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Worcester City 0 Gainsborough Trinity 3
Updated 10:23am Tuesday 19th March 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carley - Midlands Sports Journalist of the Year 2013, @stevecarleyWN
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- Worcester City v Gainsborough Trinity
- Last ever floodlit game at St George's Lane
- City aiming to end a run of six straight defeats
- Tweet @stevecarleywn
- 22 mins: Waterfall 0-1
- 45+2 mins: Young 0-2
- 79 mins: Russell 0-3
9:41pm
9:38pm
Taylor makes space for a shot but prods wide.
9:37pm
Three added minutes to play.
9:37pm
Trinity starting to take the ball to the corner.
9:36pm
Glover flashes a shot wide. City are suddenly creating chances. Bit late.
9:35pm
Glover volleys way over the top from distance. Shoot on site policy now.
9:34pm
Corner from Thorley finds Glover but White is out to smother.
9:32pm
Glover's shot is saved by White on his neat post.
9:32pm
Moore curls an effort inches wide.
9:30pm
Moore forces another save from White down low to his right.
9:30pm
Sub. Gainsborough (83 mins): Conal Platt on for Bradley Barraclough.
9:27pm
Subs. City (80 mins): Michael Taylor on for Greg Mills. Gainsborough: Mark Jones replaces Darryn Stamp.
9:26pm
Gainsborough (79 mins): Russell sends Sargeant the wrong way with the spot kick.
9:25pm
Reece is judged to have handled in the area following a corner and it is a penalty for Trinity.
9:21pm
Sub. Gainsborough (75 mins): Josh Wilde comes on for Greg Young.
9:19pm
Sub. City (72 mins): Matt Breeze replaces Stuart Whitehead.
9:18pm
Waterfall tries to play the ball back to White, makes a hash of it but the keeper gets in to deny Moore opening his City account.
9:16pm
Whitehead not moving particularly freely. Looks like a groin problem.
9:13pm
Elvins charges forward and is brought down for a free kick about 30 yards from goal. Mills sends the ball straight at the keeper.
9:11pm
Cross from Dominic Roma is driven into the area and well fielded by Sargeant.
9:10pm
Reece does well to get the ball out of his feet but shoots straight at the keeper.
9:08pm
Nelthorpe's corner drops to Darryn Stamp who drives the ball goal wards. It is deflected for another corner but that is wasted.
9:03pm
Corner from Thorley is headed away but the hosts are playing better at the moment.
9:02pm
Whitehead's cross from the right is met by Moore and his header is superbly tipped past the post by White.
9:01pm
Mills digs out a cross from the left which keeper White intercepts. Better from City.
8:58pm
Trinity have a corner. Young meets it and Glover headed the ball off the line.
8:54pm
Thorley takes corner from right is cleared at the far post.
8:54pm
No changes at the break but I have managed to get a steaming hot cup of soup from the board room.
8:52pm
Attendance is 536.
8:52pm
8:36pm
8:36pm
Mills drags a shot woefully wide.
8:35pm
Gainsborough Trinity (45+2 mins): Nelthorpe with the Trinity corner and Greg Young heads in via the underside of the bar.
8:34pm
Three minutes extra to play.
8:33pm
Jamie Yates flashes the ball across the box but nobody in a yellow shirt is there to meet it.
8:32pm
Reece bursts through the middle with an industrious run but his effort is wayward.
8:30pm
Reece bursts through the middle with an industrious run but his effort is wayward.
8:28pm
Ethan Moore fires in a shot from the edge of the box and draws a save from White. That's more like it and the fans appreciate it.
8:27pm
Mills over hits his free kick but gets a corner out of it following a deflection. It comes to nothing.
8:26pm
Craig Nelthorpe runs half the length of the pitch before having his cross headed clear by Ayres.
8:24pm
Normally the fans would have been very vocal over a lengthy stoppage. Not so tonight.
8:23pm
White has changed his shirt, possibly due to a blood injury but it's difficult to see from up here in the press box.
8:23pm
City (35 mins): Glover booked for the challenge. Only had to wait three minutes for that to happen!
8:21pm
The keeper is getting treatment and Glover is still waiting for the referee to dish out his punishment.
8:21pm
The keeper is getting treatment and Glover is still waiting for the referee to dish out his punishment.
8:19pm
Glover and keeper Jason White collide going for what looked a 50-50 ball but the City striker could well be booked.
8:18pm
Gainsborough win two corners in quick succession, the second of which is thumped clear by Thorley.
8:16pm
Free kick given against Thorley. Cross comes in, Sargeant drops the ball under pressure but Rob Elvins is there to help out.
8:15pm
City looking for a way back but are being pinned into their own half.
8:10pm
Gainsborough Trinity: Russell swings over a free kick and Luke Waterfall heads home at the far post.
8:08pm
Mills tries a shot on the turn but is well wide with that effort.
8:07pm
Simon Russell's shot is deflected inches wide of the boot of Lee Ayres. Corner is caught by Matt Sargeant.
8:06pm
Simon Russell's shot is deflected inches wide of the boot of Lee Ayres. Corner is caught by Matt Sargeant.
8:04pm
Whitehead gets a lecture following a challenge which saw manager Carl Heeley and Matt Gardiner clash with a couple of Trinity players.
8:02pm
Danny Glover has pulled up injured and is hobbling around. Hopefully he can continue but he doesn't look comfortable.
8:00pm
Greg Mills wins a corner on the left. He takes it, the keeper claims.
7:59pm
Charlie Reece whips in a ball from the right but there is nobody in the box.
7:57pm
Darryn Stamp handles in the area to end a Trinity move. Quiet period of play.
7:54pm
A Tom Thorley free kick is cleared but is followed by a mistake from Ethan Moore and then a shanked kick from Matt Sargeant.
7:52pm
A corner for Gainsborough is cleared by Shabir Khan.
7:51pm
There is certainly a bit more urgency about City's play from the start.
7:48pm
City playing 4-4-2 with Stuart Whitehead at right-back.
7:47pm
7:28pm
RT @worcesternews: Last floodlit game at the Lane. A memorable sight for so many City fans. #wcfc http://t.co/yh60pWWnlf
— @stevecarleyWN 18 March 2013
7:26pm
Off to watch some proper football at the last ever night game at worcester city tonight, #memories #wcfc
— @IanPardoe1 18 March 2013
7:23pm
Fill the lane! #SGL #WCFC
— @M_Greenwood96 18 March 2013
7:23pm
Last ever floodlit game at st georges lane tonight #wcfc
— @benhayes94 18 March 2013
7:20pm
Can't believe the final Monday night game at St George's Lane has come round so quick. Some great memories from games under the lights #wcfc
— @richiehh 18 March 2013
7:16pm
Team news tonight sees five changes to the City side that lost to Boston United.
Ethan Moore starts up front in place of Mike Symons, while Matt Sargeant, Lee Ayres, Charlie Reece and Greg Mills are all in.
Tyler Weir, Matt Birley, Glyn Thompson and Kieron Morris make way.
Worcester City: Sargeant, Whitehead, Edwards, Thorley, Ayres, Shabir, Reece, Elvins, Glover, Moore, Mills. Subs: Symons, Taylor, Breeze, Morris, Thompson.
Gainsborough Trinity: White, Roma, Young, Waterfall, Hone, T Thompson, Russell, Nelthorpe, Barraclough, Stamp, Yates. Subs: Hawkridge, Wilde, Platt, Clarke, Jones.
Referee: M D'Aguilar.
