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Worcester City 1 Solihull Moors 3
Updated 9:40pm Monday 11th February 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN
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- Worcester City v Solihull Moors
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- City aiming for first back-to-back wins since August
- 7 mins: Birch 0-1
- 32 mins: English 0-2
- 43 mins: Taylor 1-2
- 48 mins: Denny 1-3
9:40pm
9:40pm
Thorley's shot is saved by Singh, Reece hits the rebound at the keeper.
9:38pm
Thompson comes off his line to take the ball off the toe of Omar Bogle.
9:36pm
Cross from Mills is easily cleared. This is petering out now.
9:34pm
Three minutes plus stoppage time for two goals.
9:34pm
SUB. City (88 mins): Matt Birley replaces Matt Breeze.
9:33pm
SUB. Solihull (87 mins): Darryl Knights comes on for Dior Angus.
9:32pm
City (84 mins): Breeze for the challenge on Angus.
9:30pm
Breeze has gone in hard on Angus and players are squaring up to each other. Angus has hobbled off.
9:28pm
Weir sends a deep cross towards Symons but it's too high.
9:23pm
Elvins smacks the ball into the main stand and almost hits the press box. We promise to say nice things Rob!
9:22pm
SUB. Solihull (76 mins): Ryan Beswick comes on for Michael Blackwood.
9:21pm
Thorley's free-kick is low and under the wall but straight at Singh.
9:21pm
Solihull Moors (75 mins): Jay Denny for hauling down Elvins.
9:19pm
City are likely to spend the rest of half camped in the Solihull half.
9:16pm
SUB. Solihull (70 mins): Omar Bogle comes on for Gary Birch.
9:16pm
Birch races into the box, waits for support and then flicks the ball out of play. Oh dear.
9:14pm
Solihull have a corner. Blackwood with it, Birch has a shot blocked.
9:11pm
SUB. City (66 mins): Greg Mills replaces Michael Taylor.
9:11pm
Taylor has a shot cleared by the feet of Singh. A chance goes begging.
9:09pm
Weir's cross falls to the Taylor in the box but his first touch off his chest is too strong and the ball goes behind.
9:07pm
Symons chips the ball to the far post but there's no City player there to take advantage.
9:03pm
Elvins has dropped into the defence as City go three up front.
9:02pm
SUB. City (56 mins): Mike Symons on for Jacob Rowe.
9:01pm
A shot from Angus is brilliantly saved low down by Thompson. So close to a Solihull fourth.
8:54pm
Solihull Moors (48 mins): Jay Denny stabs the ball home after a total mix-up in the City defence.
8:53pm
It has been an open game so far and it looks like there will be more goals to come.
8:53pm
Firm drive by Reece Fleet is charged down by Ayres.
8:51pm
Second-half.
8:51pm
So, can City turn this around? What do you think? Tell me @stevecarleywn
8:47pm
Attendance is 653.
8:34pm
8:33pm
Some time-wasting tactics being employed already by Solihull.
8:31pm
Thorley finds Elvins but he can only head over the bar.
8:31pm
Reece forces another City corner. Can they level before the break?
8:30pm
City (43 mins): Thorley's corner is met by Lee Ayres, his header is saved by Singh but Taylor slams the ball over the line.
8:29pm
Fierce volley from Glover deflects off Pierpoint for a corner.
8:24pm
Reece bursts forward, does about five step overs and then fires the ball at the keeper. Looks good but finish lacking.
8:22pm
Matt Breeze has a shot charged down in the area as Worcester look for a way back.
8:19pm
Solihull Moors (32 mins): Angus fires in a cross from the right and English turns the ball past Thompson via the post.
8:17pm
The ball drops to Blackwood in the box and he blasts it over the bar. City were fortunate not to go two down there.
8:12pm
Glover sends over an inviting cross but Taylor plants his header wide of the post.
8:09pm
Glover gives the ball away in his own half, Michael Blackwood finds Brich and he gets to the edge of the box before forcing a save from Thompson.
8:06pm
Glover lines up a volley, takes aim and only the fence stops that from going into the flats.
8:04pm
Ellis Deeney curls the free-kick over the goal and out of the ground.
8:04pm
Solihull Moors (17 mins): Stuart Pierpoint for dragging Taylor down 10 yards outside the box.
8:01pm
City piling forward with pace time after time but the final ball isn't quite there.
7:59pm
Thorley's corner is powerfully headed clear by Junior English who then goes up the other end as in denied by Thompson.
7:59pm
Glover bursts forward, over-runs the ball but forces a svae from Singh.
7:57pm
Thorley finds Rob Elvins but the visitors clear. Danger averted.
7:56pm
Tom Thorley's corner is flicked on by Glover and headed behind for another flag kick.
7:56pm
Danny Glover's cross is almost turned into his own net by Keenah Rosser. The corner is punched over the bar by Singh.
7:55pm
Keeper Jasbir Singh blasts his clearance against Michael Taylor but the ball spins away.
7:54pm
Solihull Moors (7 mins): Dior Angus' free-kick is floated into the box and flicked home via the head of Gary Birch.
7:53pm
Solihull have a free-kick 25 yards from goal, slightly to the left.
7:49pm
The pitch looks good although it may cut up later on. There's a few piles of snow around the fringes.
7:47pm
City attacking the dressing room end in the first-half.
7:47pm
7:40pm
WORD FROM THE GROUNDSMAN! “@Tomoallcut: Tonight's match is ON #WCFC @stevecarleyWN @WorcesterCityFc”
— @WorcesterCityFc 11 February 2013
7:35pm
Tyler Weir returns to the Worcester City line-up for the first time since January 12 but Stuart Whitehead is not available. That means Jacob Rowe moves back to centre-half.
Matt Breeze also starts as Matt Birley drops to the bench. Greg Mills is back among the substitutes.
Worcester City: Thompson, Weir, Deeney, Thorley, Rowe, Ayres, Breeze, Elvins, Taylor, Glover, Reece. Subs: Symons, Birley, Patterson, Mills, Sargeant.
Solihull Moors: Singh, Rosser, Langdon, Fleet, Pierpoint, Spencer, Angus, Denny, English, Birch, Blackwood. Subs: Bennett, Beswick, Knights, Bogle, Martinez.
Referee: Simon Bennett (Staffordshire).
