Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: The Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1798
Referee: Woolmer, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

84 mins

Notts County are replacing Ryan Jarvis with Spencer Weir-Daley.

83 mins

Chester are replacing Mark Hughes with Paul Rutherford.

81 mins

Jay Smith is being taken off, Gary Silk has come on in his place.

74 mins

Notts County are replacing Danny Crow with Jason Lee.

69 mins

Goal!! Notts County have scored with Danny Crow putting it in the back of the net.

60 mins

Chester are replacing Craig Lindfield with Chris Holroyd.

57 mins

Laurence Wilson is replaced by Kevin Sandwith.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, February 16th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

On-loan striker Danny Crow delivered the only goal of the game to secure the points for Notts County and extend Chester City's run without a victory to a dozen games.

In a lacklustre match with little spark from either side, the unlikely winner came on 69 minutes when Ali Gibb delivered a great cross from the right flank which was superbly directed by the head of Crow into the net.

Crow, on loan from Peterborough, had earlier spurned a great chance on 14 minutes. Myles Weston won a challenge with James Vaughan and slid the ball across the face of goal to Crow whose sidefooted effort from six yards out crept just past the post.

Weston forced John Danby into a full-length save on 20 minutes and the keeper could only parry the ball out towards Richard Butcher, who looked odds on to score until Laurence Wilson arrived with a last-ditch challenge to clear the ball to safety.

Seven minutes from the break a miscued cross-cum-shot from Craig Lindfield had keeper Kevin Pilkington back-peddling frantically and he was lucky to see the ball bounce onto the top of the crossbar.

Chester's best chance of the first half came a minute before the interval when John Murphy arrived at the back post to nod the ball into the path of Richie Partridge, the winger took a wild swipe but failed to connect.

County defender Mike Edwards almost entered the own goal of the season competition on 47 minutes when he volleyed a backpass to his keeper which looped over Pilkington and just past the upright.

Partridge headed over a difficult chance on 66 minutes and then Crow showed him how it should be done with the superbly directed header.

Kevin Roberts went close with a header and sub Chris Holroyd shot wide after a good run, as Chester pushed for the equaliser which never came, as their run without a win extended to 12 games.

Chester City Team

Notts County Team

Chester City

Notts County

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

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