Spireites Bettered By National North Brackley

Following the Spireites 0-0 draw with Ian Evatt's Barrow, John Sheridan made 4 changes for his sides clash against National North side Brackley Town.

The Spireites lined up as followed:
1. Shwan Jalal
3. Jerome Binnom-Williams
5. Will Evans
8. Curtis Weston
11. Alfie Beestin
16. Joe Rowley
19. Haydn Hollis
23. Jonathan Smith (C)
28. Kyel Reid
35. Josef Yarney
36. Andrew Kiwomya

Subs:
9. Lee Shaw
18. Charlie Wakefield
21. Joe Anyon
30. Thomas Denton
33. Louis Dodds

Brackley lined up as followed:
1. Danny Lewis
2. Ellis Myles
3. Glenn Walker
4. Shane Byrne
5. Oran Jackson
6. Gareth Dean (C)
7. Matt Lowe
8. James Armson
9. Lee Ndlovu
10. Omari Sterling James
11. Adam Walker

Subs:
12. Shaun Jeffers
14. Daniel Nti
15. Luke Fairlamb
16. Mark Noon

7 minutes in and Brackley had the first chance of the game, Omari Sterling James received the ball on the edge of the box and hit a curled shot which drifted wide of the post.

A couple minutes later and John Sheridan's side had their first chance of the game, Curtis Weston lifted in a corner to Haydn Hollis who's header went over the bar.

12 minutes in and the Hosts should have took the lead, great running from Curtis Weston to beat the Brackley defenders and then pass it across to Kyel Reid who dragged the ball wide and hit a shot to the Brackley keepers near post, however, Danny Lewis dealt with the shot comfortably and tipped the shot out for a corner.

In the 15th minute the Visitors could have took the lead, due to poor communication from Shwan Jalal and Haydn Hollis and pressure from Brackley forward Sterling James, the ball fell to James Armson who drilled a shot across goal however, luckily for the Spireites; Shwan Jalal got his hand to the shot to put it out for a corner.

24 minutes in and Brackley were still threatening the Spireites defence and they had another good chance; James Armson held the ball up in the box laid it back to Shane Byrne who hit a side-footed shot over the bar.

29 minutes and the National North Side almost took the lead, Omari Sterling James hit a low driven shot at goal, the shot was deflected and it fell to Lee Ndlovu (who found himself with the ball 2 yards from goal) Shwan Jalal threw himself at the ball, and the ball (again) fell to Omari Sterling James who hit another low driven shot, which was cleared off the line by Haydn Hollis, to keep the scores level.

The Fourth official indicated a minimum of 2 additional minutes for the first half.

Half time finished 0-0, with the Visitors having the better chances.

The chances dried up for the remainder of the half, with the Visitors dominating the possession and having various wasted corners on the other hand, the Spireites put up a lethargic performance.

The attendance was declared as 2054 including 174 away.

The half resumed and in the 51st minute the Visitors took the lead, James Armson curled in a cross from a corner and Jalal failed to collect the ball and it fell to Lee Ndlovu who smashed the ball in from 1 yard, to give the Visitors their deserved lead. 

2 minutes later the Hosts should have got level, Jerome Binnom-Williams whipped in a corner to the back post, the cross fell to Joe Rowley who hit the shot on the half valley, however, despite his efforts he miss hit the volley and the shot went way wide of the post, for a goal kick.

In the 50th minute John Sheridan made a much needed change, with Tom Denton replacing Kyle Reid and Lee Shaw replacing Alfie Beestin.

63 minutes in and the Visitors had two golden opportunities to double their lead, the first one was another corner; Gareth Dean got on the end of a corner from James Armson his header just glanced wide of the post. The next chance came again to Lee Ndlovu who was slipped through on goal with Jalal, however, Shwan Jalal made himself big and blocked the shot keeping the deficit to 1 goal.

In the 65th minute Louis Dodds replaced Jerome Binnom-Williams.

75 minutes in and Brackley doubled their lead, Adam Walker was given miles of space and time on the edge of the box and hit a shot which hit the post, and then fell to Lee Ndlovu who tapped it in again from 1 yard to get his second goal of the game, and to make it 2-0 to Brackley - surely finishing of the match and the Spireites' hopes of progressing to the next round.

A few minutes later in the 79th minute, Louis Dodds dribbled through into the box, then hit a shot straight at Danny Lewis in the Brackley net.

85 minutes in and the Spireites had their best chance of the game from 30 yards out! Will Evans burst past the Brackley midfield and hit a looping shot that just went over the bar, however, if on target the shot was likely to go on. 

The Fourth Official indicated a minimum of 3 additional minutes.

Full time finished 0-2 to Brackley.

Full Time Conclusion: A very lethargic performance from the Spireites, Brackley came to play and that's what they did.