Kidderminster Harriers 1(0) v (1)1 Lincoln City

Football Conference National - Aggborough - 18 February 2012

Attendance: 2081

Individual Stats
Kidderminster
Shots
Fouls
Off.
v Lincoln
Shots
Fouls
Off.
 
On
Off
For
Ag
     
On
Off
For
Ag
 
Tony Breeden 5 0 0 1 0 0 [31/1] Joe Anyon 6 0[3] 0 0 0 0
Lee Vaughan 6 0 0 2 1 1 [2/31] Peter Bore 5 0 0 2 0 0
Mickey Demetriou 5 1(1) 0 3 1 0 [22/3] John Nutter 5 0 0 1 1 0
Luke Jones 5 0 0 0 1 1 [4/5] Josh Gowling 5 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Williams 5 0 0 1 2 0 [3/4] Robbie Williams 4 0 0 1 0 0
Kyle Storer 5 0 2 0 1 0 [24/34] Tyrone Thompson 5 0 0 2 5 0
Nick Wright 5 0 2 1 1 1 [14/30] Louis Almond 5 0 2 1 4 0
Dan Bradley 6 3(2) 0 1 2 0 [30/27] Jean-Francois Christophe 5 0 0 1 2 1
Jamille Matt 5 0 2 2 0 0 [20/10] Jefferson Louis 5 1 0 3 4 1
Lee Hendrie 5 0 1 6 1 1 [34/8] Alan Power 6 0 1 1 0 0
Marvin Johnson 6 0 1 1 1 0 [28/32] Nialle Rodney 5 0 0 1 2 0
James Vincent 5 0 0 0 0 0 [8/12] Conal Platt     
Steve Guinan 6 1 0 0 0 0 [9/15] Simon Russell 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Rowe 5 0 3 1 3(1h) 0 [10/16] Richard Pacquette 5 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Briscoe      [16/17] Nicky Nicolau     
Dean Lyness      [21] Nick Draper     
Team Stats
  Fouls Conceded Offside Corners Shots On Shots off
Kidderminster 14 4 6 5 11
Lincoln 19 2 1 1 3
GOALS
Kidderminster Lincoln
90+2 Steve Guinan 20 Jefferson Louis
Formations
Kidderminster
   Breeden  
Vaughan Jones  Williams Demetriou
     
  Bradley  Storer 
Wright  Hendrie  Johnson
   Matt  
Lincoln
   Anyon  
Bore Gowling  Williams Nutter
   Thompson  
  Christophe  Power 
Almond    Rodney
   Louis  
SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster Lincoln
45 Rowe Johnson Rowe to attacking midfield, Hendrie to left wing. 61 Pacquette Rodney Pacquette to striker, Almond to left midfield, Power to right midfield, Thompson to left central midfield.  Now 4-4-2.
87 Vincent Storer Vincent to right central midfield, Bradley to left central midfield. 76 Russell Louis Russell to left midfield, Almond to right midfield, Power to central midfield.  Now 4-5-1.
87 Guinan Matt Guinan to striker.     
BOOKINGS
Kidderminster Lincoln
   Thompson 45+2 Foul
Louis 63 Foul
 
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Match Report by St@tto

Harriers left it late again to save themselves from defeat, Steve Guinan's 92nd minute goal - his tenth of the season - getting them out of jail after they struggled to break down visitors Lincoln City.

Despite dominating possession for the majority of the match Harriers, who introduced Marvin Johnson for his debut and had latest new signing Ryan Rowe on the bench, rarely troubled Joe Anyon in the City goal.  The opening minutes were all Harriers but they had nothing to show for it until the 13th minute when Dan Bradley's shot from 25 yards took a deflection and was heading to the top corner until Anyon pulled off a fantastic save to keep it out and push it away for a corner which came to nothing.

Harriers began to build pressure and five minutes later Johnson and Lee Vaughan combined on the right wing, the latter crossing for Bradley whose header hit Josh Gowling and was cleared; moments later Johnson's cross from deep on the right was headed wide of the near post by leading scorer Jamille Matt.

In the 20th minute City took the lead against the run of play.  Awarded a free-kick on the left they were gifted the goal as Jefferson Louis was left completely unmarked to head in at the far post from Louis Almond's cross.  The goal knocked Harriers out of their stride and the game became increasingly scrappy; Lincoln didn't threaten at all and the closest Harriers came was Nick Wright's header over the bar from Vaughan's right-wing cross.  Just before the interval Johnson limped out of the game with an ankle injury to be replaced by Rowe.

After the break the game continued to be scrappy.  Harriers still had more of the possession but the game became bogged down in midfield as The Imps seemed content to sit on their lead hoping to hold on to a rare victory.  On the hour mark Kyle Storer went close but his long-range shot went wide of the far post and eight minutes later Wright had the ball in the net but he had pushed Peter Bore out of the way before heading in and the goal was ruled out.

With just three minutes remaining Harriers made a double switch, James Vincent and Guinan coming on for Storer and Matt.  Harriers pressed forward and two minutes into stoppage time Guinan pounced on the ball in the penalty area and drilled it low to the far post beyond Anyon to save Harriers' blushes.