Chorley 3 Buxton 0: Magpies climb back into play-off places
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Buxton started the better of the two sides and Johnny Johnston squandered a golden opportunity to give the visitors the lead after 10 minutes, firing wide of an on-rushing Matt Urwin.
The Magpies grew into the contest as Dubem Eze then looked to break free through the middle, won Chorley a corner and then the familiar combination followed: Blakeman delivering a pin-point corner to find the head of Mark Ellis, who nodded in via the post to give Andy Preece's side the lead.
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Hide AdBuxton made a change after the restart in an attempt to freshen things up and thought they had the equaliser on 49 minutes, only to have a goal ruled out for a foul on Ellis inside the area.


In the 53rd minute, Chorley boss Preece was sent off following a conversation between the referee and fourth official, Chris Anderson left to manage the Magpies from the home dugout for the remainder.
Urwin was forced into another stop at the near-post on the hour mark to deny Oliver Ewing, before a moment of madness from True Grant in goal saw Blakeman wheeling away in celebrations, the goalkeeper pushing his corner into his own net.
With five minutes to go, Chorley added their third, Mike Calveley registering his seventh goal of the season, again from a set-piece as he got on the end of Tom Carr's deft flick-on to see Preece's side leapfrog the Bucks up into the play-off places.
CHORLEY: Urwin, Henley, Ellis, Wilson, Blakeman, Nolan, Calveley, Senior (Horbury 7), Eze (Moore 89), Hall, Touray (Carr 74). Subs (not used): Bird, Sampson.