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Worcester City 2 Vauxhall Motors 2
Updated 4:54pm Saturday 2nd February 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN
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- Worcester City v Vauxhall Motors
- City are looking for back to back wins following the midweek victory at Droylsden.
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- 9 mins: Stott 0-1
- 28 mins: Glover 1-1
- 66 mins: Stott 1-2
- 80 mins: Glover 2-2
4:54pm
Full time. Entertaining match. Time to see what Carl Heeley makes of it.
4:53pm
Thorley chips the ball in, keeper gathers and is caught be Elvins.
4:52pm
City (90+1 mins): Deeney for challenge on Moss.
4:51pm
Three extra minutes.
4:51pm
Deeney takes it, the visitors get the ball away. Desperation time now.
4:50pm
The 90 minutes are up and City have a fee kick.
4:48pm
Mike Symons glances a header over following Glover's header across the box.
4:46pm
Sub. Vauxhall Motors (86 mins): Karl Clair on for Ashley Stott.
4:45pm
Glover drags his shot wide from distance. He wants his hat trick.
4:45pm
Frantic stuff now.
4:45pm
Elvins playing as an emergency striker but that will leave them light in midfield.
4:43pm
Reece manages to scramble the ball clear from inside his own six hard box. The Motormen are not finished yet.
4:41pm
Sub. Vauxhall Motors (81 mins): Louis Moss on for Craig Mahon.
4:41pm
A long ball forward is glanced over the keeper by Glover but Jones recovers to make the save.
4:40pm
City (80 mins):
A neat move cuts the defence apart, Elvins squares the ball across the box and Glover buries it in the top corner.
4:38pm
We haven't quite reached desperation levels yet but it won't be long.
4:36pm
Vauxhall have just about everybody in their own half soaking up the pressure.
4:35pm
Deeney does well to find Glover in the box, he cuts the bal back to Thorley and he blazes it over the bar.
4:33pm
Worcester trying to force the issue in search of an equaliser.
4:32pm
Sub. City (72 mins): Matt Breeze replaces Mills.
4:31pm
Mills wins a corner for Worcester but has pulled up holding his hamstring.
4:29pm
Free kick from Deeney thuds against the post and goes wide.
4:26pm
Vauxhall Motors (66 mins): Ayres heads the bal to Whitehead but his header back to Thompson is short and Stott nips in restore the visitors' lead.
4:24pm
Subs (64 mins): City bring on Mike Symons and Charlie Reece for Michael Taylor and Matt Birley.
4:23pm
Thorley stands over the free kick and bends the ball inches over the bar.
4:22pm
Vauxhall Motors (62 mins): Hannighan for foul on Mills.
4:21pm
Birley loses possession to Burns, he passes to Stott whose effort is saved by Thompson.
4:20pm
Taylor tumbles in the area, no penalty given.
4:20pm
Mahon gets into the box and has a shot saved by Thompson.
4:19pm
I can't repeat what the fan in front of the press box has just shouted following an over hit pass from Birley but sometimes you just have to say it as you see it.
4:18pm
Excellent run from Mahon ses him side step several players before feeding Danny Fearnehough who fires wide.
4:17pm
Burns takes it and Hannighan flashes a header inches wide of the near post.
4:16pm
Burns takes it and Hannighan flashes a header inches wide of the near post.
4:15pm
Free kick from Barnes is pushed over by Thompson for a corner.
4:15pm
City (55 mins): Lee Ayres. Not sure what for though as it was Thorley who committed the foul.
4:13pm
Glover picks out Mills on the edge of he box but the winger loses his footing at the crucial moment.
4:12pm
Corner taken quickly to Thorley, he finds Glover who glances a header wide.
4:09pm
Stott's spot kick is straight at Thompson. Easy save.
4:08pm
Mahon goes flying over the challenge of Rob Elvins in the box and it's a penalty for the visitors.
4:06pm
A corner from Mills is right under the bar but the keeper has been fouled.
4:06pm
Second half is under way.
4:05pm
The attendance today is 751.
4:03pm
The attendance today is 751.
3:48pm
Half time.
3:48pm
The 45 minutes are up. No sign of the board telling us how long to go.
3:46pm
Taylor briefly gets a chance to burst into th box for the hosts but he has seen precious little of the ball in the danger areas.
3:43pm
Good defending from Rowe to hold off Barnes in the box.
3:40pm
Thompson long ball forward falls to Matt Birley who gets a shot away which is charged down.
3:39pm
35 mins: Glover and Noone both booked for that spat.
3:38pm
Glover tracks back and wins the ball but he won't give it back to Chris Noone in Swansea ball boy style.
3:35pm
Barnes send in a deep cross but it is headed behind by Rutter.
3:34pm
Cross from Louis Barnes is hacked away by Stuart Whitehead.
3:32pm
Mahon is back on with a bandage around his head.
3:30pm
City (28 mins): Mills send Glover sprinting away into space and he keeps his cool to get past the keeper and fire home from a tight angle.
3:30pm
Craig Mahon goes off with an ice pack on his eye after a clash with Tom Thorley.
3:26pm
Thompson punches this one away but City can't get the ball out of their half.
3:26pm
A fifth Vauxhall corner is flicked goal wards by Tom Hannighan and is touched behind for another flag kick.
3:23pm
Shot from Burns saved by Thompson for a corner which is cleared by Glover.
3:22pm
Ellis Deeney is robbed of possession and Stott steers the ball wide.
3:21pm
Out of nothing, City win a corner. Mills takes it and eventually Rowe finds Ayres who heads at the keeper.
3:19pm
City cannot get hold the ball and looking a bit clueless at present.
3:17pm
City up against it in these early stages. The visitors very much on top.
3:17pm
A third corner for Vauxhall. Burns sends it over, City scramble it away.
3:15pm
It is another corner for the Motormen. Michael Burns delivers from the right, Jacob Rowe gets the ball clear.
3:14pm
Hacked clearance from Ayres gives the visitors a corner which is headed away by Glover.
3:12pm
Vauxhall Motors
(9 mins): Free kick from Tom Rutter is cleared straight to Ashley Stott and he sends a fine volley past Glyn Thompson.
3:10pm
City caught offside for third time already. Not popular decisions with the home crowd.
3:09pm
City caught offside for third time already. Not popular decisions with the home crowd.
3:06pm
Lee Ayres takes a boot to the face but is going to soldier on.
3:04pm
Free kick from Greg Mills is cleared by the visitors.
3:03pm
Game kicks off.
3:03pm
Hoping @WorcesterCityFc get 3 points at home today. Need to make that the Lane a fortress till the end of the season #wcfc
— @richiehh 02 February 2013
2:48pm
Worcester are unchanged from the Droylsden victory, meaning Michael Taylor is up front with Danny Glover.
However, with Shabir Khan on international duty with Pakistan, there are only four subs on the bench.
Worcester City: Thompson, Rowe, Deeney, Thorley, Whitehead, Ayres, Birley, Elvins, Taylor, Glover, Mills. Subs: Symons, Breeze, Reece, Edwards.
Vauxhall Motors: Jones, Wainwright, Barnes, Hannighan, Nicholas, Fearnehough, Mahon, Noone, Rutter, Stott, Burns. Subs: Clair, Kocsis, Martindale, Moss, Ellison.
Referee: Sian Massey.
