Aldershot Town 0-2 Chesterfield

Chesterfield opened their National League campaign with a win at Aldershot thanks to second-half strikes from Danny Rowe and Kabongo Tshimanga.

The teams went into half-time with the game still scoreless as chances were few and far between in the first period, with a Tshimanga header over the crossbar for the Spireites on the half-hour mark the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock.

The visitors had to wait until the 72nd minute to take the lead when Jeff King was brought down inside the area and Danny Rowe stepped up to slot the resulting penalty into the bottom right-hand corner.

Tshimanga gave the away side a two-goal cushion just a matter of minutes later when the 24-year-old was put through on goal and beat three defenders before firing home a low effort.

Match report supplied by PA Media.