Full-time - Worcester City 0 St Albans City 0 (From Worcester News)

Full-time - Worcester City 0 St Albans City 0

2:43pm Saturday 20th March 2010 in

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90+5 mins: Referee blows full-time whistle.

90+1 mins: Lewes have drawn 0-0 at Bishop's Stortford.

89 mins: Price sends a free-kick into the area, the ball falls for Clyde on the stretch but he directs it wide.

87 mins: SUB. City: Matt Birley replaces Marc McGregor.

85 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Gary Walker booked for foul on Peter Smith.

84 mins: Carter again denied by Bastock.

82 mins: SUB. St Albans: Mark Peters replaces Drew Roberts.

79 mins: SUB. City: Josh Quaynor replaces Jason Pike.

76 mins: Price swings in a corner from the right, Wilding flick the ball on and Carter heads over from two yards out.

73 mins: Davies curls an effort wide from long range. City beginning to crank the pressure up again.

70 mins: SUB. St Albans: Ian Dunn replaces James Lindie.

66 mins: Smith runs at the defence and fires just wide for the visitors.

65 mins: St Albans starting to see more of the ball.

57 mins: Meredith's long ball finds Craig Wilding, he plays in Carter whose shot is saved by Bastock. Pike sends in the rebound and Bastock saves from McGregor.

50 mins: Neat skill from Davies allows him a shot at goal which Bastock saves. McGregor somehow puts the rebound against the bar from two yards but luckily he had been flagged offside.

49 mins: James Lindie hacks an effort woefully wide from distance.

45+1 mins: Jake Beecorft takes St Albans' first corner. Cleared by a combination of Wayne Daniel and McGregor. Ball then falls to Chris Sullivan and he fires into the side-netting.

44 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: Graham Ward booked for dissent. St Albans: Everitt booked for dangerous play.

43 mins: Meredith caught by a very high boot from Adam Everitt.

38 mins: McGregor fails to connect with Ward's cross from the right.

36 mins: Gary Walker needs treatment by looks ok to continue.

34 mins: YELLOW CARD. City: McGregor booked following altercation with Peter Smith.

32 mins: Price's free-kick just fails to find Mark Clyde at the far post.

30 mins: City still in the ascendancy but will they pay the price for not scoring when they had the chances?

24 mins: Marc McGregor heads at the keeper from Pike's right-wing cross.

18 mins: SUB. City: Jake Meredith replaces St Louis-Hamilton.

15 mins: Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton needs treatment after going down clutching his right thigh.

13 mins: Pike drills an effort just wide of the post.

12 mins: Price's free-kick from the right is beaten away by Bastock.

8 mins: Bastock blocks from Carter as City continue to press.

7 mins: Price's corner is headed away at the near post.

5 mins: Carter's shot is turned over the bar by Paul Bastock after hesitation in the defence. From Jamie Price's resulting corner, Marc McGregor skims a header wide.

3 mins: Alfie Carter breaks down the left, finds Jason Pike in the penalty area and his shot is well blocked by Peter Smith.

2 mins: Rob Davies, playing on the left of midfield, scuffs a shot wide.

0 mins: City kicking towards the canal end in the first-half.

Team news: New signing Jason Pike makes his debut for Worcester City in today's match against St Albans at St George's Lane.

Pike starts in the absence of Ryan Burge, while Mark Clyde returns to the centre of defence.

With Rob Elvins suspended, Marc McGregor starts up front with Alfie Carter.

Cheltenham defender Josh Quaynor is named on the bench but Matt Dinsmore is not in the squad. Josh Emery misses out through illness.

Worcester City: St Louis-Hamilton, Ward (c), Price, Wilding, Daniel, Clyde, Pike, Walker, McGregor, Carter, Davies. Subs: Birley, Connolly, Quaynor, Heeley, Meredith.

St Albans: Bastock, Quilter, Smith, Magwood, Everitt, Frater (c), Beecroft, Fisher, Lindie, Roberts, Sullivan. Subs: Peters, Dunn, Wheeler, James, Johnson.

Referee: Ian Rathbone.

Attendance: 605.