City Through To Cup Semi

Last updated : 28 February 2007 By Kev Monks
STOURBRIDGE 0-1 COVENTRY CITY RESERVES BY KEV MONKS

Coventry City Reserves
moved into the Birmingham Senior Cup Semi Final with a 1-0 win at Stourbridge.

Having been to Amblecote twice only to find the game called off,we set off to make our way through the traffic on the M42 and M5 with some intrepidation.

We finally made it to the ground and found the game was on at a ground which houses a cricket pitch on the far side.

Steve Ogrizovic with Tim Flowers took the team and was restricted to players signed before the date of the original game back on January 9th.

Chris Birchall,Adam Virgo and Stuart Giddings were the first teamers involved and it was the Trinidad international who was involved early on,supplying a cross for Andy Gooding to get in a shot from ten yards.

The Glassboys, who play their football in the Southern League, started to test the City defence with a Paul Moore shot going wide and Cameron Belford saving in the 18th minute from Leon Broadhurst.

Lee Hildreth and Chris Birchall had efforts saved as the first half came to a close.





A half time power cut which affected the social club,thankfully did not put out the floodlights and the second half started with the home side on the attack with a 55th minute shot from Mark Bellingham whizzing over the bar.

On a muddy pitch,playing good football on the deck was nigh on impossible but in the 63rd minute,Andy Gooding played in Chris Birchall who got the ball on his right and thumped a shot from the edge of the area which hit the underside of the bar and fell for Ange Lourougnon to stab in to the net

The home side fought back with Belford making a string of fine saves preventing Ford,Bellingham and Field from equalising.

But one goal was enough to win the game and set up a semi-final at Birmingham.

HT SFC 0-0 CCFC FT SFC 0-1 CCFC

Goal Lourougnon (63) Att 235

Referee Danny Gratton

Team
Belford,Duggan,Giddings,Hildreth,Virgo (Francis 64),Jones,Birchall Burtoft 64),Gooding, Lourougnon,West,Lynch,Burtoft
Subs Collett,Robinson,Richie

Stourbridge
Solby,Slater,Ford (Dyson 67),Moore,Rock,Bennett, O'Connell,Jones,Bellingham,Mahon (Field 76), Broadhurst,
Subs Rogers,Bastable,Brooks