Chesterfield team news ahead of FA Trophy tie against Aldershot Town

James Rowe is set to rotate his squad for Chesterfield’s FA Trophy fifth round tie at Aldershot Town on Saturday.
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Adam Przybek, Alex Whittle and new signing Adi Yussuf are all cup-tied having already played in the competition this season for their previous clubs.

Tom Whelan is suspended and Tom Denton, Joe Rowley and Nathan Tyson are injured.

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Goalkeeper Grant Smith could make his Chesterfield debut and with Whittle cup-tied, Joel Taylor is likely to start for the first time in a month.

Alex Whittle and Adi Yussuf, both now of Chesterfield, are cup-tied for Town's FA Trophy game at Aldershot on Saturday.Alex Whittle and Adi Yussuf, both now of Chesterfield, are cup-tied for Town's FA Trophy game at Aldershot on Saturday.
Alex Whittle and Adi Yussuf, both now of Chesterfield, are cup-tied for Town's FA Trophy game at Aldershot on Saturday.

The likes of Josef Yarney, Martin Smith and Liam Mandeville all started in the last round against Boston United so could feature again.

“We mixed it up in the FA Trophy in the last two games and it will be no different tomorrow, we will do that again,” Rowe said.

“People need to be match-fit ready for the schedule we have got coming up. The trophy gives an opportunity for players to come in who have conducted themselves well in the Boston game and the Brackley game.

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“You win this one and you are two games away from Wembley which is fantastic and this year the semi-finals are only one-leg as well, they are normally two-legs, which gives even more of a carrot really.”

The Spirietes have reached the fifth round having beaten National League North sides Brackley Town and Boston United on penalties.

Town face Aldershot, who they drew 0-0 with in Rowe’s first home game in December, again on Tuesday night in the National League.