Chasetown 0 Dunstable Town 0

A draw against a resilient Dunstable side hardly enhanced the Scholars' play-off chances as the Bedfordshire side battled hard for a share of the spoils.

The first half was a dour affair with Chasetown initially finding it difficult to get out of their own half as the visitors' determined start, along with a strong wind, penned the Scholars in.

When they did manage to make some inroads into the Dunstable third of the field, defences were on top as Phil Harris tried to find Dean Perrow only for Stuart Deaton to cut out the dangerous cross.

The first real threat on goal came from a sliced clearance from Leigh Harrington that looped towards goal, but Paul Taylor managed to scramble back to his goal line to collect the wayward ball.

A forgettable first period was replaced by a cut and thrust second half with Chasetown finishing the stronger but unable to beat the impressive Taylor in the visitors goal.

Dunstable opened the brighter after the interval and Russell Preston will be cursing his miss kick in front of goal as the striker was left with too much room at the far post as Matthew Baldry's cross had wrong footed the Chasetown defence.

Arron Flood's dipping effort from the left had Lee Evans worried as the ball looked to be dropping over the keeper, but it cleared his left hand post.

Danny Smith did beat Taylor on one occasion only to see the ball strike the base of the post and bounce to safety.

At the other end, Michael O'Neill's free kick struck Nick Hawkins and Evans did well to tip the defected shot onto the bar.

Chasetown: Evans, Harris, M.Branch, Spittle, Penny, Williams, Steane (J.Branch), Walters, Smith, Perrow, Holland (Hawkins). Subs not used: Ravenhill, Perry, Gordon.

Attendance 315.