Queens Park Rangers 2(0) v (0)0 Kidderminster Harriers
LDV Vans Trophy Round 1 - Loftus Road - 14 October 2003
Attendance: 3671

Individual Stats
QPRShotsFoulsOff.vKidderminsterShotsFoulsOff.
 OnOffForAg   OnOffForAg 
Nick Culkin 5 00000[13/1]Stuart Brock 5 0(3)0000
Warren Barton 600100[20/19]Kenny Coleman 6 00000
Gino Padula 7 00100[3]Scott Stamps 5 00120
Terrell Forbes 6 00100[2]Adie Smith 5 00110
Arthur Gnohere 6 10110[24/5]Craig Hinton 5 00310
Marc Bircham 5 0033(1h)1[8/4]Danny Williams 6 00130
Eric Sabin 5 01220[12/20]Graham Ward 5 00100
Marcus Bean 5 00430[17/6]Matt Gadsby 7 00020
Richard Pacquette 6 2(1)323(1h)2[15/9]John Williams 5 01120
Dennis Oli 5 1(1)2001[18/8]JJ Melligan 6 01322
Martin Rowlands 6 12021[14/11]Sam Shilton 5 00120
Steve Palmer 5 00000[4/7]Dean Bennett 5 00100
Tony Thorpe 5 00011[9/14]Sean Parrish 5 01000
Kevin Gallen 5 1(1)0002[10/17]Matt Lewis 5 00001
Gareth Ainsworth     [11/18]Adam Willis     
Paul Furlong     [29/24]Rob Betts     
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
QPR 158268
Kidderminster 151203
GOALS
QPRKidderminster
40 Richard Pacquette QPR made a quick break on the right, Sabin evaded the challenge of Hinton and pulled the ball back to the near post where Pacquette arrived to steer it inside the far corner.      
81 Arthur Gnohere Padula's corner from the right found an unmarked Gnohere at the far post who was able to head in from six yards out.      
FORMATIONS
QPR
  Culkin  
BartonForbes GnoherePadula
     
SabinBean BirchamRowlands
     
 Pacquette Oli 
Kidderminster
  Brock  
ColemanSmith HintonStamps
     
WardGadsby D. WilliamsShilton
  Melligan  
  J .Williams  
SUBSTITUTIONS
QPRKidderminster
46     Rowlands to right midfield, Sabin to left midfield. 55 Bennett Shilton Bennett to left midfield.
73 Gallen Oli Gallen to striker. 71 Parrish Gadsby Parrish to left midfield, Bennett to left central midfield, Danny Williams to right central midfield.
73 Thorpe Pacquette Thorpe to striker. 80 Lewis Melligan Lewis to striker.  Now 4-4-2.
80 Palmer Bircham Palmer to left central midfield.        
BOOKINGS
QPRKidderminster
       
Referee: I. Williamson
Match Report by St@tto
Harriers suffered their first-ever First Round exit in the LDV Vans Trophy after being outclassed by a slick Queens Park Rangers side who played well within themselves and with the confidence of a team second in their league.
 
Hampered by the loss of Bo Henriksen to an achilles injury before the game, Ian Britton had his attacking options even more limited than usual and changed formation to a 4-4-1-1 with loanee JJ Meligan playing in the space between the midfiel and lone striker John Williams.  Craig Hinton also made a return to the side in place of captain Adam Willis and took over the captain's armband from him.
 
In an eerie, deserted, stadium Rangers started in lively fashion making quick, incisive attacks using the pace of their two front men to good advantage.  After nine minutes Dennis Oli was the first to threaten Stuart Brock's goal, receiving the ball from the right and sweeping a shot across the face of goal and just wide of the far post.  Harriers were not overawed, however, and showed a little promise in their build up play, Scott Stamps amde a good attack bringing the ball forward out of defence but instead of shooting when he had a sight of goal he fed the ball to Melligan who dragged the ball wide.  After 20 minutes Harriers had another good opportunity when QPR debutant Warren Barton made a weak backpass toward his goalkeeper Nick Culkin that Melligan pounced on but before he could get a shot in he was denied by a good tackle from Terrel Forbes.
 
The speed of Rangers' attack was evident again just before the half hour mark when Harriers had a free kick in a good attacking position, the kick was cleared to Oli who outpaced the Harriers defence but shot weakly at Brock.  The opening goal came shortly before the interval, and once more it was the pace of the home team that was key, Eric Sabin made a break on the right evading a challenge from Hinton that would have been successful against a Division Three player and pulled the ball back to Richard Pacquette who steered it across Brock and inside the far post.  In the last minute of the half Harriers made another incursion into home territory when Matt Gadsby brought the ball out of midfield and set up Melligan but again he was quickly stopped by a good tackle from Arthur Gnohere.
 
Harriers best chance of the game came ten mintes after the interval, Melligan had the ball on the right and whipped a good early cross into the danger area but Sam Shilton making a late arrival couldn't quite connect with it.  QPR took control of the game, playing well within themselves and holding down any possible Harriers comeback and it was not until midway through the half that the visitors threatened again.  A deep free kick from Graham Ward almost picked out an unmarked Gadsby in the penalty area but the midfielder failed to make a connection with tha ball and the danger went away.
 
To emphasise the gap in class Rangers made a doulble substitution takning off the impressive Oli and Pacquette and replacing them with their first choice strikeforce of Kevin Gallen and Tony Thorpe.  It was a defender, however, who finished the game off; Gino Padula's corner from the right swung across the face of the six yard box with the Harriers defence watching like statues and Gnohere rose unchallenged at the far post to head home.  The lively Martin Rowlands created another chance eight minutes from the end passing through the Harriers backline to Gallen who shot straight at Brock.  In the last minute Harriers managed their first shot of the half, Sean Parrish curled a shot from the corner of the penalty area just wide of the far post.  In stoppage time there was one final chance for the visitors to get a consolation goal, Padula made a rare slip allowing Dean Bennett to get past him but once in the penalty area he fell just as he was about to pull the ball across the goalmouth towards Matt Lewis.
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