HURDLE OVERCOME Boss Mark Yates was understandably pleased to be through to the next round of the FA Trophy after last night's win.

MANAGER Mark Yates praised the way his players overcame 'a real hurdle' in beating Braintree Town in last night's FA Carlsberg Trophy Third Round Replay at Cressing Road.

James Constable has now been credited the second goal of the night for Harriers, his tenth goal of the season was sandwiched between efforts from Michael Blackwood and Simon Russell as the visitors ran out 3-1 winners.

Speaking after the game, Yates said: "It was a poor game; especially in the first half but in the second half we started to play to our strikers a bit more and were a lot better.

"Make no mistake and give plenty of credit to Braintree, they played very well on Saturday and did again at times tonight, our second and third goals coming so quickly together probably just knocked the stuffing out of them a bit.

"We've overcome a big hurdle and we're very glad to be through to the next round.

"We now have three huge games before we face Halifax and with the run of confidence in the dressing room at the moment we need to keep on picking up points.

"We know that if we play like we did in the first half tonight we're as average as some of the more average sides in the league but when we play like we did in the second, we're as good as anybody."