Brownrigg nearly gifted Yeovil a goal in the seventh minute following a comedy mix-up between him and Stuart Brock. It seemed a Yeovil player had been given off-side, and Brownrigg tapped the ball vaguely in the direction of Brock who stayed rooted to the spot. Matt Hayfield wasn't going to hang about to find out what was going on, and he nipped between the two players grabbing the ball, but in doing so he had been dragged too wide and his angled shot struck the outside of the post with Brownrigg angrily complaining to the referee.

Kidderminster took 17 minutes to even get near the Yeovil goal with Thomas Skovbjerg looping a long range effort over the bar after it looked like one of his team mates had bundled Matt Hayfield to the floor. Meanwhile at the other end, Norton and Hayfield were running the show and it was a move made by both that brought Adrian Foster far closer with a shot that whistled past Brock's left hand post.

Significantly, on 23 minutes, Steve Taylor was cautioned after being pushed back into the field of play by someone from his sides dugout. Referee Mr Desmond ruled that Taylor had not been waved back into play following treatment and so he became the first name in the book.

The only goal of the game came on the half hour mark. Warren Patmore intercepted a Kidderminster midfield pass, and put through Matt Hayfield. He in turn split the Kidderminster defence and although Adrian FOSTER showed the slightest of mis-control as he ran through, the finish was as calm as you could hope for, giving Yeovil the crucial 1-0 advantage.

On the hour mark, Kevan Brown replaced an injured Dean Chandler at the back, whilst Kidderminster also re-organised with Hines and Foster coming on for King and Skovbjerg. But Kidderminster seemed dead and buried when by the far corner of the Bartlett Stand, Fishlock and Collins tackled for the ball which went out of play and shortly after the linesman's flag began to twirl in an ominous fashion. Players near Collins said after the game that the Harriers player had sworn twice at the linesman and called him a cheat. So, Kidderminster dropped down to nine men, and the game seemed done and dusted.

Strangely enough this was not the case. Kidderminster fought back and closed down Yeovil's midfield far more efficiently than they had done with eleven players on the field. Silly passes went astray, and although Harriers were creating little in the way of chances, they were doing enough to put Yeovil fans and players on edge by occasional balls flashing across goal.

With Kidderminster pushing further and further up field, something seemed certain to break, and when Jason Eaton, on as a substitute, was put through in the last minute by Matt Hayfield, with only Brock to beat, and Brock over-committed himself, it seemed that Eaton would score. But the ball cannoned off the post and back into play and Harriers survived.