The Harriers run towards the top of the League continued tonight at the expense of a mediocre York City. This result also kept our un-beaten home record going and also having scored in every game so far this season. One day soon the bubble will burst but on tonight's showing not that soon.
Yet again we started with the same team as in previous weeks and that in itself must be something of a record too. Six games I make it.
For City they bought along a much changed side that included Peter Holmes after he signed for them yesterday and also Simon Russell to meet his old mates and fans. To be honest he had what seemed to be a muted welcome from us and after all the fuss from his legion of non admirers you have to wonder whether any of them turned up.
From the start we were the stronger side and that continued throughout the game except for a ten minute spell after we scored. They threw on a substitute, Sodje, that seemed to wake them up and we looked a bit shaky but still managed to hold firm.
Justin Richards could have put us into an early lead but, having done all the hard work in meeting Barnes-Homers great cross, he put his shot wide with just the keeper to beat.
Midway through the half and all hell broke loose in the City goalmouth. Martin Brittain swung the corner ball into the area and Luke Jones got on the end of it to power it goalwards. It was cleared away by Simon Rusk but only as far as Mark Creighton who then blasted it back in again. It hit the body of the keeper, Michael Ingham, and deflected against the post. From the home fans point of view it looked as if it had gone in.
York responded with a chance falling the way of Holmes after a Simon Russell cross found Richard Brodie. He passed it on for Holmes to shoot from the side of the area but his shot went straight into the side netting.
Simon Rusk picked up the first booking of the night for a crude tackle on Andy Ferrell - it's usually the other way around! - but the free kick came to nothing. A minute from the end of the half and we got our next real chance on goal when MBH headed across the goal for Richards to come in on but his diving header went well wide of the target.
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Martin Brittain
