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Worcester City 0 Altrincham 0
2:49pm Saturday 12th January 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN
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4:51pm
That's it. Full-time. Time for a breather!
4:51pm
There is almost steam coming off this keyboard.
4:51pm
Taylor breaks into the box and it takes a tackle from Scott Leather to deny him.
4:50pm
YELLOW CARD. City (90+2 mins): Lee Ayres for trip on Reeves. I think that's what called taking one for the team.
4:49pm
Here come City. Elvins muscled out of it. Birley trying to find a way through.
4:49pm
Watmore releases Reeves into the box but he slips over. That was a let off.
4:47pm
SUB. Altrincham (89 mins): Matt Doughty comes on for Jordan Sinnott.
4:47pm
Weir hacks Hall's header off the line. That was so close.
4:46pm
Reeves lets fly from distance and Thompson manages to parry the ball wide for a corner.
4:44pm
Glover's shot is charged down. It's getting tense now.
4:44pm
City building the pressure. Can they make the breakthrough?
4:42pm
Both teams fancy a winner here.
4:40pm
Whitehead slides in to thwart Reeves and City get the ball away.
4:39pm
SUB. City (81 mins): Matt Breeze on for Greg Mills.
4:39pm
Huge gaps all over the pitch at the moment as the game gets increasingly stretched.
4:38pm
Taylor has just over 10 minutes to help City find a winner.
4:37pm
SUB. City (79 mins): Michael Taylor comes on for Mike Symons.
4:36pm
City continuing to charge down to thwart Watmore and Sinnott.
4:35pm
Michael Taylor is about to enter the fray for Worcester.
4:33pm
Ayres rises to head clear from Altrincham corner. The visitors having the better of it at the moment.
4:32pm
Mills breaks upfield but is stopped in his tracks by Gianluca Havern.
4:30pm
Bodies flying in all over the place as Watmore jinks his way into the box. Danger finally averted.
4:29pm
Chance for Birley to make an impact. Can he provide the inspiration for City?
4:28pm
SUB. City (70 mins): Matt Birley replaces Kyle Patterson.
4:26pm
City corner. Swung over by Mills, Elvins gets a head to the ball and the keeper saves.
4:25pm
Worcester beginning to exert some pressure and seize the initiative.
4:21pm
City are defending stoutly but Watmore has certainly made a difference for the visitors.
4:19pm
City yet to make a change but they have options with Michael Taylor and Matt Birley on the bench.
4:15pm
The game has come to life and it's end to end.
4:12pm
Glover feeds Mills in the area and his shot is charged down by Hall. Great block.
4:12pm
Ayres and Thomspon leave the ball for each other, Damian Reeves nips in, squares it for Watmore and his shot is saved.
4:11pm
Watmore is the player who caused havoc for City when the sides met in the FA Trophy.
4:10pm
Elvins is moving more freely now.
4:10pm
SUB. Altrincham (52 mins): Duncan Watmore replaces Nicky Clee.
4:10pm
Elvins makes a supber challenge to take the ball off the toe of Simon Richman but he has hurt his knee in the process.
4:07pm
Corner from Mills hits the first man. Patterson tries an effort from the edge of the box and is wide.
4:07pm
Mills' free-kick is whipped in, the ball falls to Thorley and his shot is deflected over.
4:04pm
Second-half is under way. No changes by either side.
3:47pm
Half-time.
3:45pm
Clee's cross just misses the head of Rodgers but the offside flag was already up.
3:42pm
Thorley's cross from the left beats everyone and is tipped away at the last minute by Coburn.
3:42pm
Glover being held back by Danny Hall in the area. Nothing given.
3:40pm
Sinnott takes corner for Altrincham. Symons heads it against his marker and out for a goal kick.
3:39pm
Mills gets the better of his marker, sends in a shot, it's heading in but Coburn gets there.
3:38pm
Sinnott's goal-bound drive is charged down by Elvins.
3:37pm
City giving away a lot of fouls at the moment, even if some have been harsh decisions.
3:33pm
Altrincham corner taken by Nicky Clee and cleared. Mills breaks upfield and his shot is deflected into the arms of Coburn.
3:31pm
Good City move sees Weir play in Glover, he turns and scuffs the shot at the keeper.
3:29pm
YELLOW CARD. City: Rob Elvins.
3:29pm
Elvins has slid in on Carl Rodgers. He got the ball but can expect to be booked here. He took the man.
3:27pm
In the end it's Tom Thorley and he curls the ball over the bar.
3:26pm
City have a central free-kick about 25 yards from goal. Looks like it will be Glover.
3:24pm
Tyler Weir sends over a delightful cross at pace from the right and Symons glances a header wide.
3:22pm
Symons, with his back to goal, turns and fires in a shot which Stuart Coburn gathers. Good effort.
3:21pm
Mills with the free-kick for Worcester, it's whipped in but Ayres is beaten to the ball.
3:18pm
Thompson makes a double save to deny Sinnott on the Altrincham left.
3:16pm
Glover wins a corner. Mills takes it, Lee Ayres meets it and heads over.
3:14pm
Nice one-two between Mike Symons and Greg Mills and the winger's shot is fumbled by the keeper.
3:10pm
Quite a cagey opening period. Neither side have settled.
3:07pm
Free-kick from Greg Mills causes confusion in the Altrincham area but shots from Danny Glover and Kyle Patterson are blocked.
3:06pm
Jordan Sinnott fires a shot low along the ground into Glyn Thompson's grasp.
3:02pm
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3:02pm
Game kicks off. City attacking the dressing room end.
2:53pm
Team news.
City make one change from the 3-0 victory at Colwyn Bay with Lee Ayres pairing up with captain Stuart Whitehead at centre-half following the end of Graham Hutchison's loan from Birmingham City.
Jacob Rowe is on the bench along with keeper James Dormand, who returns to the club for the first time since leaving in the summer. Matt Sargeant is not in the squad.
Worcester City: Thompson, Weir, Deeney, Thorley, Whitehead, Ayres, Patterson, Elvins, Symons, Glover, Mills. Subs: Taylor, Breeze, Rowe, Birley, Dormand.
Altrincham: Coburn, Densmore, Leather, Rodgers, Havern, Hall, Sinnott, Moult, Richman, Reeves, Clee. Subs: Doughty, Lacey, Brooke, Watmore, Reid.
Referee: Sarah Garratt.
