FA Cup 3rd qualifying round
Match preview Vs Stourbridge FCVenue: War Memorial ParkDate: 06-10-18Kick off: 15:00hrs

The Harriers venture the short distance to the Stadium of Glass tomorrow afternoon hoping to hear the sound of breaking glass as we shatter Stourbridges’ hopes of progressing any further in the FA Cup. The one thing against that happening though is our abysmal record of winning cup ties there in recent years.

It was three seasons ago that we last played them in the FA Cup under Dave Hockaday and we collapsed to a disastrous 3-0 defeat. Two months later we returned to the War Memorial Ground for the FA Trophy and lost again with a 2-1 scoreline.  Our only goal in those two meetings was from Gurjit Singh.

Now we have to be ready and this time do better to come home with the win.

We should now have a fully fit side at our disposal with Joel Taylor hopefully back from his eye injury. If he’s not then we’re going to have to draft in yet another academy player to fill the seventeen strong bench. Harry Stratford, Reiss Taylor-Randle and Harry Higginson have already made fleeting appearances and will no doubt be used again.

Our hosts, Stourbridge, will have defender Jack Duggan out with a hamstring injury while Rob Thompson-Brown will be making an appearance against his former club. The Glassboys play in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier Central and, following their 3-1 win against Needham Market last Saturday, sit in third place. On Wednesday evening they took a mixed side to Evesham Utd for their league cup game and came away with a 3-2 win.

The biggest talking point this week hasn’t been the actual game, and whether we could win, but the naive arrangements surrounding the lack of ticketing and that there will only be 600 spaces for Harriers fans. In fact the figures for those two previous meetings explodes that argument out of the water with a quoted 500 Harriers fans travelling for the FA Trophy and around 60 less for the FA Cup game a few weeks earlier.

With the gates opening at 1.30pm the answer is to get there as early as possible rather than missing out and if you miss out then you won’t see the Harriers progress into the next round of the Cup will you?


Teams:

Harriers from:

B Hall, Palmer, Taylor, Horsfall, O’Connor, Digie, Vaughan, Johnson, Baxendale, Weeks, Austin, Bradley, Chambers, Daniels, Richards, Williams, Ironside, Stratford, Higginson, Taylor-Randle.

Stourbridge FC from:

Maher, Wren, Brown, L Hall, Hayden, McCone, Christophorou, Pirpoint, Westlake, Birch, Edmonds-Hill, Evans, Forde, Mills, Powell, Steele, Thompson-Brown, Tonks, Broadhurst, Anderson, Benbow, Cameron, Attoumani, Rydhel-Junior.

Referee: Mr Sam Mulhall, Cheshire


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Previous games against Stourbridge FC
 
