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Worcester City 2 Bradford Park Avenue 0
2:38pm Saturday 15th December 2012 in Sport
By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN
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- 10 mins: Rowe 1-0
- 54 mins: Deacey red card
- 73 mins: Mills 2-0
- 90 mins: Hotte red card
4:57pm
Full-time. City win for the first time in the league at the Lane for three months.
4:55pm
City take it quickly and Weir shoots at the keeper from distance.
4:54pm
Thorley's free-kick hits the wall and goes out for a corner.
4:53pm
Mills has stayed down and needs treatment.
4:52pm
RED CARD. Bradford (90 mins): Nathan Hotte for a sliding lunge on Mills.
4:50pm
Tom Conner slips in the area and a chance goes begging for the visitors.
4:49pm
Weir concedes a free-kick. It's launched into the box by Richard Marshall, Rowe heads clear.
4:46pm
Bradford still pressing for a way back into the match.
4:44pm
SUB. Bradford (81 mins): Callum Howe and Rob O'Brien replace Alex Davidson and Paul Walker.
4:43pm
Reece fires over from distance. He had options in the box.
4:43pm
Glover's shot is svaed by Deasy. City finishing strongly.
4:40pm
YELLOW CARD. Bradford (78 mins): James Knowles for clattering challenge on Symons.
4:39pm
Deeney is now the stand-in skipper.
4:39pm
SUB. City (76 mins): Matt Breeze replaces Rob Elvins.
4:37pm
Glover pulls an effort wide following good pass from Thorley.
4:36pm
GOAL. City (73 mins): Glover cuts the ball back from the right, Mills takes it round the keeper and slides the ball home.
4:34pm
Graham Hutchison produces a superb block to deny Hotte from point blank range. Excellent defending.
4:33pm
Sargeant saves well from Knowles and Holland mis-kicks with the rebound.
4:31pm
SUB. City (68 mins): Danny Glover replaces Kyle Patterson. Bradford: Tom Conner on for Tom Greaves.
4:30pm
YELLOW CARD. Bradford (67 mins): Duckworth for foul on Elvins.
4:28pm
Reece bursts down the right, cuts inside and shoots into the arms of Deasy.
4:25pm
Holland's shot from inside the six-yard box is wild but also deflected over. Corner is awful.
4:24pm
Deeney takes aim form distance; that was never going to trouble Deasy.
4:23pm
Mills with a corner from the left, headed goalwards by Elvins and headed back out by Nathan Hotte.
4:20pm
Attempted chip from Walker goes wide. City living a bit dangerously.
4:19pm
Sargeant saves from Davidson.
4:17pm
RED CARD. Bradford (54 mins): Deacey shown a second yellow, this time for encroaching at a free-kick.
4:15pm
YELLOW CARD. Bradford (52 mins): Jordan Deacey for off-the-ball push on Deeney.
4:13pm
Bradford's 10th corner is met by James Knowles and his header is claimed by Sargeant.
4:11pm
YELLOW CARD. City (49 mins): Mills for trip on Jamie Price on the edge of the area. Free-kick wasted.
4:10pm
Patterson wins a corner for City. It's taken quickly and Reece wastes it.
4:08pm
Attendance is 709. That's a pre-Christmas crowd if ever there was one.
4:08pm
Second-half kicks off.
3:50pm
Half-time.
3:50pm
Deacey's free-kick into the box, whistle goes for a foul on Hutchison.
3:49pm
Sargeant's long kick forward is headed out by his opposite number at the other end.
3:47pm
Patterson breaks into the box, Bradford scramble clear.
3:46pm
Corner to Worcester. Taken by Mills, keeper claims.
3:42pm
Greaves feeds a neat ball to Alex Davidson but he prods the ball wide.
3:40pm
At the other end, Mills chases a long ball forward, tries to lob the keeper but puts his effort over.
3:39pm
Duckworth's shot is spilled by Sargeant and Ellis Deeney clears.
3:39pm
Symons shows a great first touch to control Sargeant's kick, plays in Thorley and then to Patterson but he loses the ball.
3:37pm
Braford on the attack but Walker's cross is overhit from the left.
3:36pm
Bradford have had seven corners now but City have defended them well.
3:35pm
Mills takes City's first corner of the game, it's flicked across the six-yard box and cleared.
3:34pm
Reece gets beyond the full-back but his cross is over hit by some distance.
3:33pm
Another free-kick, this time to Braford. Very stop-start at the moment.
3:29pm
Looping header from Danny Holland is tipped over the bar by Sargeant. Corner cleared by Elvins.
3:28pm
Shot on the turn from Symons goes straight into the keeper's midriff.
3:27pm
Good work from Symons on the left but he is penalised for a challenge. Soft decision.
3:26pm
Symons is fouled but goes down rather theatrically. He's better than that.
3:24pm
Charlie Reece's shot takes a slight deflection and the keeper catches.
3:24pm
Good to hear @WorcesterCityFc are 1-0 up already through Jacob Rowe. Great start. #wcfc
— @richiehh 15 December 2012
3:23pm
A great City move finally breaks down on the edge of the area following a one-two between Weir and Kyle Patterson. What a goal that would have been.
3:20pm
Jordan Deacey takes the corner, Thorley puts the ball out for another flag-kick. This time Rob Elvins clears.
3:20pm
Tom Greaves delivers a cross from the right, Hutchison puts the ball behind.
3:19pm
Another corner from Walker is poor and Thorley clears at the near post.
3:18pm
Walker with it, Graham Hutchison gets to the ball first.
3:18pm
Tyler Weir puts a cross from the right over his own bar for a Bradford corner.
3:15pm
GOAL. City (10 mins): Mills with the free-kick from deep, the keeper's missed it and Jacob Rowe heads the ball over the line.
3:12pm
Free-kick from Paul Walker is easily plucked from the air by Matt Sargeant.
3:10pm
Thorley's throw-in to Symons, who turns and fires at the keeper.
3:07pm
Greg Mills delivers a pin-point free-kick from the right, on to the head of Symons, straight into the arms of the keeper.
3:06pm
Good cross from Tom Thorley is aimed at Mike Symons but he's beaten to the ball.
3:06pm
Good cross from Tom Thorley is aimed at Mike Symons but he's beaten to the ball.
3:05pm
The game kicks off.
2:38pm
There is one change in the City line-up with Charlie Reece coming in for Matt Breeze. Matt Sargeant keeps his place in goal and on-loan centre-half Graham Hutchison starts after recovering from concussion.
Worcester City: Sargeant, Weir, Deeney, Thorley, Hutchison, Rowe, Reece, Elvins, Symons, Patterson, Mills. Subs: Ayres, Glover, Breeze, Taylor, Thompson.
Bradford Park Av enue: Deasy, Duckworth, Price, Marshall, Knowles, Hotte, Greaves, Davidson, Holland, Deacey, Walker. Subs: Home, OBrien, Conner, Howe, Radcliffe.
Referee: Simon Bennett (Staffordshire).
