REACTION: praise as Chesterfield come through a physical test to beat Oldham Athletic

Micky Mellon’s combative side were undone by strikes from Lee Bonis and Dilan Markanday either side of an equaliser just after half time in a rare win for the Spireitesat Boundary Park.

Chesterfield played some decent stuff in spells in the 2-1 success but it was all underpinned by a refusal to be muscled out of it by strong opponents.

“That physical side has to come out more often as a team because to get out of League Two you need to have an edge,” Webb told the Derbyshire Times.

"We are not going to suddenly turn into Bromley or MK Dons or Cambridge, that’s a different style and fair play, but there has got to be aspects of our play that represent those teams of previous years have been about to get up and we showed that today while also sticking to our own principles.

"Even with set pieces, you don’t expect to win your first contact but don’t lose your man, don't get bullied, battle with him, give him a game and have them acknowledge they’ve been in a game.”

The victory sent the 1,137 travelling supporters home happy and nudged Paul Cook’s side up to 12th spot in the early League Two standings after a slow start to the season.

Fringe players will be given a run in Tuesday’s EFL Trophy time at home to Manchester City U21s before league business resumes at home to York next Saturday.

"This win is nice for the weekend for us, the players and the supporters,” added Webb.

"It is nice to wake up on a Sunday with a victory. It was nice waking up with a bit of relief last week when we thought we were going to lose late on against Barnet but we knew coming here was going to be a real tough ask.

"We were backed by some fantastic supporters and now they can all enjoy their Saturday night and look forward to Tuesday.”