Match Report
| Chester City | Chester City |  |  | Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe United | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniele Cooper | D. Cooper |  | 63 | G |  | 1 | | G | 52 | | Chris Prior | C. Prior | |||||||||
| Brendan Powell | B. Powell | | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 60 | | Craig McManaman | C. McManaman | |||||||||
| Des Collymore | D. Collymore | | 60 | D | | 3 | | D | 57 | | Simon Myers | S. Myers | |||||||||
| Frank Dean | F. Dean | | 51 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Alfred Ljungberg | A. Ljungberg | |||||||||
| Ronnie Finney | R. Finney | | 49 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Edward Smith | E. Smith | |||||||||
| Brian Bishop | B. Bishop | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 53 | | Brendan Sharpe | B. Sharpe | |||||||||
| Mervin Windass | M. Windass | | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 48 | | Scott Hurst | S. Hurst | |||||||||
| Paul Forbes | P. Forbes | | 43 | M | | 8 | | M | 45 | | Peter Platt | P. Platt | |||||||||
| Des Carter | D. Carter | | 41 | M | | 9 | | A | 62 | | Kemal Insley | K. Insley | |||||||||
| Ian Eadie | I. Eadie | | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Omer Drake | O. Drake | |||||||||
| Stephen Davis | S. Davis | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 50 | | Tim Peters | T. Peters | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Deva Stadium where Chester City play host to Scunthorpe United. A crowd of 4,882 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Chester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Scunthorpe United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Chester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Scunthorpe United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Scunthorpe United get the match underway!
3.54
0-0Des Collymore knocks the ball to his team mate, Paul Forbes. Paul Forbes makes a probing pass to Ian Eadie. Ian Eadie knocks the ball forward to Stephen Davis but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
8.26
0-0Peter Platt threads the ball through to Tim Peters. Tim Peters knocks in a cross ball towards Omer Drake. Omer Drake heads the ball goalwards but Daniele Cooper is on top of it.
18.29
0-0Brendan Sharpe passes the ball forward to Tim Peters. Tim Peters knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Frank Dean.
26.15
Scott Hurst passes the ball forward to Kemal Insley. Kemal Insley knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ronnie Finney.
28.55
0-0Scott Hurst threads the ball through to Tim Peters. Tim Peters goes all the way! Tim Peters takes a shot at goal. It's miles wide!
34.01
Scott Hurst makes a simple pass to Tim Peters. Tim Peters tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
Peter Platt flicks the ball to his team mate, Omer Drake. Omer Drake knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Des Collymore.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Chester City kick off the second half!
49.43
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
51.59
Scott Hurst passes the ball forward to Kemal Insley. Kemal Insley knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ronnie Finney.
53.35
0-0Brian Bishop barges into Peter Platt. The referee calls over Brian Bishop and warns him to calm down! Peter Platt runs off the knock.
59.19
Paul Forbes threads the ball through to Ian Eadie. Ian Eadie sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Chris Prior is on top of it.
61.06
Peter Platt knocks the ball forward to Omer Drake. Omer Drake makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kemal Insley. Kemal Insley tries a spectacular strike but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.38
Alfred Ljungberg flicks the ball to his team mate, Peter Platt. Peter Platt makes a simple pass to Omer Drake. Omer Drake finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
78.21
Brian Bishop makes a probing pass to Ian Eadie. Ian Eadie goes all the way! Ian Eadie rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
84.22
Brendan Powell makes a probing pass to Brian Bishop. Brian Bishop sees space and advances. Brian Bishop knocks the ball forward to Ian Eadie but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
89.33
0-1Peter Platt passes the ball forward to Kemal Insley. Kemal Insley sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
1
4
Offsides
3
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
49.3%
50.7%
Play Area
29%
49.3%
21.7%
Scorers
| Kemal Insley 89 |