3 points v Swindon

This is going to be nerve wracking right to the very end whether we manage to stay up or ultimately go down, if Swindon had equalised in the last 10 minutes we’d have been looking at a very bleak picture indeed, still a win is a win and Chesterfield played some good stuff and also indulged in a little gamesmanship and 3 points are ours.

The relegation dogfight threw up 2 totally unexpected results with Morecambe going away to Wycombe who are in the automatic spots and scoring 4, with 2 of them coming from 39 year old Kevin Ellison. Meanwhile Crewe went away to Lincoln and tore up the form book bagging 4 goals one from our ex player Jordan Bowery.

It’s great to see Drew Talbot back in the side and he makes a huge difference to the team, we look so much better both in attack and defence on the left side plus he was unlucky not to score with a flick header form a corner just before half time. Jack Lester called it right changing the attacking midfield 3 who had played so poorly at Carlisle last week in came Hines, Dodds and Kellett, and we actually had width and pace in the side, it’s great to see that Hines and Kellet can also swap flanks and cause problems for the opposition. It was a top drawer goal by Andy Kellett, but if there’s one slight criticism it’s that we only had 3 efforts on target in the whole game, still we needed the points.
What is it with this season and injuries? Chesterfield must have had one of the worst injury lists ever, great to see Robbie Weir having a good game until he took a bad knock, maybe Giles Coke will be back in time for Exeter? Let’s hope so.

Off the pitch the planned demo before the game turned out be a bunch of people in the car park milling around and having a bit of a shout, although I did notice a sense of nervousness around CFC towers with stewards keeping a close eye on proceedings and the main doors being locked for a short time. Still this does not quell the general sense of scepticism surrounding the intentions of the great and dear leaders of Chesterfield FC who chose not to grace Proact on Saturday afternoon. To many, the question does remain if a Chinese consortium does come in and are looking to buy and the club are looking to sell, why were negotiations allowed to falter? Perhaps there is some other offer about to emerge from people who have nothing but Chesterfield FC at heart? I’m not holding my breath.
Rumour abounds that ex Sheffield United director Reg Brearley is involved, with Ashley Carson, who wants to do something or other of a financial nature. Many would prefer it if this were not the case.