Kidderminster 1 Scunthorpe 3

Last updated : 02 March 2003 By Footymad Previewer

Scunthorpe recorded their first ever goals and win at Kidderminster, but were helped by some sloppy defending by the home team.

Kidderminster introduced Wes Morgan for his Football League debut following his midweek loan move from Nottingham Forest. The youngster made his presence felt within the first ten minutes with a crunching tackle on Wayne Graves that left the Scunthorpe player requiring treatment for several minutes.

The opening exchanges of the game were cagey with both teams being evenly matched and treating each other with respect.

The game began to get scrappy until Scunthorpe took the lead after 31 minutes, Peter Beagrie chased a long ball on the left, turned Adie Smith inside out and then hit a blistering shot from the corner of the penalty area into the far corner.

Seconds later a setback became a disaster for Harriers as their defence went missing again, a cross from the left found Matt Sparrow at the far post and his shot was only parried by Fraser Digby into the path of Martin Carruthers who was left with an easy tap-in.

Kidderminster struggled to get back into their stride before the interval and had to settle for the two-goal deficit at the break.

After the break the home team came out fired up to get back into the game and immediately played better than they had at any time in the opening period.

Top scorer Bo Henriksen got them back into the game after 49 minutes sweeping in JJ Melligan's low cross for his 18th goal of the season.

Against the run of play Scunthorpe scored the third goal to end the match.

Craig Hinton was undone by the pace of Andy Parton who left him trailing, Danny Williams and Morgan challenged the Scunthorpe man as he ran into the penalty area and referee Williamson had no hesitation in awarding a penalty.

Beagrie took the kick and although Digby guessed correctly and dived to his right he was unable to keep it out.

From then on Kidderminster were never likely to get back into the game and Scunthorpe held on for a deserved victory.