division 3 - The Kassam Stadium - 12 April 2003

Attendance: 6820

Individual Stats
Oxford	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Andy Woodman 5	0(2)	0	0	0	0	[1]	Stuart Brock 5	0(1)	0	0	0	0
Scott McNiven 5	0	0	0	1	0	[2/7]	Dean Bennett 7	0	0	1	3	0
Matt Robinson 6	2(1)	0	4	1	0	[11]	Sam Shilton 5	0	1	2	0	0
Paul McCarthy 6	1	0	2	1(1h)	0	[29/6]	Adie Smith 6	1(1)	0	0	0	0
Andy Crosby 6	0	0	0	1	0	[5/25]	Dion Scott 5	0	0	2	0	0
Matt Bound 5	0	0	1	0	0	[18/5]	Craig Hinton 5	0	0	3	0	0
Dave Savage 5	0	1	0	0	0	[4/24]	JJ Melligan 6	1(1)	1	3	0	0
Dave Waterman 5	0	0	2	2	0	[6/4]	Danny Williams 7	0	0	0	4	0
Andy Scott 5	0	1	0	4(1h)	2	[10/27]	Andy Bishop 6	0	0	1	0	1
Dominic Foley 5	0	0	1	6(2h)	2	[28/12]	Bo Henriksen 7	1	2	0	2	2
Bobby Ford 6	0	0	0	0	0	[21]	Sean Flynn 6	0	1	2	1	0
Chris Hackett 5	0	0	0	0	0	[7/3]	Scott Stamps
Dean Whitehead 5	0	0	1	3	0	[12/8]	Sean Parrish
Manny Omoyimni 6	1	0	0	0	1	[14/9]	Drewe Broughton 5	0	0	0	1	0
David Oldfield						[22/14]	Hugh McAuley
Roy Hunter						[27/13]	John Danby

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Oxford	19	5	7	4	2
Kidderminster	11	3	8	3	5

GOALS
Oxford			Kidderminster
37	Paul McCarthy	A corner on the right was played short to McNiven who crossed low to the centre of the penalty area where McCarthy was able to turn and sweep it into the bottom corner.	44	Bo Henriksen	Shilton's right wing corner was knocked down at the far post by Bishop and stabbed in from close range by Henriksen.
88	Manny Omoyimni	Received a pass through the centre of the defence and held off Scott before slotting the ball under Brock.

FORMATIONS

Oxford
		Woodman
	McCarthy	Crosby	Bound
McNiven				Robinson
	Savage	Waterman	Ford

	Scott		Foley

Kidderminster
		Brock
	Smith	Scott	Hinton
Bennett				Shilton
	Melligan	Williams	Flynn

	Bishop		Henriksen

SUBSTITUTIONS
Oxford				Kidderminster
46	Whitehead	Savage	Whitehead to right central midfield.	81	Broughton	Bishop	Broughton to striker.
59	Omoyimni	Foley	Omoyimni to striker.
83	Hackett	McNiven	Hackett to right wing back.

BOOKINGS
Oxford		Kidderminster
Waterman 9 Foul McCarthy 45+ Handball		Bennett 79 Foul Henriksen 82 Foul
Referee: I. Williamson

Match Report by St@tto

Harriers' play-off hopes were dealt a major blow by Oxford's last-gasp winner from substitute Manny Omoyimni that gave the home team a win that they didn't deserve.

Harriers started the game as they had played much of the previous one against Hartlepool and were quickly on the attack. After just three minutes Dean Bennett broke free on the right wing and his cross to the far post just evaded the outstretched leg of Bo Henriksen. Eight minutes later Harriers had an even better chance to open the scoring, a deep cross from the left found an unmarked JJ Melligan at the far post but he headed straight at Andy Woodman in the United goal.

The two teams were well matched and after Harriers' bright opening the home team came back into the game and the play became quite scrappy and bogged down in midfield. The home team then took the lead ten minutes before the interval when Harriers were unable to adequately defend a corner. Bobby Ford took the corner playing it short to Scott McNiven who crossed low to Paul McCarthy just inside the penalty area who had time to turn and sweep a low shot just inside Stuart Brock's right-hand post.

Harriers soon hit back and levelled the scores two minutes before the break. Sam Shilton's right wing corner was headed down at the far post by Andy Bishop and Henriksen was on hand to stab in his 20th goal of the season. In stoppage time at the end of the half Harriers had the ball in the net again, Bennett's cross-shot was turned in by Henriksen but the Dane had been flagged offside.

After the break the game continued in similar fashion with the play centred around the midfield area. Harriers were stopping Oxford from playing the way they wanted and the home team were forced to resort to numerous long balls. Andy Crosby saved the home team after 56 minutes, Sean Flynn played a good ball through the middle of the Oxford defence to Henriksen but Crosby made a perfectly timed tackle just as the Harriers man was about to shoot.

At the other end Danny Williams pulled out a similar save to keep Oxford at bay blocking Matt Robinson's shot to concede a corner after Ford had got away on the right to create the chance. As the game drew to a close and Harriers looked set to hold on for point Craig Hinton was caught in possession by United's Andy Scott who set free sub Manny Omoyimni and he outpaced the sluggish Dion Scott to slot a shot under the advancing Brock and win the game for the home team.