Live Blog - Kidderminster Harriers vs Halesowen Town
- Ben Ditchfield
- Nov 17, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Match details
Date: Saturday 16th November 2024, 3pm kick off
Competition: FA Trophy Second Round
Venue: Aggborough
Match Report
5:02pm: Full Time
🔴Kidderminster 2-1 Halesowen🔵
Heart-breaking end too what was such a resilient and hard fought performance from Russ Penn's side
5:00pm: 90+7' - LATE LATE CHANCE FOR AN EQUALISER!
Halesowen almost take it to pens late on. Free kick sees keeper Dan Platt come up from the back, the ball is played in ahead of him and the stretching Nat Kelly and into Dibble's gloves.
4:55pm: 90+2' - GOALL FOR KIDDERMINSTER! Scored by Kobe Hall
🔴Kidderminster 2-1 Halesowen🔵
The substitute receives the ball in the box, he has one attempt but at the second, he clears the pathway to tap into an open net. Heartbreak for the away side.
4:52pm: 90' - Four minutes of added time
4:51pm: 89' - Wide!
Ball whipped to the back post for Kidderminster. David Davis is there but heads wide.
4:47pm: 85' - Halesowen substitution
🔵Musa Ceesay off
🔵Pa Njie on
Pa Njie on for his Yeltz debut!
4:44pm: 82' - How has it not gone in!
Kidderminster with another guilt edge chance, ball delivered to the back post and it is somehow headed into the side netting.
4:42pm: 80' - Halesowen substitution
🔵Jak Hickman off
🔵Nat Kelly on
4:41pm: 79' - Heroic defending!
As it seems, Kidderminster are going to put the ball in the net, an inrushing Platt and two defenders scramble it behind for a corner.
4:39pm: 77' - Kidderminster pressure building!
Kidderminster piling players forward for another attack. Chaos ensues in the box, with claims for a penalty, but its waved away by the referee.
4:36pm: 74' - Saved!
Hemmings is played through on goal, Platt comes out quickly enough to be able to make himself big too put it behind for a corner.
4:29pm: 67' - Close!
The ball falls out to Tee on the edge, from a free kick. His goal bound effort is blocked and cleared.
4:22pm: 60' - Over the bar!
Tee takes the third corner, in three minutes. He darts it in low towards the inrushing Ponticelli, sprinting in space in the box, but he gets his foot stuck under it and hits it over.
4:15pm: 54' - Off the post!
This time Kidderminster hit the post. Thompson finds so space and looks like shooting, when he does from 25 yards, it smashes off the post.
4:12pm: 51' - Kidderminster substitution
🔴Tope Obadeyi off
🔴Kobe Hall on
4:06pm: 45' - Second half underway!
3:52pm: Half Time
🔴Kidderminster 1-1 Halesowen🔵
A strong Halesowen start, saw the home side grow into the game and dominate. Hope for the Yeltz ahead of the second period though, Kidderminster have won just six of their last 20 when level at the break.
3:48pm: 45+2' - Off the post!
Halesowen on a rare attack, sees Cassidy start a break away. He gives it out to Hickman on the right, who swings a ball into Ponticelli. Ahead of his defender, he hits an effort off the post.
3:46pm: 45' - Four minutes of added time
3:44pm: 43' - Kidderminster almost profit from mistake!
Josh Smile under no pressure, sloppily heads behind for another Kidderminster corner. Hemmings takes again, this time to the centre of the box, but the ball bounces out to Morgan-Smith to head just over.
3:42pm: 41' - Only just wide!
A corner for Kidderminster, taken by Hemmings is swung to the back post where Morgan-Smith can only head just wide.
3:41pm: 40' - Kidderminster substitution
🔴Reece Devine off
🔴Seb Thompson on
A forced early chance for the hosts. Goalscorer Devine has caused Halesowen problems all half but an injury sees him head down the tunnel.
3:37pm: 35' - What a chance!
Almost a second for Kidderminster. Hemmings puts Devine in on goal with a lovely through ball. Devine vs Platt, and the latter comes out on top and he comes out quick enough to force Devine to hit wide.
3:34pm: 32' - Goal for Kidderminster! Scored by Reece Devine
🔴Kidderminster 1-1 Halesowen🔵
Kidderminster work it well on the left. Devine puts a ball out to Richards, who puts in a low cross towards the box, the ball bobbles around too Devine who sticks it it.
3:28pm: 25' - Just wide!
Foulkes ball forward too Hemmings, who puts in a ball with his left, he delivers it too Morgan-Smith who fails to connect cleanly, allowing it too drift wide.
3:15pm: 13' Close!
Kidderminster work the ball down the right, before switching it out too Devine on the left. He puts a devious ball into the box across the goaline, but somehow it evades two Kidderminster players for a tap in.
3:11pm: 10' Goal for Halesowen! Scored by Jordan Ponticelli
🔴Kidderminster 0-1 Halesowen🔵
Todd Parker and Conor Tee pounce on a loose ball back to Christian Dibble, the keeper makes a right mess of things, as the ball falls too Ponticelli to tap in too an open net.
3:07pm: 6' - Almost!
Kidderminster play it into the box after what looked like a foul on Cassidy on the edge. Wollacott can only clear out to David Davis, who curls a shot over.
3:01pm: 1' - Underway here at Aggborough
2:50pm: Atmosphere building ten minutes before kick off!
2:42pm: Team News
🔴Kidderminster Harriers:
One change from the side that beat South Shields on Tuesday. New signing, 19 year old Ryley Reynolds comes in for his debut, replacing Zak Brown from the 11, who is not in the squad. Joe Foulkes and Caleb Richards start their 20th games of the season.
🔵Halesowen Town:
Two forced changes from the side that beat Sudbury last weekend. Kieren Donnelly and McKauley Manning are out with suspensions, so Musa Ceesay and Jak Hickman come in. Nick Clayton-Phillips is out of the squad as he is cup tied.
2:26pm: Line-ups announced
🔴Kidderminster Harriers XI: Christian Dibble (GK), Caleb Richards, Reece Devine, Reiss McNally, Amari Morgan-Smith (C), Ashley Hemmings, Joe Foulkes, Tope Obadeyi, David Davis, Kam Kandola, Ryley Reynolds
🔴Subs: Tom Palmer (GK), Paul Downing, Taylor Foran, Seb Thompson, Kobe Hall
🔵Halesowen Town XI: Dan Platt (GK), Ben Cassidy, Reece Mitchell, Josh Smile, Ryan Wynter (C), Ryan Wollacott, Todd Parker, Conor Tee, Musa Ceesay, Jordan Ponticelli, Jak Hickman
🔵Subs: Pa Njie, Luke Postle, Nat Kelly, Adi Yussuf, Gael Mfuamba (GK)
2:15pm: Arrived at Aggborough for this FA Trophy Second Round match between seven unbeaten Kidderminster Harriers and six unbeaten Halesowen Town, in a local derby with two sides separated by just 11 miles.
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