FA Cup: One in, one out for Chesterfield at Colchester

There's one, enforced, change for Danny Wilson's Chesterfield side today, with Sam Hird missing the FA Cup game at Colchester through injury.

His absence means a return to the starting line-up for on-loan Burnley defender Tom Anderson in that five-man defence Wilson has favoured in recent games.

Picture by Lawrence Smith/AHPIX.com. Football, Sky Bet League One; 
Charlton Athletic v Chesterfield FC; 29/10/2016 KO 1500;  
The Valley;
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Picture by Lawrence Smith/AHPIX.com. Football, Sky Bet League One; Charlton Athletic v Chesterfield FC; 29/10/2016 KO 1500; The Valley; copyright picture;Howard Roe/AHPIX.com Chesterfieldâ¬"s Sam Hird battles for the ball late on at Charlton

For the hosts, Tom Eastman and Sammie Szmodics come back into the side thanks to injuries to Lloyd Doyley and Chris Porter, once a loanee for the Spireites.

Town line up as follows: Fulton, O’Neil, Donohue, Evatt, Anderson, Liddle, Dimaio, Ariyibi, O’Shea, Dennis, Evans. Subs: Allinson, Mitchell, Nolan, Simons, Maguire, Graham, German.

Colchester: Walker, Brindley, Prosser, Eastman, Wynter, Slater, Guthrie, Vincent-Young, Szmodics, Wright, Johnstone. Subs: Lapslie, Kent, Kamara, Fosu, Dunne, Bonne, Barnes.

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