"Injury woe and a lothargic first half
performance had player/boss Steve Ivey thinking the worst at Abington
Park, but thanks to a powerful Lee 'Chopper' Morin header, Kings Heath
claimed a point in this top of the table clash. A much-improved second-half
performance should have seen all three points in the bag, but thats
football...."
A bright start by Kings Heath saw Josh Urquhart nearly open the deadlock inside 3 mins. After latching onto a couple of speculative through-balls, Urquhart was thwarted by the keeper on one occasion, then saw his second effort graze just
past the post. Sadly, the first-half performance was downhill from there. Heath
looked un-fit and ragged while trying to play too much football. Dynamo's main
threat was David Stone who was always threatening. The makeshift front-line of
Jimmy Leah and Andy Blenco weren't recieving any service so chances were few and
far between. Chris Davies was working hard down the left flank, but conviction
in the final third was sadly lacking. Enter Lee Morin into the fray. A corner
fizzed over from the left saw Morin rise like the proverbial salmon to beat his marker, and smash the ball downwards towards the bottom corner of an empty goal. Just as the ball seemed to cross the line, Rob 'poacher' Page got a toe end on the ball to claim the goal as the stunned Dynamo keeper could do nothing but watch helplessly. Heath were 1-0 up somewhat against the run of play.
Dynamo were soon back in it though, a winding run from James Smith cut
through the Heath defence like a warm knife through butter. The last
ditch tackle from Glenn Billingham only sucseeded in deflecting the
ball past Marc 'the cat, but only for this week' Jeffery. Dynamo were
all square.
Ivey made changes during the break, with John Allen and Rob Page making
way for Wayne Lancaster and Nicky Blenco. Glenn Billingham switched
to left-back, and suddenly looked 3' 6" lining up alongside the
giants of Morin, Lancaster and Blenco! These changes and a few choice
words seemed to do the trick as the game errupted into something attractive
to Jonny Neutral in the stands. An attacking display from both sides
made the game very open and end-to-end. Chances for Davies, Leah, Urquhart
and Newton all went begging. Blenco, Ivey and Lancaster all instrumental
in keeping Dynamo shut-out.
Kings Heath United (4-4-2):
M.Jeffrey
J.Allen (N.Blenco), L.Morin, G.Billingham, R.Page (W.Lancaster)
C.Davies, B.Tansley, M.Newton, J.Urquhart
J.Leah (S.Ivey), A.Blenco