Solihull Moors 5 v 1 Harrogate Town
Saturday 3rd December 2011, 7:50 PM
| Date: | 3rd December 2011 |
| Venue: | Danson Park |
| Comp: | Blue Square Ben North League Match |
| Att: | 209 |
Match Report
It was a bad day at the office for Town as their frailties against set pieces were exposed once again.
Town were troubled by a series of early corners and long throws into the box by Gavin Hurren.
Danny Spencer’s through ball was driven wide by Richard Walker as Moors piled on the pressure.
Town’s first attack almost produced a goal as keeper Jasbir Singh spilled Craig Radcliffe’s corner, but he made amends by keeping out Lee Elam’s follow up shot.
Twice the dangerous Mike Blackwood almost prized open the Town defence, firstly shooting narrowly over and then setting up sub Jordan Fitzpatrick, who contrived to miss an open goal.
Harrogate replied with Jake Picton’s 36th minute header being blocked on the line by Junior English, but two minutes later Dom Langdon’s back header from a free kick crept in off the post to give Moors the lead.
Lee Elam and Paul Brayson combined well, but the latter’s angled drive was straight at Singh.
Two headers from corners within eight minutes made it three for the Moors.
Lee Morris headed home from close range after 55 minutes and then Stuart Pierpoint rose unchallenged to head into the far corner.
With twenty minutes remaining Simon Weaver introduced 18 year old Jack Emmett for his debut.
Brayson’s superbly struck free kick with 13 minutes left gave Town hopes of salvaging a point, but with six minutes to go Fitzpatrick ran through a static Town defence and beat Mark Cook with a low shot into the far corner to end Town’s mini revival.
Fitzpatrick completed the scoring in the 3rd minute of added time when his speculative, swerving 30 yard drive, beat Cook via the upright.
Report by: John Harrison
| No | Name | Goal | Yellow Card | Red Card | |
| 1 | Mark Cook | ||||
| 2 | Liam Darville | ||||
| 3 | Craig Radcliffe | ||||
| 4 | Matthew Bloomer | ||||
| 5 | Luke Ashworth | ||||
| 6 | Jake Picton | ||||
| 7 | Peter Bore | ||||
| 8 | Stephen Turnbull | ||||
| 9 | Paul Brayson | 77 | |||
| 10 | Jonny Allan | ||||
| 11 | Lee Elam | Yes | |||
| Sub Name | Goal | Yellow Card | Red Card | Replaced | |
| S1 | Alex Meechan | Liam Darville | |||
| S2 | Will Turl | Jonny Allan | |||
| S3 | Jack Emmett | Lee Elam | |||
| S4 | Paul Heckingbottom | ||||
| S5 | Richard Pell |
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