Worcester City 1 Fisher Athletic 1 (From Worcester News)

Worcester City 1 Fisher Athletic 1

10:06pm Monday 15th September 2008

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By Steve Carley »

WORCESTER City failed to win at home for the second time in 48 hours as the were held to a disappointing draw by Fisher.

Jemiah Richards put City ahead after just eight minutes with a fine strike on the turn but sub Sanchez Ming fired past Danny McDonnell, re-turning after injury, from the edge of the area with 10 minutes left to earn the Londoners a share of the spoils.

Richard Dryden’s side controlled the game in the first-half against an average Fisher team but allowed their visitors into the contest as the clock ticked down and ultimately paid the price for some poor defending.

McDonnell apart, Dryden named an unchanged line-up from Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Braintree Town although the hosts reverted to a 4-4-2 system.

City started well and were ahead on eight minutes when Rob Davies’ cross from the right fell kindly for Richards in the penalty area and he turned to fire a fine shot past Chris Lewington into the bottom corner.

Fisher offered virtually nothing in the first-half and wasted most of their possession although Sosthene Yao did get the better of Ollie Barnes on 33 minutes but McDonnell was alert to the danger.

The City keeper was only called into action once more before the break as Yao fired tamely at him with the visitors’ best chance after bursting through the centre.

Jordan Fitzpatrick rounded off a good City passing move by firing wide of goal from 20 yards three minutes before the interval.

The former Hereford midfielder tried his luck again at the start of the second-half but keeper Lewington managed to hold on to his effort.

Dinsmore, just seconds before being replaced by Troy Wood on the hour, ran at the Fisher defence and slipped a pass through to Richards but Lewington came to the rescue.

Fisher were seeing more of the play and started to pin City back with a succession of corners and Karl Beckford forced McDonnell to save a 25-yarder on 66 minutes.

The visitors continued to threaten and should have equalised three minutes later but Jones Awuah managed to direct the ball against the crossbar from six yards.

Adaggio defused the situation momentarily by forcing Lewington to go down low to save his powerful drive but, within minutes, Fisher had gone up the other end and Luke Hickie fired into the side netting.

With City sitting deeper, the inevitable finally happened and Ming drilled the ball past McDonnell from 20 yards after the hosts had failed to clear.

Fisher went in search of a winner and came close when Ming’s drive was fumbled by an otherwise impressive McDonnell in the final minute.

City: McDonnell 7, Ward 6, Khan 7, Richardson 7, Barnes 7, Price 6, Davies 6, Fitzpatrick (Tyack 85) 7*, Richards (Walker 75) 6, Adaggio 6, Dinsmore (Wood 60, 6) 7. Subs not used: Brown, Clarke.

Attendance: 580.