REPORTS FROM CHESTERFIELD SITES
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REPORTS FROM CHESTERFIELD SITES
http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk Chesterfield deserved this win make no bones about it and it was even sweeter coming less than 10 miles from Saltergate. Both starting line ups pretty much wrote themselves after Reeves Brandon and Payne were passed for the Spireites, the home side with only 16 fit players made one change McKenzie somewhat surprisingly dropping to the bench and Mark Levers made his debut The Stags started the brighter in an electric atmosphere at Field Mill. Following a minute of impeccable silence in memory of the recent events in Soham The first attempt at goal coming from Wayne (Flash) Cordon who should have done better with a 25 yd shot in just 56 seconds but his effort had no direction or power. The Spireites on the back foot had brief flurtation up field and wasted an early opportunity to put pressure on a suspect Stags back line Chris Brandon brought down Lawrence and was booked later for dissent for the offence Scott Sellars fired a shot at Muggletons goal that dipped hit the outside netting and may have even clipped the bar. End to end football followed with a throw from Sellars landing at the feet of White who struck cross come shot half volley flew over the bar. Twenty minutes gone Scott Sellars was brought down by Howson advantage was played, Mark Hudson and Martyn Booty broke up the play and set Reeves free on the right he found Booty again whose cross found Hurst and he placed his volley wide of the goal with only Pilkington On 27 minutes Jamie Hewitt was on the pitch to attend to Rob Edwards who hobbled off with a hamstring strain. Mark Innes replaced Edwards. After the initial Stag pressure the Spireites started to control midfield with Martyn Booty putting in several telling tackles in the centre of midfield. Mark Lever and Glynn Hurst had a clash of heads with Glyn Hurst; both receiving treatment the play quickly resumed in the spirit that has become the hallmark in the early stages this game. On 38 minutes the Spireites set Hurst free passed Lever ,Lever couldn't help but wrestle Hurst down to the ground and with only Jervis possibly being able to effect play the debutant was considered fortunate to remain on the field of play and lucky to see a yellow card. Justice was done though through STEVE PAYNE who in typical fashion wasted no time in burying the resulting Free Kick low into the back of the net from around to 25 yards out. Mark Innes nearly doubled the lead after seeing his shot delect just wide of the target after good work by Brandon with Pilkington well beaten. The Spireites already confident continued to impose themselves in what was all in all a very entertaining first half which saw action in both halves of the pitch the Stags shooting on site and Spireites creating the more clear cut scoring opportunities, HALF TIME 1-0 No changes at halftime and the Spireites kicking toward the 1700 or so away supporters continued to dominate the midfield and looked the more likely to score.With quick breaks that left the more pedestrian Stags rear guard wanting. Craig Disley the Stags Birthday Boy put a ball through to Larkin who blazed over the bar. On 53 minutes GARETH DAVIES doubled the lead a cross found Hurst he turned and theN set up the Spireite Youngster who fired the ball passed Pilkington, much to the delight of the travelling Spireite contingency. Neil MacKenzie. replaced Scott Sellars and played infront of the Stags back 3 as they tried to get back into the game. The Spireites cause wasn't helped by a clash between Disley and Booty the later left the pitch with blood streaming down his face after an accidental collision with the Stag midfielders elbow. ---------------- http://www.chesterfield-mad.co.uk Chesterfield stretched their winning hoodoo over bitter local rivals Mansfield to eight years as a goal in each half earned them a comfortable derby victory. Hometown boy Gareth Davies was their hero, sweeping in the crucial second goal in the 54th minute from Glynn Hurst's lay-off - his first goal for the club in only his second game. Steve Payne had given the Spireites a deserved 39th minute lead, powering a 25-yard free kick through the defensive wall and into the bottom corner after Mansfield's debutant defender Mark Lever had been lucky not to be red carded for hauling back Hurst. Afterwards delighted manager Dave Rushbury said: "I'm delighted for Gareth. Last week he made his debut in front of his home fans and this week he has scored in a local derby. Overall we deserved it, our work rate was tremendous." However, dejected Mansfield boss Stuart Watkiss apologised to his fans at the final whistle, saying: "A lot of local pride was at stake today, but we came up short. We have let down a lot of people, especially the fans." It took the Stags 81 minutes to force Chesterfield keeper Carl Muggleton into a save when Wayne Corden's low drive was well blocked by the keeper. Muggleton then dived full length to keep out substitute Iyseden Christie's looping header. Until then the home side had been restricted to long-range efforts, the best coming from Scott Sellars whose first-half free kick landed on the roof of the net and Colin Larkin three minutes into the second half when his fierce drive brushed the upright. The Spireites, in contrast, carved out several well-worked chances after surviving fierce pressure in the opening 15 minutes - and striker Hurst should have had a hat-trick. He volleyed Martyn Booty's deep cross over from just six yards in the first half, saw his terrific 25-yard scorcher finger-tipped away for a corner by the flying Kevin Pilkington a minute into the second half and then stabbed wide with just the keeper to beat four minutes from time --------------------- |
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