Result - Gainsborough Trinity 2 Worcester City 2 (From Worcester News)

Result - Gainsborough Trinity 2 Worcester City 2

2:19pm Saturday 21st April 2012 in Live By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN

90+5 mins: Full-time.

90+3 mins: Shane Clarke drills over the bar for Trinity.

90+2 mins: City have a late corner. Edwards takes it but it's wasted into the side netting.

90+1 mins: Edwards almost gets on the end of Samuels' cross. So close.

89 mins: Trinity corner is cleared by the visitors.

86 mins: SUB. Gainsborough: Ryan Paczkowski replaces Leon Mettam.

86 mins: O'Connor's effort is charged down by Waterfall. It's getting tense now.

84 mins: GOAL. City: Thorley sends White the wrong way. City's dream is still alive.

83 mins: Edwards is felled by Boyce and it's a penalty.

81 mins: Edwards squares the ball to Mills on the edge of the six-yard box and he shoots wide. Awful miss.

80 mins: SUB. Gainsborough: Shane Clarke replaces Jamie Yates.

80 mins: Samuels draws a save from White on his near post.

79 mins: City enjoying their best spell for a long time but can they equalise?

78 mins: Elvins now at centre-half and Whitehead right-back as Samuels is pushed forward.

76 mins: Mills' corner falls to O'Connor but his shot doesn't quite drop for Rowe in the area.

74 mins: City need to make something happen to keep their play-off hopes alive.

72 mins: Pinball in the City box but the ball is eventually hacked clear.

71 mins: SUB. Gainsborough: Paul Connor on for Darryn Stamp.

70 mins: SUB. City: Dwayne Samuels replaces Tyler Weir.

70 mins: Ellis Deeney drills a free-kick over the bar from the edge of the box.

69 mins: YELLOW CARD. Gainsborough: Andrew Boyce for foul on Symons.

66 mins: Symons goes down in the box but he was looking for that penalty. Are City getting desperate?

61 mins: Trinity take a free-kick with the ball still moving and play is brought back. Here's a thought, why not award it the other way if a team fail to stop the ball first?

60 mins: Mettam gets clear but his effort deflects off Rowe for a corner, which comes to nothing.

57 mins: SUB. City: Danny Edwards on for Phil Green.

56 mins: Green's corner from the right is scrambled away by Trinity.

54 mins: Game has gone scrappy but it's City who need to force the issue.

50 mins: Mills' free-kick is headed into White's arms by Elvins.

47 mins: City's first corner of the match is taken by Mills and it's claimed by keeper White.

46 mins: No changes at the break.

45+2 mins: Half-time.

45 mins: GOAL. Gainsborough: Sandwith's free-kick is headed home by Luke Waterfall. An immediate riposte.

43 mins: GOAL. City: A neat one-two between Tom Thorley and Mills sees the latter turn his marker and fire the ball low beyond the reach of Jason White from just inside the box.

40 mins: Symons fires high and wide on the turn.

39 mins: GOAL. Gainsborough: Sandwith's free-kick finds Mettam, his initial shot is saved by Sargeant but the striker's rebound finds the net.

36 mins: Corner from Yates, the first of the game, is prodded clear by Rowe.

35 mins: Williams' cross is flicked off the head of Stamp at the vital moment.

33 mins: Rob Elvins produces a fine double block to thwart a Trinity attack.

29 mins: Jamie Yates' strike is charged down by Rowe.

27 mins: Williams' cross from the right is headed over by Darryn Stamp.

26 mins: Mettam's shot is blocked by Whitehead.

24 mins: Kevin O'Connor's weak header back to Sargeant lets in Mettam but the keeper just gets to the ball first.

22 mins: Sargeant boots his goal kick straight out of play. Trinity edging it at the moment.

18 mins: YELLOW CARD. Gainsborough: Dominic Roma for late tackle on Mills.

17 mins: Ryan Williams' effort is charged down by Ellis Deeney.

16 mins: Green catches Mettam with a two-footed lunge but gets away with it.

15 mins: Symons' shot on the turn is blocked by Andrew Boyce.

13 mins: City manager Carl Heeley chases the linesman down the touchline, furious at an offside decision going against his team.

11 mins: Phil Green momentarily out of position putting some new boots on.

10 mins: Kevin Sandwith takes free-kick for the hosts, City eventually get the ball away.

8 mins: Jamie Yates surges into the area and his shot is saved low down by Matt Sargeant.

6 mins: Decent period of possession for Trinity breaks down with a clearance from Stuart Whitehead.

3 mins: Jacob Rowe gets in a fine saving tackle to thwart Leon Mettam as he prepares to shoot.

2 mins: Mike Symons tries to slip the ball through to Mills but his past doesn't quite have the legs.

1 mins: Free-kick from the left taken by Greg Miils, but it is headed clear.

0 mins: City kick-off.

GOOD afternoon and welcome to Northolme for today’s Blue Square Bet North match between Gainsborough Trinity and Worcester City.

Despite parts of the pitch being under water at 10.30am this morning, the surface has been cleared and declared fit by the referee.

Phil Green starts up front for City as Michael Taylor (ankle) and Matt Birley (dead leg) once again miss out.

Gainsborough Trinity: White, Roma, Sandwith, Waterfall, Boyce, Leary, D’Laryea, R Williams, Mettam, Stamp, Yates. Subs: Connor, Watts, Clarke, J Williams, Paczkowski.

Worcester City: Sargeant, Weir, Deeney, Thorley, Rowe, Whitehead, Elvins, O’Connor, Symons, Green, Mills. Subs: Edwards, Ayres, Brown, Carey-Bertram, Samuels.

Referee: Jason Tyas (West Yorkshire).