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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
Ryan Lowe is being taken off, Paul Taylor has come on in his place.
Paul McManus is replaced by Ritchie Partridge.
The referee has booked Michael Jackson.
Dave Hibbert is replaced by Richard Walker.
Shane Sherriff is being taken off, Chris Humphrey has come on in his place.
The referee has booked Kevin Ellison.
Ben Herd is booked for unsporting behaviour.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.
Half time whistle is blown by M Halsey
Shane Sherriff goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Goal!! Chester have scored with Paul McManus putting it in the back of the net.
Graham Coughlan is replaced by Kelvin Langmead.
Grant Holt takes a penalty for Shrewsbury and scores!.
Kevin McIntyre goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Damien Mozika is booked for unsporting behaviour.
It's 12am on Sunday, September 21st, the match has kicked off.
High-flying Shrewsbury had to settle for a point as they were pegged back by Chester. A Grant Holt penalty had given the Shrews the lead, but Chester hit back just before the break through Paul McManus. Shrewsbury had started the game on the front foot and should have taken the lead after only two minutes when an in-swinging free-kick from Ben Davies was met by a diving header from Holt, but the striker's effort was wide of the target. The home side appeared to have weathered the early storm and saw Kevin Ellison curl a free-kick against the post and Mark Hughes head an effort wide. But the Shrews took the lead on 29 minutes when they were awarded a controversial penalty. Davies went down in the box under a challenge from James Vaughan and Holt made no mistake with the spot-kick sending John Danby the wrong way. Chester levelled matters on 43 minutes when Ryan Lowe's right-wing cross was deftly touched in by McManus off the post. Ellison went close with a header from Lowe's corner early in the second half and, at the other end, Kevin Roberts produced a superb block to deny Dave Hibbert's goalbound shot. On 69 minutes, Ellison had a great chance when the ball broke to him on the penalty spot, but the chance fell on his weaker right foot and he dragged his shot wide of the post. The Shrews then hit the post twice in the space of a minute. Firstly, substitute Chris Humphrey connected with a volley which came back off the post, then in the next attack Hibbert out-stripped the Chester defence but saw his effort hit the outside of the post as the game ended all square.
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