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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Edgar Street
  • Attendance: 3503
  • Referee: Bates, T

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

80 mins

Gary Hooper is being taken off, Trevor Benjamin has come on in his place.

80 mins

Kevin Cooper is being taken off, Wayne Allison has come on in his place.

74 mins

Hereford are replacing Sherjill MacDonald with Theo Robinson.

69 mins

The referee has booked Jamie Winter.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.

46 mins

Hereford are replacing Sam Gwynne with Robbie Threlfall.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by T Bates

45 mins

Goal!! Gary Hooper scores for Hereford.

12 mins

Chesterfield are replacing Jamie Lowry with Lloyd Kerry.

8 mins

Goal!! Sherjill MacDonald scores for Hereford.

0 mins

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

Match Report

Hereford United notched their fourth win on the trot to send them second in League Two and provide a major blow to Chesterfield's own promotion hopes.

Sherjill MacDonald and Gary Hooper were again the Bulls goal heroes and have now scored nine goals between them in a week as United have sent heir own prospects of going up soaring.

Hereford took the lead in the eighth minute from their first clear opening.

MacDonald, who has been in inspired form since joining the Bulls on loan from West Bromwich Albion, scored from close range after Clint Easton had headed on Kris Taylor's cross.

Chesterfield looked a dangerous proposition going forward and could have drawn level on 12 minutes. Steve Fletcher headed the ball down to Alan O'Hare, whose shot flashed just wide of an upright.

Fletcher then sent a header looping narrowly over the bar from Jamie Ward's cross.

There were penalty appeals at both ends which, on another day, might have been given, before Hereford extended their advantage in first-half injury time.

Simon Johnson, who had been a lively attacker throughout the half, was brought down wide on the right and Easton's free-kick was hammered in at the far post by Hooper.

The visitors piled forward at the start of the second half but were rarely able to turn their possession into clear shooting chances.

Kevin Cooper gave Wayne Brown an anxious moment, however, with a 20-yard drive which flashed inches wide.

And the Hereford keeper did well to foil substitute Lloyd Kerry, parrying a powerful drive away for a corner.

But the Bulls, although pressed back for much of the period, maintained their threat and MacDonald almost added a third with a powerful header from an Easton corner which Spireites keeper Michael Jordan beat out from point-blank range.

Hereford United Team

Chesterfield Team

Hereford United

Chesterfield

Corners

3 4

Fouls

13 14

Goal attempts

9 11

Shots off target

3 5

Offsides

3 1

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