Shoot-out joy for Spireites

Tue, 06 Oct 22:37:09 2009

Chesterfield won a pulsating Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie 3-2 on penalties after Huddersfield staged a dramatic late fightback.

The two sides were locked at 3-3 after 90 minutes after Anthony Pilkington scored his second goal of the night and Nathan Clarke equalised in stoppage time after a Drew Talbot brace and Jordan Bowery had put the home side 3-1 up.

But Pilkington then missed his spot-kick and Jim Goodwin also saw his penalty saved as Chesterfield went through to the quarter-finals.

Chesterfield were in front after 57 minutes when Donal McDermott delivered a superb cross to the back post and Talbot headed past Alex Smithies, but Huddersfield levelled seven minutes later.

Tommy Lee saved Jordan Rhodes's header but Pilkington followed up to volley in the rebound, but Talbot struck again when he smashed in Mark Little's cross after 74 minutes.

Bowery fired low into the bottom corner in the 89th minute but Huddersfield took the tie to penalties through a Pilkington free-kick and a close range finish from Clarke. However, Chesterfield kept their nerve to progress, with Jamie Lowry, Jack Lester and Dan Gray as Pilkington and Goodwin were made to pay for their misses.

 

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  1. this was an awesome game!!
    glad my team was part of it­ even though we lost

    From mark, on Wed 7 Oct 1:47PM
  2. bugger..

    From John Sealey, on Wed 7 Oct 12:20AM
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