Full-time - Worcester City 2 Braintree Town 3 (From Worcester News)

Full-time - Worcester City 2 Braintree Town 3

7:38pm Monday 15th February 2010 in

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90+4 mins: GOAL. City: Brad Quinton curls in a free-kick and Marks heads the winner.

90+3 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Mark Clyde cautioned.

90+2 mins: Carter's close-range effort is blocked for a corner. The flag-kick comes to nothing.

90 mins: City hanging on somewhat but a third Braintree goal would be harsh.

85 mins: Marks' drive in blocked by Meredith.

82 mins: Meredith makes a fine reflex save from Game.

81 mins: SUB. Braintree: Brad Quinton replaces George Purcell. I assume it's Quinton as number 17 has been shown but Braintree don't have that on their team list!

76 mins: GOAL. Braintree: Craig Calver brings the sides level with a shot from the edge of the area.

75 mins: Durrant's firm drive hits Carter who, to make matters worse, is also flagged offside!

74 mins: SUB. Braintree: Ashley Dumas replaces Mark Jones. City: Rob Davies replaces Aaron Farrell.

72 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Gary Walker booked.

68 mins: SUB. Braintree: Craig Calver replaces Reece Harris.

65 mins: Sustained period of City pressure ends with Ward firing wide from distance.

59 mins: Game's corner is punched clear by Meredith.

55 mins: City continue to press for a third.

49 mins: GOAL. City: Emery gets on the end of a right-wing cross and fires the ball left-footed across Holloway and into the far corner.

46 mins: No changes at half-time.

45+1 mins: Game's free-kick finds a team-mate in an offside position.

44 mins: YELLOW CARD. Braintree: Tom Champion booked for leading with the elbow on Jack Durrant.

43 mins: Carter's overhead kick drifts wide of the goal.

40 mins: YELLOW CARD. Braintree: Sean Marks cautioned.

35 mins: Matt Game fires aimlessly wide following Mark Clyde's clearance.

34 mins: Carter gets goal side of Joe Bruce but he slices his volley wide.

29 mins: Graham Ward fires in a free-kick from the right and Wayne Daniel just fails to get his head to the ball.

24 mins: Jake Meredith does well to cut out Reece Harris' low cross amid poor defending.

23 mins: Elvins nods the ball into Carter's path and his fierce volley is held by Holloway.

17 mins: GOAL. City: Josh Emery's strike is deflected and Aaron Farrell pounces to head home.

14 mins: Alfie Carter's dipping left-foot volley from 25 yards excellently saved by Craig Holloway.

12 mins: GOAL. Braintree: Jacob Mingle given time and space to fire home following a corner.

6 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Rob Elvins booked for a late challenge on Braintree captain Mark Jones.

3 mins: George Purcell's free-kick blasted into the City defensive wall.

0 mins: City kicking towards the Canal End in the first-half.

Worcester City are unchanged for tonight's Blue Square South match against Braintree Town at St George's Lane.

The only alteration to the squad sees skipper Tom Kemp fail to make the 16 and is replaced on the bench by Louis Bridges.

Worcester City: Meredith, Ward, Shabir, Durrant, Daniel, Clyde, Emery, Walker, Elvins, Carter, Farrell. Subs: Bridges, Davies, Wilding, Adaggio, Dinsmore.

Braintree Town: Holloway, Peters, Jones (c), Bruce, Goodacre, Champion, Mingle, Game, Purcell, Marks, Harris. Subs: Burridge, Calver, Dumas, Bruno, Quinton.

Referee: Tim Wood.