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City come from behind to seal 2nd win in 4 days
By Nathan Jackson
September 29 2003
It was a case of deja vu as Richardson and Butcher both scored for the 2nd game in a row to come from behind against Kidderminster. City lay 13th in the table.
For the 4th game in a row, Keith named the same starting 11 against a Kidderminster team who hadn't won in 6.

The first shot of goal, wasn't even supposed to be a shot when Paul Mayo's free kick swung in front the right and went over everyone before hitting the left hand side of the crossbar.

Not soon afterwards, Kidderminster broke 3 on 2 against the City defence but the ball fell to the feet of Weaver who took 1 touch too many and was dis-possesed by Bent who drilled the ball past Marriott and put the Harriers 1-0 up with 12 minutes played.

City continued to press but were having little luck. Richard Liburd then had a great chance as the ball came into the box in mid air and went past everyone and right in front of Liburd who managed to control it but then fall over.

City got a free kick 30 yards out and Bailey made Brock pull off a good save to deny the Imps an equaliser.

City broke again down the right and Ricky Butcher cross in, Marcus Richardson then did an overhead kick to give City a deserved equaliser. It was such a good goal, even the Kidderminster fans were clapping it.

Henrikson immediatly went down the City end but his tame shot was easily saved by Marriott.

A game of head tennis around the Kiddy area resulted in Ricky Butcher sending a looping header from 18 yards into the top right hand corner of the net to give the Imps an un-expected, but more than welcome lead.

The last incident before halftime saw Brock palm Futcher's header from a corner onto the post.

The 2nd half had chances few and far between. The first coming within 2 minutes of the kick off when a cross from Peter Gain was volleyed in from close range from Richardson only for him to go inches wide.

Henrikson again came close with a 20 yard volley narrowly going over the bar.

City should then have had a penalty when Richardson was trying to turn in the area to get round the last defender but was having his shirt pratically ripped off him and by some fluke, the ref didn't notice it. God knows how, the Kidderminster player pulled his shirt back about a foot which should be more than enough for a penalty.

Richard Butcher then had a volley from the edge of the area well saved.

The final chance of the game came late in stoppage time when Adie Smith's header from a corner was headed of the line by Mark Bailey who wasn't making any friends with the Kiddy fans.

So another good win for City that continues the extremely good run of 5 games with defeat, 3 of which are wins. City also finally seem to be able to score goals, having scored 7 in the last 5 games, it may not sound a lot but by our standards, it is.

City now play with a very large factor of confidence and next up is a game against a team managed by Keith's predocessor in Alan Buckley.

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