Source: FOOTYMAD
Spireites see off Shrimpers after spot-kick madness
Southend United 2 Chesterfield 3: Chesterfield went five points clear following a 3-2 win over Southend in a match where there were three penalties. The visitors took the lead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute after Jack Hunt was brought down by Blues skipper Craig Easton. Danny Whitaker slotted the spot-kick low into the centre of the goal for this 10th goal of the season. And Chesterfield doubled the advantage in the 19th minute when Whitaker's clearance from a Southend free-kick released Dean Smalley and he raced upfield, beat left-back Johnny Herd and fired past a diving Glenn Morris for his second goal of the campaign on his first league start. The Shrimpers reduced the arrears in the 58th minute when Herd's long throw was cleared as far as Easton and the midfielder unleashed a curling 25-yard right-footed shot into the top right corner. But the Spireites restored their two-goal advantage four minutes later when Ryan Hall fouled Drew Talbot in the box. Referee Roger East awarded the game's second penalty and Whitaker fired the spot-kick into the bottom right corner beyond Morris' reach. (Thanks to footymad for the report, a more personal view, including player ratings, to yet another home defeat posted shortly.)Shrimpers 2-3 Spireites: View commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.Npower League Two, Saturday, 8th January 2011 @ 15:00Easton 58Corr 83 (pen)Whitaker 12 (pen), 62 (pen)Smalley 19Starting Line-ups 1Morris 2Clohessy 23Barker 18Herd 19Comminges (Ferdinand 46)5Coughlan 12Hall 7Grant 8Easton 9Paterson (Sturrock 79)10Corr Substitutes 3Gilbert 30Woodyard 15Phillips 21Sturrock (Paterson 79)24Evans 17Soares 31Ferdinand (Comminges 46)53.7%Possession46.3%2Goal Attempts32On Target30Off Target00Hit Woodwork09Corners2Starting Line-ups 1Lee 3Robertson 23Hunt 16Breckin 6Ford 7Allott 18Morris (Niven 73)10Whitaker 11Mattis 22Smalley (Bowery 90+4)25Talbot Substitutes 26Redmond 4Lowry 21Bowery (Smalley 90+4)19Boden 14Lester 8Niven (Morris 73)24Clay RefereeRoger EastAttendance0Southend Utd. Cards(none)Chesterfield CardsHunt18 Unsporting behaviourMattis64 Unsporting behaviourAllott71 Unsporting behaviourLee87 Timewasting
