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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Victoria Park
  • Attendance: 3915
  • Referee: Haywood, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

90 mins

Nicky Maynard is being taken off, Colin Daniel has come on in his place.

90 mins

James Brown is being taken off, David Foley has come on in his place.

90 mins

Gary Liddle is being taken off, Anthony Sweeney has come on in his place.

88 mins

Richie Barker takes a penalty for Hartlepool and scores!.

85 mins

Goal!! Hartlepool have scored with Richie Barker putting it in the back of the net.

82 mins

Crewe are replacing Ben Rix with Simon Church.

77 mins

Michael Mackay is being taken off, Richie Barker has come on in his place.

76 mins

Elliott Bennett is being taken off, Byron Moore has come on in his place.

67 mins

Goal!! Michael Nelson scores for Hartlepool.

46 mins

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

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by M Haywood

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

The scoreline makes it look easy for Hartlepool, but they had to be patient to break down Crewe and make a string of chances count in the end.

The home team dominated much of the game, especially in the first half, but they were wasteful up front.

They missed the target with half-a-dozen first-half chances and Richie Humphreys powered a header against the post just before the break.

With Gary Liddle missing a sitter just after half-time, it looked like being the same story in the second half as a hard-working Crewe battled to stay in the game.

But they suddenly came to life in the last quarter, inspired by the breakthrough goal from defender Michael Nelson on 67 minutes.

He came forward for a corner and when it was taken short for Robbie Elliott to cross from the left, Nelson was at the far post to power his header into the roof of the net.

Crewe had looked dangerous on occasional breaks and they still did, but they were killed off in the last five minutes by two goals from home sub Richard Barker.

On 85 minutes he slotted in easily after a good run on the right and a cut-back from the goal-line by the outstanding Ian Moore.

And Barker scored from the spot a minute later after Moore had been chopped down in the area by Michael O'Connor.

Crewe could possibly claim they didn't deserve to lose by such a big scoreline, but they had been outplayed in the first half and the score could have been 3-0 or more at half-time with better finishing from the home forwards.

Hartlepool United Team

Crewe Alexandra Team

Hartlepool United

Crewe Alexandra

Corners

10 0

Fouls

11 6

Goal attempts

21 3

Shots off target

13 2

Offsides

1 2

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