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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Fraser Eagle Stadium
  • Attendance: 1448
  • Referee: Woolmer, K

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Chesterfield are replacing Felix Bastians with Adam Smith.

89 mins

Goal!! Accrington Stanley have scored with Roscoe D'Sane putting it in the back of the net.

87 mins

Accrington Stanley are replacing Graham Branch with Phil Edwards.

84 mins

Chesterfield are replacing Steve Fletcher with Wayne Allison.

81 mins

Jamie Lowry is replaced by Adam Rooney.

79 mins

Steve Fletcher goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

79 mins

The referee has booked Mark Roberts.

74 mins

Andy Proctor takes a penalty for Accrington Stanley and scores!.

67 mins

John Miles is being taken off, Andy Proctor has come on in his place.

53 mins

Billy Dennehy is being taken off, Shaun Whalley has come on in his place.

53 mins

The referee has booked Derek Niven.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

18 mins

Goal!! Chesterfield have scored with Jamie Ward putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, December 15th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Second-half goals from Andy Proctor and Roscoe D'Sane gave Accrington Stanley their first home win since October 19 at the expense of play-off chasers Chesterfield.

Visiting striker Jamie Ward's sublime first-half chip looked certain to seal the points for the promotion hopefuls against a confidence-shot Stanley side.

But Chesterfield defender Aaron Downes gifted substitute Proctor the perfect opportunity to level from the penalty spot with 17 minutes remaining.

And D'Sane, the striker fouled in the box by Downes, popped up with just two minutes remaining to grab the three points that dented Chesterfield's promotion charge.

Stanley piled on the pressure in search of redemption, but they weren't creating anything.

And it was only when Proctor, on as sub in the 66th minute, stroked home from 12 yards that they got some real momentum going with the chances to match.

Paul Mullin missed a gilt-edged opportunity just seconds before D'Sane headed home Ian Craney's pinpoint right-wing corner with the clock ticking down.

From the moment Ward latched on to an inch perfect crossfield ball from German left winger Felix Bastiens, on loan from Nottingham Forest, to beat a stranded Ian Dunbavin from all of 25 yards after 17 minutes, an away win looked odds on.

It truly was a goal that deserved to win any game of football from Premier League down to League Two. Players up and down the land will have to go some to prevent this featuring in the goal of the season reckoning.

But Chesterfield just couldn't hold on to continue Accrington's home woes, with their manager, Lee Richardson blasting: "That was not good enough. We have contrived yet again to gift them the game."

Despite Accrington's home woes, their away form is reasonable. If they can somehow manage to use this as a springboard for more home successes, then Christmas in East Lancashire will be far better than it looked like being with 17 minutes of this match remaining.

Accrington Stanley Team

Chesterfield Team

Accrington Stanley

Chesterfield

Corners

5 7

Fouls

14 18

Goal attempts

10 8

Shots off target

8 6

Offsides

9 9

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