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Stalybridge Celtic 0 Worcester City 2
Updated 9:56pm Saturday 9th February 2013 in Blue Square Conference North Table & Results
By Steve Carley, @stevecarleyWN
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- 81 mins: Glover 0-1
- 84 mins: Symons 0-2
4:55pm
4:54pm
Breeze fires just over the bar.
4:54pm
City keeping the ball in the corner. Effective but not great to watch.
4:53pm
Reece with the corner and City keep the ball by the flag.
4:51pm
Foul added minutes to play.
4:51pm
Stalybridge (90 mins): Mitchell Austin for foul on Reece.
4:48pm
Attendance is 357.
4:47pm
City sub (87 mins): Kyle Patterson replaces Danny Glover.
4:45pm
City (84 mins): Thorley sends the ball into the area, it falls to Symons and he fires home.
4:44pm
City 81 mins): Glover for taking shirt off in his celebration.
4:43pm
City (81 mins): Long ball forward from Breeze falls for Glover and he unleashes a shot into the bottom corner. Fine strike and the City bench go mad.
4:39pm
Thorley delivers corner but keeper easily catches.
4:37pm
City (77 mins): Elvins for late lunge on Lewis Hatch.
4:35pm
City sub (74 mins): Matt Breeze on for Matt Birley.
4:31pm
Shot from Gregory is spilled by Thompson but he manages to smother the rebound.
4:31pm
Game becoming a bit stretched. Laird also pulled up for a foul but nobody seems to know why. Bizarre.
4:28pm
Stalybridge sub (68 mins): Adam Pepper replaces Greg Wilkinson.
4:28pm
Thorley fires fre kick into the wall, much to the disgust of Glover who also fancied it.
4:27pm
Stalybridge (66 mins): Warburton for challenge on Thorley.
4:25pm
City sub (62 mins): Mike Symons comes on for Taylor. Glover must be ok.
4:22pm
Shot from Laird hits Whitehead and goes for a corner. Headed clear by Ayres.
4:21pm
Having said that, Glover is struggling to move and his right ankle is giving him trouble.
4:20pm
Glover needs treatment following the challenge but should be ok to continue.
4:19pm
Glover goes down in the box but nothing is given despite protests from the City bench. Reece puts the loose ball over the bar.
4:18pm
Laird shoots from long range, straight at the keeper.
4:17pm
Free kick from Thorley is well saved by Cairns.
4:17pm
Stalybridge (55 mins): Mark Lees for pulling back Taylor.
4:14pm
Corey Gregory takes aim from distance and finds the midriff of Thompson.
4:13pm
View from press box at Stalybridge. Not as bright as it suggests. http://t.co/mG3Rmkvt
— @stevecarleyWN 09 February 2013
4:12pm
City playing with the slope in the second half.
4:12pm
City (50 mins): Jacob Rowe for a clattering challenge on Mitchell Austin.
4:09pm
Rowe heads wide from Thorley corner. Good chance.
4:06pm
Second period under way.
4:06pm
Stalybridge half time sub. Prince Haywood on for Kristian Platt.
3:49pm
3:48pm
Two added minutes to play.
3:45pm
Lee Ayres meets Thorley's corner and smacks a header against the bar.
3:44pm
Reece beats offside trap, crosses but nobody there for City.
3:43pm
SUB. Stalybridge (40 mins): Corey Gregory on for Tom Buckley. Not sure if that's for an injury or tactical.
3:37pm
Stalybridge (35 mins): Callum Warburton for late challenge on Glover.
3:36pm
Reece breaks out of defence and sets up a good Worcester move which ends in the arms of keeper Cairns.
3:34pm
Final ball from both teams is currently lacking.
3:30pm
Laird takes down a long ball forward and blasts it over the bar.
3:29pm
City have had the better chances so far but the hosts have gone close themselves.
3:26pm
Thorley's corner is headed away at the near post.
3:24pm
Greg Wilkinson tees up Jack Laird and he places a shot inches past the post. Good effort.
3:23pm
Thorley takes a corner for City. It's met by Elvins and headed over.
3:19pm
Shot from Glover is held by Alex Cairns. At the other end the hosts waste a corner.
3:18pm
Keeper makes a hash of clearance from Birley pass but recovers to block from Reece who then has a shot cleared off the line by Callum Warburton.
3:18pm
Keeper makes a hash of clearance from Birley pass but recovers to block from Reece who then has a shot cleared off the line by Callum Warburton.
3:13pm
A cros from Fabrice Bembo-Leta is cleared off the line by Stuart Whitehead.
3:12pm
Through ball from Matt Birley almost finds Taylor.
3:11pm
Shot from Danny Glover is pushed behind for a corner which is fired wide by Jacob Rowe.
3:10pm
The are some challenges flying in but fairly I would say in the main.
3:08pm
City closing down quickly and not allowing the hosts much space.
3:07pm
It's City who are doing all the early pressing.
3:04pm
Cross from Michael Taylor deflects behind Charlie Reece in the box.
3:03pm
We're off at Bower Fold.
2:36pm
For those interested, we are right at the foot of the Pennines and there is snow on the top. Which basically means it is cold at Bower Fold.
2:26pm
Manager Carl Heeley makes one change with Charlie Reece coming in for the injured Greg Mills. Tyler Weir has trained with the squad but is not involved.
Stalybridge Celtic: Cairns, Lees, Warburton, Platt, J Bembo-Leta, Hatch, F Bembo-Leta, Buckley, Laird, Wilkinson, Austin. Subs: Haywood, Gregory, Parkhouse, Egerton, Pepper.
Worcester City: Thompson, Rowe, Deeney, Thorley, Whitehead, Ayres, Birley, Elvins, Taylor, Glover, Reece. Subs: Symons, Breeze, Patterson, Edwards, Sargeant.
Referee: Ian Dudley (Blidworth).
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