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WORCESTER 4 STOURBRIDGE 4

Keith Grainger30 Mar 2017 - 10:42
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Game of 2 halves ends in draw.

Very much a game of 2 halves.
Manager Kieran Bustin selected the players who had took the trouble to travel to Rugby to start the match, leaving 5 substitutes on the bench who would usually start the match.
First half Stour were like a rudderless ship in a force 9 gale, about to sink. It was embarrassing and shambolic to say the least with Worcester dominating all areas of play and going into a deserved 4-0 lead by 40 minutes.
Thankfully Stour got a lift on the stroke of halftime with Brigdale heading home an Edmonds-Hill cross.
With Manager Bustin stripping paint off the dressing room walls at halftime and making 5 changes to the line up, a significant improvement took place to the extent that Stour dominated play in a total reverse of first half proceedings. Worcester were outplayed second half and Stour could have won the match had all chances been taken.
It took until the 81st minute for the second goal to arrive curtesy of a Hayden Reeves header from a corner. 6 minutes later Jake Brigdale grabbed his second, heading in after his first attempt had rebounded off the crossbar. Stour poured forward and equalised with what turned out to be the last kick of the match in the 93rd minute when Josh Ford headed home from an excellent Louis Clifton free kick from the right.
An excellent recovery but we go to Stratford next week looking for 3 points to give a chance of finishing at least 4th in the league with all players playing for their places in the Worcs cup final.
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