Spireites Are Kept At A Hault By The Hawks

Martin Allen made one change to the side that drew to Billericay Town in the Fa Cup, with Lee Shaw coming in for the injured Zavon Hines.

The Spireites lineup was as followed:

31 Callum Burton

32 Marc Antoine Fortune

5 Will Evans (C)

23 Jonathan Smith

9 Lee Shaw

19 Haydn Hollis

3 Jerome Binnom-Williams

8 Curtis Weston

6 Laurence Maguire

28 Kyel Reid

16 Joe Rowley

Subs

21 Joe Anyon

22 Samuel Muggleton

30 Tom Denton

36 Andrew Kiwomya

29 Hanani Amantchi

Havant & Waterlooville lineup is as followed:

21 Ben Dudzinski

2 Dan Strugnell

3 Rory Williams

4 Brian Stock (C) 

9 Alfie Pavey

11 Bradley Tarbuck

16 Andreas Robinson

20 Alfie Rutherford

23 Paul Robinson

25 Tyler Cordner

26 Alex Bradle

Subs

5 Ryan Woodford

10 Nicke Kabamba 

12 Aaron Cosgrave 

15 Josh Huggins

34 Djamel Boersta 

The Hosts started the better of the two sides, with a few decent efforts from outside the box from Laurence Maguire and Haydn Hollis, which were blocked by the Havant defenders.

15 minutes in and the Visitors could of gone in front, Alfie Rutherford picked the ball up from Maguire's headed clearance, and hit a superb volley that looked to beat Burton in the Spireites net however, Maguire got down to block the shot.

Later on in the half the Spireites had their first real chance of the game, as Lee Shaw burst through midfield and hit a left footed shot, unfortunately for him, his effort went straight into the Havant keeper's hands.

Martin Allen's side was starting to get a grip of the game, as they continued toc challenge the Visitors net, former Bradford City winger Kyel Reid hit a superb pile driver on the edge of the box, his efforts went wide of the post.

The Fourth Official added a minimum of two minutes of added time.

Half Time Conclusion

The Spireites created plenty of chances however, they lacked the killer instinct to finish them, Havant look strong on the counter but, not much on show by the visitors.

The half resumed and the visitors was pushing the Spireites back and they almost took the lead through Bradley Tarbuck he hit a curling effort from the edge of the box, luckily for the Spireites Tarbuck's effort went over the bar.

Straight after, Curtis Weston looked destined to open the scoring, as he found himself with open space from three yards because of a good pass across from Lee Shaw, however Dudzinski in the Havant net made a great fingertip to push the shot out for a corner. 

54 minutes in and Martin Allen made two changes - Tom Denton on for Kyel Reid and Hanani Amantchi on for Marc Antoine Fortune.

Attendance 4082 and 79 away.

The Spireites were starting to get back into the game and sub Hanani Amantchi came on with a point to prove, with three of his efforts just going wide or getting blocked by the Havant defenders.

Hanani Amantchi continued to threat the visitors, this time he turned two Havant and hit a really nice placed side-footed shot however, Dan Strugnell was just about able to block Amantchi's efforts.

The Hosts almost took the lead again through Amantchi, Will Evans whipped a ball in, Amantchi rose above his man, despite his efforts, Amantchi's header just went over the bar. 

Martin Allen's side were really piling the pressure on the Hawks with ten minutes to go, Joe Rowley chipped a ball into the box, Dento met it and almost caught the keeper off his line. 

In the 90th minute the Spireites should have really taken the lead, a great cross found the head of Denton - who's header looked to go have beat the keeper was saved by the fingertips of  Dudzinski in the Havant net.

Martin Allen must have been watching in despair as his side hit the post with Lee Shaw's pile driver effort and then the heroics of Havant keeper Dudzinski to save Evans and Dentons rebound efforts to keep the scores level.

Full Time Spireites 0 - 0 Havant & Waterlooville