DateH/AComp:ScoreGoalsAtt: (away)
12-12-2015AFA Trophy 1st rd2 – 1Singh902 (500)
24-10-2015AFA Cup 4th qual rd3 – 0 2032 (444)
04-08-2012HWorcester Senior Cup Final0 – 1 1021
26-02-2009AWorcester Senior Cup QF0 – 3Carr 3292
11-01-2000AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd2 – 5Hines, Hadley, Brownrigg, Marsh354
18-02-1998HWorcester Senior Cup QF replay1 – 1Yates379
27-01-1998AWorcester Senior Cup QF0 – 0 296
02-03-1996HWorcester Senior Cup SF1 – 2Davies750
28-03-1991AWorcester Senior Cup SF0 – 3Taylor, Whitehouse, McGrath805
04-04-1990AWorcester Senior Cup SF2 – 3Casey, Burton, Howell647
26-02-1983ASouthern League Premier1 – 1Waddington571
30-10-1982HSouthern League Premier1 – 0Powell511
16-09-1982ASouthern League Cup 1st rd 2nd leg1 – 0 401
23-08-1982HSouthern League Cup 1st rd 1st leg2 – 0Vassallo, Mullen501
08-03-1982HSouthern League Midland2 – 2Powell 2602
02-09-1981ASouthern League Midland1 – 1Powell 
29-04-1981HWorcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg0 – 2  
22-04-1981AWorcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg1 – 1OG 
27-12-1980HSouthern League Midland3 – 2Foxwell, Williams534
29-09-1980ASouthern League Midland1 – 1Wright621
05-04-1980HSouthern League Midland2 – 1Powell 2466
26-12-1979ASouthern League Midland2 – 1Powell 
02-05-1979HWorcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg2 – 1Smith, OG 
24-04-1979AWorcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg2 – 2Mullen 2 
04-11-1978ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 2Mullen 2 
30-09-1978HSouthern League 1st Div North4 – 2Chambers, Griffiths, Mullen, Saint 
25-03-1978HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 0Haywood 
27-12-1997ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 1Haywood 
09-04-1977ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 0  
25-09-1976HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 2Griffiths408
11-09-1976AWelsh FA Cup 1st rd1 – 0  
04-02-1975ABorder Counties League2 – 1McGowan 
01-08-1974HBorder Counties League2 – 0Lynch, Jones 
03-03-1974ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 0  
08-09-1973AWelsh FA Cup 1st rd2 – 1Ball 
11-08-1973HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 1Henderson885
20-03-1973ASouthern League 1st Div North0 – 0  
08-01-1973HCamkin Cup 2nd rd3 – 0P Wassall, Jewkes, Lynch701
12-08-1972HSouthern League 1st Div North3 – 0P Wassall, Lynch, Jones1179
01-11-1971ABorder Counties League1 – 2B Wassall, Jessop 
13-09-1971HBorder Counties League2 – 3McKay 21745
09-04-1971ABorder Counties League1 – 0  
01-04-1971HBorder Counties League3 – 0B Wassall, P Wassall, Price 
19-12-1970HWest Midland Premier4 – 0Jackson, P Wassall, Smith, Henderson 
30-11-1970HWest Midlands League Cup 3rd rd2 – 1P Wassall 2 
31-08-1970AWest Midland Premier1 – 2P Wassall, Jackson 
09-05-1970HBorder Counties League6 – 0B Wassall 3, Holder, Cocker, Watson 
20-04-1970HStaffordshire Senior Cup SF1 – 0Watson 
02-04-1970ACamkin Cup Final 2nd leg2 – 3Cocker, Henderson, B Wassall 
23-03-1970HCamkin Cup Final 1st leg5 – 0Chester, P Wassall, B Wassall, Watson, Cocker 
16-03-1970HWest Midland Premier2 – 3P Wassall, Henderson 
18-11-1969AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd3 – 4Cocker 3, Smith 
14-10-1969ABorder Counties League0 – 2B Wassall, Henderson 
11-10-1969AWest Midland Premier1 – 3P Wassall, Watson, Henderson 
03-03-1969HWorcester Senior Cup SF1 – 0Henderson 
11-01-1969HWest Midland Premier9 – 1P Wassall 3, Taylor, Cocker 2, Henderson 2, Smith 
14-09-1968AWest Midland Premier1 – 5Gilbert 2, B Wassall, Smith, OG 
08-05-1968HWorcester Senior Cup SF 2nd leg2 – 3B Wassall, P Wassall 
20-04-1968HWest Midland Premier2 – 1Gilbert, P Wassall 
03-04-1968AWorcester Senior Cup SF 1st leg4 – 1P Wassall 
21-02-1968HCamkin Cup QF 2nd leg2 – 1P Wassall, B Wassall 
19-02-1968ACamkin Cup QF 1st leg3 – 4P Wassall 2, B Wassall, Henderson 
29-08-1967AWest Midland Premier0 – 4P Wassall, Henderson 2, Watson 
11-03-1967AWest Midland Premier2 – 1Gilbert 
27-12-1966HWest Midland Premier5 – 1Gilbert, B Wassall, Holbutt, Henderson, Salisbury 
26-03-1966AWest Midland Premier1 – 2Wyatt, B Wassall 
30-10-1965HWest Midland Premier2 – 0Henderson, Gilbert 
30-08-1965HWest Midland League Cup1 – 3P Wassall 
05-04-1965HWest Midland League3 – 1P Wassall 2, Gilbert 
09-01-1965HWest Mids League Cup 1st rd replay1 – 3Buxton 
29-09-1964AWest Mids League Cup 1st rd1 – 1Gilbert 
12-09-1964AWest Midland League1 – 1P Wassall 
18-04-1964HWest Midland League2 – 4Gilbert, Price 
02-11-1963AWest Midland League3 – 1Price 
18-05-1963HWest Midland League0 – 1  
01-08-1962AWest Midland League0 – 0  
21-04-1962ABirmingham & District League0 – 2Beasley, Gilbert 
18-11-1961HBirmingham & District League6 – 1O’Brien 3, Barber, Wright 2 
31-12-1960ABirmingham & District League0 – 0  
29-08-1960ABirmingham & District League0 – 1Lane 
27-03-1958HBirmingham Senior Cup SF0 – 3  
26-10-1955HWorcester Senior Cup1 – 2Punter 
12-04-1955HWorcester Senior Cup SF5 – 1Knight 2, Duggins, Hardiman, Cocum 
30-09-1953HHerefordshire Senior Cup5 – 0Heron, Aldred, Lesz, McCabe 2 
06-10-1951HBirmingham Senior Cup 2nd rd3 – 0Bury, Treherne 25023
11-09-1950ABirmingham Senior Cup 1st rd1 – 2Tatum, Kerigan 
24-09-1949HFA Cup preliminary rd replay2 – 3Grant, Mitchell 
17-09-1949AFA Cup preliminary rd0 – 0  
06-03-1948AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay4 – 1Pears 
17-01-1948AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay5 – 2Grosvenor, Pears 
06-12-1947HWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd1 – 1Pears2504
07-04-1947HBirmingham Combination2 – 1Grosvenor, Lewis 
26-12-1946ABirmingham Combination3 – 3Lewis 3 
14-09-1946AWorcester Senior Cup 1st rd2 – 1Lewis 
11-05-1946HBirmingham Senior Cup Final5 – 0Woolley, Lewis 3, Lilley 
22-04-1946ABirmingham Combination2 – 0  
26-12-1945HBirmingham Combination5 – 0Thomas 4, Male 
10-10-1937HFA Cup3 – 2? 
12-04-1926AWorcester Senior Cup2 – 0  
16-09-1911HFA Cup3 – 2? 
12-11-1904AFA Cup0 – 1? 
24-11-1902AFA Cup0 – 2? 
19-11-1902HFA Cup0 – 0  
15-11-1902AFA Cup2 – 2? 
06-10-1900AFA Cup5 – 2? 
16-10-1895AFA Cup1 – 2? 
12-10-1895HFA Cup0 – 0  
17-09-1892ABirmingham & District League0 – 2?