Hopes of progressing in this years FA Trophy look likely to be heading for the scrapyard faster than a seventies Vauxhall rot box after this ultimately disappointing result. With the Harriers seemingly coasting into half time with a 3-1 lead they threw it all away in a mistake strewn second half that saw Vauxhall snatch a replay in added time.
The result will now entail a trip up to the barren North Cheshire plain on Tuesday evening for a re-match that will see us going into the draw for the next round only if there is a change of attitude and a commitment from the midfield to play as a team. Something that was sadly lacking yet again today.
By that time we shall know who our, possible, next round opponents will be when the draw is made on Monday.
With the now usual shaky start for the Harriers it was Vauxhall who were to make most of the running in the opening ten minutes. Our visitors had already got the midfield won by then and popped in two shots on Bevans goal that could have seen them come close to opening the scoring.
As it was it was the Reds that grabbed the lead when James Constable, who had spurned easier chances earlier, got onto the end of a superb Simon Russell cross to send the ball looping over the keepers head. This was followed with a second goal four minutes later from Russell himself after he beat a defender on the edge of the area and, even though his shot was weak, it crept into the goal via the foot of a defender desperately trying to clear it off the line.
Just after, Rob Davies was exchanged for Jake Sedgemore after the former got injured. Sedgemore was a straight replacement for the on loan Albion player.
On the half hour mark Iyseden Christie grabbed his tenth goal of the season when he converted Michael Blackwoods excellent cross but then came the first warning that Vauxhall were not about to give up just yet.
John Lawless got behind the Harriers struggling defence to slip over a cross for Lee Furlong to send whistling past Scott Bevan.
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