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Strong Spireites Showing Scuppered By Sensational Stanway: Cheltenham Town (A) Analysis

Ben Smith takes an in-depth look back at Chesterfield's 2-1 defeat down in Gloucestershire.

28.09.26, 19:29 Updated 28.09.26, 19:33 6 Minute Read

Chesterfield saw their unbeaten run in all competitions stopped at six matches on Saturday as they were beaten 2-1 at Cheltenham Town.

First-half strikes from Charlie McCann and Andreas Weimann proved enough to seal all three points for the hosts, despite the in-form Louie Marsh netting his fifth Spireites goal in just seven appearances to halve the deficit just after the restart.

But that brief summary perhaps doesn’t tell the full story of a game in which Paul Cook’s side registered 27 shots, directed 11 of those efforts on target and could, by most other metrics, be considered to have given a pretty solid account of themselves.

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Ben Smith

Ben Smith is an up and coming football journalist from Chesterfield with a huge future ahead of him. Up till recently, he was the Spireites reporter for North Derbyshire Radio before moving to a broadcasting role with Chesterfield FC's in-house commentary team. Ben's detailed player and tactical analysis is a big hit with Spireites fans.

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