Altrincham vs Chesterfield live match updates

Full-time: Alty 1-2 Chesterfield - A frustrating afternoon for Alty as we pay the price for a slow start to the second half and slip to our second defeat of the season.

90+4 Booking for Uchegbulam

Five added minutes

90' Jones comes on for Tshimanga

Some tiring legs now as Alty try to push forward late in this game

81' Horton is booked

Scrappy play is not helping Alty build any momentum

77' Marcus Dinanga comes on for the injured Jordan Hulme

72' Banks is booked

71' Stoppage in play as Jordan Hulme gets treatment on a wrist injury

69' Aaron Bennett comes on for Elliot Osborne

62' A good save from Dermot Mee to deny Chesterfield

59' Hulme is booked

57' Colclough stings Covolan's hands who parries for a corner. Covolan then claims Pringle's inswinging corner

55' Chris Conn-Clarke comes on for Brad Jackson

49' Goal for Chesterfield - Tshimanga scores

46' Goal for Chesterfield. Tyrone Williams heads home a free kick

The attendance is announced as 3169 - thank you everybody for attending!

The teams are coming back out for the second half

Half-time - Alty 1-0 Chesterfield - a great half of football between two evenly matched teams. We'll be back in 15 with the second half

45+4' Dobra has tried to run it off but has to come off with young winger Jez Uchegbulam coming on to replace him

45+2' Alty GOAL! Free kick is whipped in, ball falls to none other than Toby Mullarkey who fires home into the roof of the net!

Four added minutes

44' A nasty looking injury to Armando Dobra has stopped play

42' Chesterfield come close to opening the scoring as a Quigley header is brilliantly cleared off the line by Lewis Baines

35' Ollie Banks drives forward and shoots from long range and his short is deflected and over. Corner to Chesterfield which is defended well.

31' Alty claims for a penalty waved away as Ryan Colclough is pulled back but stays on his feet before blazing over. Penalised for staying on his feet

28' Skipper Jordan Hulme makes a nice jinking run from the right, goes past his man drives a low shot at Covolan

27' A moment of danger for Alty from another corner but the ball is scrambled away

23' Booking for Josh Lundstram for a challenge in midfield

20' No sign of fatigue due to the short turnaround in matches as this has been a fast and frenetic start to the game. Even opening 20 mins

14' Corner for Alty that comes to nothing

11' Alty settling into the game now and some nice skill by Ryan Colclough leads to a low driven shot saved by Covolan

8' Early change due to injury as Asante is replaced by Tshimanga

3' Early pressure from Chesterfield sees an effort by Mandeville cleared off the line by Toby Mulllarkey

1' And we are underway. Alty are shooting towards the Golf Road in this first half.

The teams have gone back into the dressing room and will be out shortly to get underway

Chesterfield go unchanged from their victory over Barnet on Friday night

Several changes for Alty as Mee, Barrows, Cooper, Jackson, Pringle and Hulme all come into the starting line-up

 

Hello and welcome to The J.Davidson Stadium for today's clash between Altrincham and Chesterfield.

We'll have line-ups with you around 2pm and there will be live updates here throughout the match.

It is not too late to buy your tickets Alty fans - click on the link below to purchase yours now and save queueing. Chesterfield fans, unfortunately there will be no tickets on sale on the gate as all remaining tickets (there are very few left) can be purchased online only.

As a reminder, the first two hundred (adult!) Alty fans in today will be given a token where you can grab a free pint of Oranjeboom in the CSH bar today.

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