Buxton FC 0 Chasetown FC 0

A disappointing stalemate at the Silverlands in front of a crowd of 344.

The first half an hour of this game went by without any incident at all. In fact aside from an early weak Buxton shot from the edge of the penalty area easily caught by the keeper, nothing at all happened.

The only moment of note in the first half came around the 34th minute, a Chasetown free kick was played wide right to the onrushing Levi Reid, his looping cross hit the bar and bounced down close to their onrushing striker, but it didn't quite find his feet and it was cleared.

Buxton thankfully came out attacking in the 2nd half to add a bit of excitement to the game. Unfortunately each time they piled forward the final ball was either underhit, overhit, blocked or cleared, so most of their dominance in possession wasn't turned into decent chances.

In the 61st minute Buxton were awarded a free kick from around 25 yards out, and a curling attempt went just wide of the top left corner of the net.

Ten minutes later a Buxton corner from the right was headed goalwards and there was a mad scramble pretty much on the goal line as players crowded in trying desperately to either finish or hack it clear - eventually it was cleared.

Chasetown had a big chance of their own around the 76th minute, a cross from the right was placed between the keeper and their onrushing player. The keeper was beaten to the ball and it was headed towards the empty net, but a Buxton defender got back in time to head the ball to safety.

Buxton were becoming frustrated by not being able to turn their possession into chances, and some questionable decisions from the referee weren't helping, the main example shortly after the 80th minute when a through ball towards wide left looked to be setting up a dangerous crossing opportunity.

Except meanwhile a Chasetown defender was blocking a Buxton player from getting forward, who shoved him over, leading to a bit of pushing/handbags between the two. Rather than just letting play go on, the ref stopped play, booked both players and bizarrely brought play right back to near the halfway line for a Buxton free kick. From this they had a header easily saved.

With the match approaching time added on, the Buxton fans were encouraging their team to try to have a late push forward. But instead it was Chasetown who attacked in the final few minutes. First one of their players ran forward, nutmegged the defender to go through on goal but his shot was parried by the keeper, and the other attacker following up was flagged offside.

Then they broke through again and a close range shot was blocked by the keeper. As the ball came back, the striker and keeper charged towards it... and the keeper just won the race. 0-0 it finished, leaving both teams still in the same positions in the table - Chasetown in 17th and Buxton still in a relegation place in 19th.