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Monday 21st November 2011 – Worcester City 4 vs 0 REDS

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The REDS made the short trip to St. Georges Lane to take on Worcester City in the Quarter final of the Worcestershire Senior Cup.

The visitors made a number of changes from the side that beat Weymouth at the weekend, with a mixture of U21s and first team squad players.  The young Redditch team acquitted themselves well in the early stages, competing all over the pitch against a more experienced Worcester side.  Very lightweight in attack with O’Callaghan and Dinsmore, Redditch found it difficult to penetrate the Worcester defence, well marshalled by Elvins and Rowe.
With the home side finding more space in the middle third of the pitch, it was Worcester’s Edwards who was becoming the most influential player on the pitch.  The deadlock was broken on 24 minutes following a clever pass from Taylor, leaving Symons one v one with Bedford, totally composed he slotted home to give Worcester a deserved lead.
Worse was to come for the visitors,  4 minutes later following an in-swinging corner by Edwards, the ball was bundled over the line at the near post by Elvins, with the Reds defence in total disarray.  Moses Garvey’s long range effort following a corner after 35 minutes was the nearest, the visitors came to scoring in the first half.
2nd Half.
Worcester came out the second half totally dominant, with the REDS unable to get out of their own half, Symons and Taylor were proving a real handful for the inexperienced Knott and Henry at the heart of the REDS defence.  The third goal for Worcester looked imminent and sure enough on 55 minutes, the pressure took its toll with Henry fouling Symons in the box for a blatant penalty.
Edwards stepped forward to side foot his shot into the corner of the net sending Bedford the wrong way.  The game was now well and truly out of Redditch’s reach, with the visitors looking well beaten, it looked likely that the home side could add to their 3 goal lead.
In the last minute of the game following a run and shot from the impressive Edwards, it was substitute Brown who stuck away the rebound to make it 4.

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Redditch United bowed out of the Worcestershire Senior Cup in embarrassing fashion, slumping to a heavy defeat at the hands of county rivals Worcester City.

And the margin would have been far greater had it not been for young Reds keeper Jake Bedford who pulled off a series of excellent saves to deny City’s rampant strikers.

United boss Graham Hyde opted to field a side crammed with youngsters against a powerful home side who took no time in stamping their authority on the game.

Luke Corbett wasted two glorious chances inside the opening 20 minutes before directing a 24th minutes header against the upright.

The opening goal finally came on 24 minutes, Michael Taylor playing Mike Symons in and the giant striker calmly steered his shot past Bedford.

Central defender Rob Elvins doubled the lead four minutes later when his shot cannoned over the keeper following a scramble and there would have been others had Bedford not saved bravely at the feet of Symons before keeping out a Taylor effort.

Redditch’s best chance came moments before the break, Aaron Moses-Garvey forcing a fine save from City keeper Matt Sargeant.

It was a similar tale in the second half with Bedford once again rescuing the Reds with excellent saves from Corbett and Kevin O’Conner.

But he was helpless to stop Worcester from adding a third on 55 minutes, Danny Edwards scoring from the spot after Symons had been tripped by United defender Alex Henry.

The visitors struggled to create anything to test Sargeant in the second period although the excellent Connor Deards did try his hand from distance after some rampaging runs through midfield.

Further Bedford saves denied Tom Thorley and Corbett in the final quarter and although he managed to keep out a last minute Edwards effort. The ball ran loose to former Redditch midfielder Simon Brown to slot home.

Reds: BEDFORD 9, Hardman 6, Bullimore 8, Carter 5, Henry 5, Knott 6, Deards 8, Moses-Garvey 6, O’Callaghan 5, Dinsmore 7, Jones 6 (Travis 46, 7 (Grimes 86)). Subs (not used): Robinson, Halsall, Stringfellow.

 

Attendance: 262.

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