Luton Town 6(1) v (0)0 Kidderminster Harriers

Football Conference National - Kenilworth Road - 28 December 2013

Attendance: 8488

Individual Stats
Luton	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Mark Tyler 7	0[3]	0	0	0	0	[1]	Danny Lewis 5	0[5]	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Henry 6	0	0	0	1	0	[25/2]	Lee Vaughan 5	0	0	2	2	0
Scott Griffiths 7	1	0	1	0	0	[12/16]	Danny Jackman 5	0	0	1	1(h)	0
Steve McNulty 5	0	1	0	1	0	[5/6]	Chey Dunkley 4	0	0	1	2(1p)	0
Joe Davis 5	0	1	0	0	0	[19/30]	Josh Gowling 5	0	0	0	0	0
Pelly Ruddock-Mpanzu 5	0	0	2	1	0	[15/4]	Kyle Storer 5	0	0	3	1	0
Matt Robinson 5	1(1)	1	0	2	0	[23/21]	Joe Lolley 6	2(1)	2	0	0	0
Luke Guttridge 7	4(1)	1	3	2	0	[21/7]	Jack Byrne 5	1(1)	0	0	0	0
Paul Benson 6	1	1	2(1p)	2	0	[26/9]	Michael Gash 6	1(1)	0	1	1	0
Andre Gray 6	1(1)	1	0	1	1	[27/18]	Callum Gittings 5	0	0	1	2	0
Alex Lawless 5	2(2)	2	0	1	0	[7/22]	Amari Morgan-Smith 5	0	0	1	1(h)	0
Alex Wall						[10/8]	Lee Fowler 5	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Howells 7	2	1	1	0	0	[11]	Marvin Johnson 5	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Cullen 5	0	1	0	0	0	[13/14]	Dior Angus 5	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Mawson						[24/15]	Jamie Grimes
Elliot Justham						[16/23]	Nathan Vaughan

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Luton	11	2	8	12	10
Kidderminster	11	0	3	4	2

GOALS
Luton		Kidderminster
27	Luke Guttridge
52	Paul Benson
55	Jake Howells (penalty)
70	Jake Howells
79	Scott Griffiths
86	Luke Guttridge

Formations

Luton
		Tyler
Henry	McNulty		Davis	Griffiths

Robinson	Guttridge		Ruddock-Mpanzu	Lawless

	Benson		Gray

Kidderminster
		Lewis
L. Vaughan	Dunkley		Gowling	Jackman
		Storer
	Byrne		Gittings
Lolley				Morgan-Smith
		Gash

SUBSTITUTIONS
Luton				Kidderminster
45+1	Howells	Ruddock-Mpanzu	Howells to left midfield, Lawless to left central midfield.	54		Dunkley	Storer to defensive midfield. Now 4-2-2-1.
80	Cullen	Benson	Cullen to striker.	61	Fowler	Lolley	Fowler to central midfield, Morgan-Smith to striker.. Now 4-3-2.
				67	Johnson	Morgan-Smith	Johnson to left midfield, Byrne to right midfield, Fowler to right central midfield. Now 4-4-1.
				87	Angus	Byrne	Angus to right midfield.

BOOKINGS
Luton		Kidderminster
Benson 4 Foul Guttridge 77 Foul		Gittings 3 Foul Morgan-Smith 17 Handball L.Vaughan 78 Foul	Dunkley 54 Professional Foul
Referee: Nick Kinseley (Essex)

Match Report by St@tto
Some shocking defending saw ten-man Harriers suffer their worst ever Conference defeat. After playing their part in an entertaining first half Harriers collapsed in a manner that even the England cricket team would have been disappointed with. Most of the goals were disappointing from a defensive point of view; Luke Guttridge pounced on 27 minutes as the Harriers defence were slow to react after Danny Lewis had parried Matt Robinson's shot. After the break Paul Benson was allowed time to head in Jake Howells' cross, two defenders rooted to the ground as he rose above them to meet the ball. The third goal came was surrounded in farce; Chey Dunkley brought down Benson to give away a penalty but referee Nick Kinseley initially mistakenly sent off Josh Gowling before changing his decision and dismissing Dunkley. Howells took the penalty to make it 3-0, his third spot-kick of the season against Harriers. The Harriers defence was again statuesque on 70 minutes as Benson rose to head Andre Gray's cross back across goal for Howells to hook in unchallenged from close range. With 12 minutes remaining Lewis flapped at Guttridge's left wing free-kick allowing Scott Griffiths, the smallest player on the pitch, to head in the fifth. Guttridge completed the rout with four minutes left, rounding off a fine team passing move to drill the ball past Lewis. The defeat was Harriers' worst ever in the Conference, their heaviest since losing 10-1 to Shrewsbury in the Border Counties League in April 1978 and heaviest in a League game since losing 6-0 at Enderby Town in the southern League in March 1975.