7:38pm Tuesday 15th December 2009
By Steve Carley
90+4 mins: SUB. Thurrock: Reiss Gilbey replaces Matt Paine.
90+4 mins: Thurrock hanging on.
90+1 mins: Ward has four corners cleared as City press.
87 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Wilding booked for foul on Paine.
84 mins: Clyde blazes over the bar.
83 mins: SUB. City: Matt Dinsmore replaces Rob Elvins.
82 mins: SUB. Thurrock: Rob Swaine replaces Kenny Clark.
78 mins: Meredith does well to deny Bodkin.
73 mins: YELLOW CARD. Thurrock: Matt Paine cautioned.
72 mins: City have had several shots blocked by defenders as they seek an equaliser.
66 mins: Meredith gets down to block from Matt Paine after Fola Orilonishe's effort is cleared off the line.
62 mins: SUB. City: Danny Carey-Bertram and Matt Birley replace Alfie Carter and Rob Davies.
56 mins: SUB. Thurrock: Leon McKenzie replaces Paul Olima.
55 mins: GOAL. Thurrock: Flynn heads clear from a City corner, Bodkin collects the ball and runs the full length of the pitch before firing past Meredith.
52 mins: City work the ball out to Clyde on the left, his cross is met by Gary Walker but the defender smothers.
47 mins: Kenny Clark's header is punched off the line by Meredith.
45+2 mins: YELLOW CARD. Thurrock: Captain Flynn is booked.
45 mins: Bodkin's free-kick is drilled straight into Carter.
44 mins: Rob Davies' corner evades everybody and goes out of play.
43 mins: Wilding tries his luck from distance but the keeper gathers.
41 mins: Meredith makes a double save to deny firstly Bodkin and then Bryant.
38 mins: City win their first corner. Ward takes it but the ball is headed clear on the near post.
35 mins: Wayne Daniel hacks the ball clear as Meredith came to claim. The defender taking no chances.
33 mins: Mark Clyde twists his way through two challenges and hooks over a cross which almost catches the keeper out.
30 mins: Lee Flynn's free-kick is easily gathered by Meredith under little pressure.
28 mins: Graham Ward lofts in a free-kick, the ball eventually falls to Rob Elvins and his shot is easy for Woolley.
25 mins: Evenly matched contest at the moment but opportunities are few.
21 mins: Alfie Carter spins in the area and fires a shot at the keeper.
18 mins: Lee Flynn blasts an effort against his own player from Thurrock's first corner.
16 mins: City beginning to settle but no further chances since the goal.
10 mins: GOAL. City: Craig Wilding smashes a deflected free-kick past a static Joe Woolley for the equaliser.
9 mins: YELLOW CARD. Thurrock: Craig Pope, making his debut, is booked.
4 mins: Leon Lalite drags a shot wide for the hosts. City slow to start.
1 min: GOAL. Thurrock: Matt Bodkin's right-wing cross is met by David Bryant and he glances a header in via the far post.
Worcester City are unchanged for tonight's Blue Square South match at Thurrock.
Danny Carey-Bertram and Matt Birley are on the subs bench after missing the weekend FA Trophy win against Grays Athletic.
Worcester City: Meredith, Ward, Clyde, Wilding, Daniel, Kemp, Davies (Birley 62), Walker, McGregor, Elvins (Dinsmore 82), Carter (Carey-Bertram 62). Subs not used: Spencer, Bridges.
Thurrock: Woolley, Pope, Anderson, Flynn, Clark (Swaine 82), Paine (Gilbey 90+4), Bodkin, Lalite, Bryant, Olima (McKenzie 56), Orilonishe. Subs not used: Lincoln, McKenzie, Omand.
Referee: Rob Mackay.
See tomorrow's Worcester News for full report.
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