Matchday Live: Crewe v Cherries (From Thisisdorset)

9:42pm

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9:41pm

Possibly an unjust scoreline but hey ho

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Cherries are top of League One tonight

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Full time

9:39pm

Need to run down clock

9:37pm

0-0 at Doncaster full time

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4 mins of added time and a corner to Crewe

9:36pm

Crewe launching it forward now

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Sub Pitman Tubbs 88 mins

9:31pm

Pitman's volley left Phillips rooted to the spot

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What a goal that was, by the way!

9:30pm

2-1 Cherries

9:28pm

A deserved equaliser

9:26pm

Pogba levels with a firm header after 80 mins

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1-1

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Phillips claws away Grabban’s header following Pitman’s cross.

9:23pm

Phillips saves from Grabban after the striker had let fly following a neat one-two with Arter.

9:21pm

Double sub for Crewe

9:17pm

Grabban sprints away on the counter, shot blocked by defender

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Locals still furious with ref

9:10pm

Pitman squeezes spot kick inside the post even though Phillips went the right way

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The official deems Ritchie to have been felled by a combination of Adam Dugdale and Kelvin Mellor, the award looking flimsy.

9:08pm

Cherries take the lead after 59 minutes when Pitman coolly converts from the spot after referee Richard Clark angers the home crowd by pointing to the spot.

9:05pm

1-0 Pitman

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Penalty to Cherries

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Pogba finds the side netting with a blistering right-foot strike after he controls on his chest a raking crossfield pass from Abdul Osman.

9:02pm

And as play quickly switched to the opposite end, Pitman’s shot trickles past the post following a cross from Simon Francis.

8:59pm

Cherries have escape when Murphy’s free-kick from the edge of the 18-yard comes back off the crossbar with Jalal beaten six minutes after the restart.

8:56pm

Jalal prevents A-Jay Leitch-Smith from drawing first blood for Crewe, the goalkeeper pushing his first-time strike around the post at the start of the second half.

8:53pm

Fogden straight swap for McQuoid on right.

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Sub Fogden for McQuoid

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Second half underway

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One good save from Jalal and one poor miss from Chuks Aneke were the story of the first half.

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Half time

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2 mins of added time.

8:29pm

Luke Murphy more influential than he was at Dean Court.

8:28pm

Lots of nice passing here, not many chances though

8:24pm

4,055 attendance with 246 away

8:23pm

Hughes warms Phillips’s hands with a 25-yard piledriver.

8:21pm

Harry Arter tries his luck twice in quick succession, his first chance deflected over the crossbar, his second drifting wide.

8:20pm

Ritchie booked for foul on Pogba.

8:19pm

Ellis feels the full force of a venomous Pitman free-kick, Ellis rocking as the ball hits him and flies over the crossbar.

8:13pm

Ellis goes close to breaking the deadlock when his low drive from 20 yards flashes past the upright midway through the first half.

8:09pm

Ref has just awarded Crewe a corner when their player headed the ball out!

8:06pm

Chuks Aneke squanders a glorious chance to fire Crewe ahead, the Arsenal loan star scuffing his effort into Jalal’s arms.

8:01pm

Crewe defender Mark Ellis nips in front of Brett Pitman to intercept Matt Ritchie’s cross before Josh McQuoid heads wide following a Lewis Grabban cross.

7:57pm

Hardly any atmosphere here at this huge stadium.

7:56pm

As expected, some decent passing by both teams.

7:54pm

Cherries corner claimed by Phillips.

7:52pm

It's 4-3-3 with Pitman up front and Grabban and McQuoid on the flanks.

7:49pm

Shwan Jalal is called into action inside the opening 60 seconds, the Cherries goalkeeper diving full-length to his left to push Luke Murphy’s rasping drive around the post.

7:47pm

Crewe kick off.

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Good following up from Dorset.

7:45pm

Teams on the pitch.

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However, Willo reckons Hughes could go left-back and Matt Ritchie on the wing.

7:38pm

Cherries are expected to line up 4-3-3 with Hughes the holding midfielder.

7:35pm

Crewe: Phillips, Mellor, Ellis, Dugdale, Robertson, Pogba, Murphy, Osman, Inman, Leitch-Smith, Aneke.

Subs: Davis, Clayton, Moore, Turton, Guthrie, Colclough, Martin (g/k).

7:35pm

As a result of Pugh's absence, Ryan Fraser is named on the bench.

Subs: MacDonald, Tubbs, Fletcher, Fogden, Partington, Fraser, Allsop (g/k).

7:34pm

Cherries make one change with Richard Hughes drafted in for Marc Pugh who has the flu.

Cherries: Jalal, Francis, Cook, Seaborne, Ritchie, Arter, Hughes, O’Kane, McQuoid, Pitman, Grabban.

7:33pm

Welcome to Gresty Road for tonight's League One clash between Crewe and Cherries.