Story of the day: Hartlepool United 3-1 Chesterfield – Pools start bank holiday weekend with a bang to go 16 unbeaten
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Goals from Rhys Oates, a Josef Yarney own goal and another from Luke Armstrong in the first half were enough to seal the three points for Pools despite former defender Fraser Kerr pulling a goal back for Chesterfield in the second half.
The win keeps Pools third in the table going into the bank holiday Monday match at Bromley (3pm kick-off).
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 3 (Oates 4, Yarney og 39, Armstong 43) Chesterfield 1 (Kerr 62)
Key Events
- Pools XI: Ravas; Ferguson, Odusina, Liddle, Cass, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Holohan; Oates, Armstrong
- Pools subs: Donaldson, Francis-Angol, White, Elliott, Saunders
- Pools bookings:
- Chesterfield XI: G.Smith; Carline, Yarney, Kerr, Maguire, Weston, Taylor, Clarke, Tyson, Rowe, Oyeleke
- Chesterfield subs: Rowley, Mandeville, Whelan, M.Smith, Mitchell
- Chesterfield bookings:
- Referee: Darren Williams
41: Rowe comes close at the other end!
Rowe’s free-kick has plenty of venom on it but Ravas is able to parry the ball. A few Chesterfield players attempt to pounce but the flag is up as Yarney turns the ball over the bar anyway.
A WELL WORKED GOAL! 2-0
Gary Liddle does brilliantly to find Jamie Sterry down the right who has plenty of space to get the ball across goal. The Pools right-back tries to find Armstrong but Josef Yarney slides the ball into his own net in an attempt to intercept.
Dominic Scurr’s verdict - 35 minutes
The game is there to be won for Pools this evening. Chesterfield shaky at the back and not offering a lot going forward so far. But with Danny Rowe up front, they’ll always have a chance while the score remains 1-0.
A second goal, ideally before half-time, would be key for Pools.
32: Sterry does well to dispossess Kerr in a dangerous area
Sterry wins the ball back and finds Liddle whose cross from the right just misses Armstrong as he attempts to slide in.
29: Holohan surges forward before over-hitting a pass
Plenty of pace as Holohan bursts into the final third before getting his final ball all wrong as it bobbles up and it’s over-hit for a Chesterfield goal kick.
27: Penalty shout for Pools!
Mark Shelton goes down in the penalty area but it’s waved away before Rhys Oates gets a curling shot away from the edge of the box which goes wide of the right post.
26: Chesterfield win a free-kick but it comes to nothing
Joel Taylor’s free-kick is collected by Ravas.