A look back to Saturday
By Matty Paddock - 05/04/2025
Posted 6 months ago
ZAK Brown struck late, late in the day to ensure Harriers picked up a point at Buxton on Saturday.
Brown’s equaliser, a fine header, came in the 92nd minute after Harriers had conceded a late opener to the Bucks.
A very quiet first half in terms of chances did little to show what was to explode in the game’s final stages.
In fact, short of one wasted Buxton free kick routine, neither goalkeeper really had much to keep an eye on until a brace of half chances that fell the way of Ashley Hemmings before the break.
On 43 minutes, the Aggborough top marksman struck a free kick from distance cleanly, but Buxton goalkeeper Cooper was able to watch it comfortably enough into his chest.
In added time at the end of the half Hemmings nudged smarty away from his man but skewed his attempted snap-shot, sending it wide without any serious danger.
Harriers made a change at the break with the booked David Davis withdrawn in favour of Ryley Reynolds, but chances remained at a premium with Buxton next taking aim through Kieran Burton’s effort wide after the hour.
Six minutes later, a more adventurous Buxton approach saw them rewarded with some clearer chances; sub Johnston played in on goal and shooting low, Christian Dibble blocking him well with an outstretched leg.
The hosts moved into the ascendency and got a goal that their pressure arguably deserved on 82 minutes, a moment of quality in the finish as Kian Coleman bent a superb finish around his man and past Dibble, the ball sailing into the top corner.
That did at least seem to spur Harriers on to their strongest spell of the game. Doing well to mop up Buxton counter-attacks, they pushed and asked questions of their own, getting a breakthrough in the second minute of added time when Worrall’s superb, first-time cross finding the head of Brown whose finish was perfectly placed beyond Cooper.
It was then Buxton who clung on – almost breached again in added time’s eighth minute; Worrall again instrumental as he turned his man and drove across goal where Beresford bust a gut to meet it, his low shot saved and, crucially, held by a sprawling Cooper who saved his side would have been a certain defeat.
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