Kidderminster | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
v | Woking | Shots |
Fouls |
Off. |
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On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
On |
Off |
For |
Ag |
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John Danby 6 | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [1] | Shwan Jalal 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Evans 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2(1h) | 1 | [2] | Simon Jackson 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wayne Hatswell 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [5/11] | Liam Cockerill 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1(1p) | 0 |
Mark Jackson 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | [4/5] | Jimmy Aggrey 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Burgess 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [6] | Gary MacDonald 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Martin O'Connor 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | [7] | Ian Selley 6 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Fleming 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [8] | Karl Murray 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Simon Russell 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [15/10] | Lloyd Blackman 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2(1h) | 0 |
Iyseden Christie 7 | 1 | 1 | 4(1p) | 2 | 0 | [9/18] | Craig McAllister 6 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Michael Blackwood 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | [11/9] | Justin Richards 6 | 2(1) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Lee Thompson 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [10/16] | Steve Evans 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Steve Burton | [3] | Karim El-Salahi 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Laurie Wilson | [12/4] | Neil Smith | ||||||||||
Gareth Sheldon 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [14] | Chris Sharpling 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Taiwo Atieno 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [18/15] | Steve Ferguson | |||||
Daniel Lewis | [13/21] | Clint Davies |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Woking | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | Woking | ||||
82 | Taiwo Atieno | Penalty | 54 | Justin Richards | |
90+ | Taiwo Atieno |
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Kidderminster | Woking | ||||||
76 | Sheldon | Russell | Sheldon to right wing. | 10 | El-Salahi | Aggrey | El-Salahi to right central defender. |
79 | Atieno | Thompson | Atieno to striker Blackwood to left central midfield. | 66 | Sharpling | McAllister | Sharpling to striker. |
Kidderminster | Woking | ||
Evans 53 Handball Christie 90+ Unsporting Behaviour | Richards 56 Foul Cockerill 81 Foul | ||
Referee: R. Desmond (Wiltshire) |
Two goals from super-sub Taiwo Atieno in the last eight minutes gave Harriers a great start to their Conference campaign as they came from behind to beat Woking. The young striker, on-loan from Walsall, had to be content with a place on the bench as Stuart Watkiss began with Simon Russell and Michael Blackwood in attack supporting Iyseden Christie. As expected Wayne Hatswell started the game at left back and Gareth Sheldon had to wait for his chance on the bench with Atieno. Driving rain, most inclement weather for a game on opening day - compare with the baking sunshine at Rushden last season - spoiled the game making it very difficult for either side to play attractive, flowing, football. Woking adapted to the conditions quicker and thought that they had had a dream start when Justin Richards fired the ball into the net in the second minute but the goal was disallowed because Lloyd Blackman had fouled John Danby as they both challenged for the ball as it was swung in from a corner on the right. The visitors had another good chance early on with a 25-yard free-kick that Ian Selley curled over the wall but straight at Danby. The new-look Harriers, with six debutants in the starting line-up, started to get into the game and were trying to knock the ball around despite the conditions. On 20 minutes Blackwood picked up the ball on the left and kinked past two defenders before rolling it square to Terry Fleming on the right whose low drive from long range went wide of the far post. The game ebbed and flowed and The Cards went straight back onto the attack with Craig McAllister who slipped the ball through to Richards but Danby was quick off his line to block the shot with his legs. As Harriers attacked again Christie was played in through the inside right channel and tried to get past substitute Karim El-Salahi but was denied by a great tackle at the last moment. As the half wore on Harriers began to get on top; Christie and Simon Russell combined with Wayne Evans who delivered a cross from the right to the far post where Blackwood headed wide. In the last minute of the period Christie played the ball through the visitors' defence for Lee Thompson to run onto but he was brought down by Simon Jackson but referee Desmond waved play on. Harriers began the second half as they had finished the first and nearly went ahead when Russell won a race to the ball against Woking keeper Shwan Jalal but his attempted chip was not high enough and the keeper managed to grab it above his head. Disaster struck for Harriers moments later; there was confusion in the Harriers defence when a breakdown in communication between Danby and his defenders allowed Richards to nip in between them and roll the ball into the empty net. This setback slowed Harriers down for a few minutes but on the hour they had their best chance to score their first goal of the season; Thompson's corner from the left found Christie at the far post but his goalbound header was cleared off the line by Liam Cockerill. Harriers began to regain their composure and pressed for an equaliser, Russell slipped the ball through to Blackwood who tried a chip that drifted just over the angle of post and bar. With Harriers pushing forward they were left exposed at the back and Danby was stranded as Richards lobbed him, fortunately for Harriers the shot went well wide of the far post. Eventually the breakthrough came, with just eight minutes remaining; Christie was brought down in the penalty area by Cockerill and substitute Atieno, who had only been on the field for a couple of minutes, stepped forward to stroke the penalty just past the reach of Jalal as he dived to his left. Having fought their way back into the game Harriers would probably have settled for a draw at this point but well into stoppage time Atieno popped up again on the end of Wayne Hatswell's deep left-wing cross to send a looping header over Jalal and just under the bar to win the game for Harriers. |
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