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John Danby 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 1(p) | 0 | [1] | Ashley Bayes 8 | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Mullins 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | [24/2] | Andy Sambrook 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jonny Harkness 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [5/3] | John Nutter 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Simon Rea 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [4/26] | Christian Hanson 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Burgess 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [6/4] | Jamie Stuart 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Terry Fleming 6 | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [8/19] | Ade Olayinka 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gareth Sheldon 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [14/17] | Michael Kightly 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Penn 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | [20/6] | Stuart Thurgood 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Simon Russell 7 | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [15/7] | Dennis Oli 7 | 3(1, 1w) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Jon Newby 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [23/11] | Aaron McLean 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Michael Blackwood 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [11/23] | Glenn Poole 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Sedgemore | [7/8] | Gary Hooper 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Lee Thompson 5 | 1(1) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [10/12] | Tom Williamson 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael McGrath | [18] | Joe Bruce | ||||||||||
Gavin Hurren 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | [21] | Mark de Bolla 5 | 0 | 0 | 2(1p) | 1 | 1 |
Daniel Lewis | [13/16] | Nicky Eyre |
Fouls Conceded | Offside | Corners | Shots On | Shots off | |
Kidderminster | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Grays | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Kidderminster | Grays | ||||
6 | Dennis Oli | ||||
32 | Michael Kightly | ||||
47 | Glenn Poole | ||||
71 | Stuart Thurgood | Penalty | |||
89 | Gary Hooper |
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Kidderminster | Grays | ||||||
30 | Russell to right midfield, Sheldon to striker. | 62 | de Bolla | Kightly | de Bolla to striker, Oli to right midfield. | ||
36 | Hurren | Burgess | Hurren to left central defender. | 72 | Hooper | Oli | Hooper to right midfield. |
46 | Thompson | Harkness | Thompson to striker, Sheldon to left midfield, Blackwood to left back. | 78 | Williamson | McLean | Williamson to right midfield, Hooper to striker. |
Kidderminster | Grays | ||
Mullins 47 Foul Danby 71 Foul Hurren 90 Foul | McLean 67 Foul | ||
Referee: K. Evans (Manchester) |
Harriers followed up their humiliation by Aldershot Town in their last home by capitulating to their worst home defeat for 32 years at the hands of play-off chasing Grays Athletic. In October 1974 Worcester City won a Border Counties League game 7-0 at Aggborough and not since have Harriers lost by a margin greater than four. Luke Reynolds was missing through injury and his place in attack was taken by Simon Russell but otherwise it was the same team that had beaten Hereford United at the weekend. It started promisingly for Harriers when Simon Russell burst through the visitors' defence in the second minute but his run was blocked before he could get his shot away. Harriers were soon ruing the wasted opportunity, however, as Grays took the lead shortly afterwards; John Danby was at fault, his attempted clearance hit Dennis Oli who was quicker to react as the ball spun across the face of the penalty area and poked it home. Grays looked dangerous every time they attacked; they could have gone further ahead midway through the half when Gareth Sheldon sliced an attempted clearance straight to Oli who headed against the bar. The second goal arrived just past the half-hour and was helped by another slice of poor defending. Aaron McLean had the ball in the centre of the field and slipped it wide to Michael Kightly on the right where Jonny Harkness was nowhere to be seen, Kightly advanced on goal and fired across Danby and inside the far post. At the other end Jon Newby jinked his way into the penalty area on the right but then fired into the side netting. Then, Russell and Sheldon combined to create an opening for Terry Fleming but he headed straight at Ashley Bayes in the Grays goal. A Harkness free kick from deep on the left late in the half could have got Harriers back into the game but Gavin Hurren directed his free header over the bar. Early in the second half the game was effectively over when Grays scored their third. Johnny Mullins brought down Oli just outside the penalty area and Glenn Poole' free-kick beat the wall but took a wicked deflection sending Danby the wrong way and nestling the ball in the bottom corner of the net. Lee Thompson had a great chance for Harriers who were creating a lot without really troubling the visitors; Russ Penn's cross from the right found the striker who saw his header kept out by a great reflex save by Bayes. Michael Blackwood carried the ball forward out of defence and found Russell on the right soon afterwards but his shot was saved. Harriers' misery was made worse twenty minutes from the end when Danby brought down Mark de Bolla in the penalty area; Stuart Thurgood stepped up to take the penalty and sent Danby the wrong way to make it 4-0. Thompson's attempt four minutes later summed up Harriers' night as it went both high and wide from 20 yards out. In the closing minutes Poole hit a dipping shot that went narrowly over the bar with Danby beaten but the Grays were still not done and added a fifth in the last minute; Gary Hooper ran through the middle of the defence with Hurren trailing in his wake before drilling his shot past Danby. |
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