90+4 mins: Referee blows for full-time. City win 2-0.
90+2 mins: Jamie Price replaces Marco Adaggio.
88 mins: Sub Simon Martin has an effort deflected but St Albans have not created much since McDonnell's heroics.
86 mins: McGrath's firm striker held by Bastock.
85 mins: Walker wins a free-kick in a central position on the edge of the penalty area. McGrath places the ball and drives it into the wall.
80 mins: SUB. City: Matt Dodd replaces Matt Dinsmore.
78 mins: SUB. St Albans: Inih Effiong replaces Gary Cohen.
77 mins: McDonnell makes a superb save from Quilter, diving low to his left to thwart the midfielder's snap shot.
75 mins: Dinsmore jinks his way into the box, squares for Walker but keeper Bastock beats him to the ball.
71 mins: Adaggio loops a header over from McGrath's left-wing cross.
67 mins: SUB. City: McGrath replaces Dave Bampton.
65 mins: Adaggio heads Graham Ward's corner just over. The game has come to life!
63 mins: McDonnell produces a fine save to tip Jon Munday's effort past the post.
62 mins: GOAL: Wilding's effort from the edge of the area dips into the back of Bastock's goal. City have scored twice in a matter of minutes.
59 mins: SUB. St Albans: Jon Munday and Simon Martin replace Hassan Sulaiman and Ryan Frater.
59 mins: Adaggio has an effort blocked by the on-rushing Bastock and Craig Wilding's follow-up is also well-saved by the St Albans keeper.
55 mins: GOAL: Gary Walker blasts the ball away from a St Albans free-kick, Dinsmore chases forward and slides the ball past a back-tracking Bastock. A goal out of the blue!
54 mins: Hunt sends over free-kick from the left, Bampton clears with a diving header but it was a poor delivery.
52 mins: Bampton fires straight at Paul Bastock for City's first shot on target.
45+1 mins: Referee brings a dreadful first-half to the end.
45 mins: Marco Adaggio tries a tame overhead kick and hits the side netting.
43 mins: Nearly at half-time and the visitors are yet to create anything of note.
39 mins: Ryan Frater heads over the bar from Hunt's corner.
38 mins: City doing a lot of defending at present. St Albans win their first corner, Hunt plays it short and squanders possession.
33 mins: A poor game still hasn't got any better but City would take a point now.
25 mins: James Quilter sends a dipping volley over the top of McDonnell's goal following a clearance from Dave Bampton. St Albans on top at present.
23 mins: Ollie Barnes delivers a free-kick from deep but Tom Kemp fails to connect with it and the ball is cleared.
20 mins: Paul Hakim drives at McDonnell following a break which originated from a City corner.
16 mins: Gary Cohen drills a shot wide of Danny McDonnell's goal but the offside flag had been raised.
12 mins: Matt Dinsmore takes City's first corner in the absence of Michael McGrath but it comes to nothing.
10 mins: It's been a generally quiet opening but Worcester have just about edged the play.
9 mins: Jonathan Hunt's free-kick from the left is eventually cleared by the City defence.
6 mins: Bright start from Worcester with Gary Walker and Dave Bampton battling in midfield.
Team news: Matt Dinsmore replaces Michael McGrath in the only Worcester City change for today's match at St Albans.
Manager Richard Dryden has opted for a 3-4-3 system with new signing Tom Kemp keeping his place at the back.
Worcester City: McDonnell, Ward, Shabir, Richardson, Barnes, Kemp, Walker, Bampton (McGrath 67), Wilding, Adaggio (Price 90+2), Dinsmore (Dodd 80). Subs not used: Richards, Fitzpatrick.
St Albans: Bastock, Fisher, Cousins, Thurlbourne, B Martin (c), Frater (Munday 59), Sulaiman (S Martin 59), Quilter, Cohen (Effiong 78), Hakim, Hunt. Subs not used: Nicholls, Hurrell.
Referee: Lee Betts (Great Yarmouth).
Attendance: 424.
See Monday's Worcester News for full report and reaction.
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