Chesterfield 1-1 Chester

Jamie Ward hammered home a long-range goal to earn a point for Chesterfield, but the result helped neither side.

Skipper Paul Linwood had put Chester ahead in the 17th minute when he headed in a free-kick from Ryan Lowe.

After Ward's goal, Chesterfield piled on the pressure but Linwood had a superb game at the heart of the Chester defence to keep them at bay.

The draw leaves both teams in the bottom half of the table, each without a win in five games.

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Chesterfield: Carson, Lowry, Page, Downes, Goodall, Currie (Teixeira 88), Niven, Luke Boden (Kerry 54), Robertson (Winter 54), Ward, Lester.

Subs Not Used: Austin, Harsley.

Booked: Goodall, Ward.

Goals: Ward 59.

Chester: Danby, James Vaughan, Kelly, Linwood, Roberts, Hughes, Barry, Ellison, McManus (Harris 63), Lowe (Rutherford 88), Mozika.

Subs Not Used: Stephen Vaughan, Mannix, Williams.

Booked: Harris, Lowe.

Goals: Linwood 17.

Att: 3,042

Ref: David Phillips (West Sussex).