Recap: Chesterfield start 2022 with a win against King's Lynn to extend lead at top of National League
With no other games in the National League today, the Spireites will go three points clear at the top of the table with a victory.
The Linnets, who appointed Tommy Widdrington as manager last month, are second bottom and five points from safety.
Our reporter Liam Norcliffe is at the game and will provide all the build-up, team news, updates and reaction.
Chesterfield v King’s Lynn Town: LIVE UPDATES
Key Events
- FT: Chesterfield 1 v 0 King’s Lynn Town (3pm KO)
- Spireites go three points clear at top of league
- Liam Mandeville opens scoring on 51 minutes
- 3-4-2-1: Loach; Williams, Gunning, Whittle; King, Weston, Oyeleke, Miller; Khan, Mandeville; Tshimanga. Subs: Grimes, Kerr, Kellermann, Asante, Payne.
- First game of 2022
- Jeff King starts after returning from injury
Kellermann
Tries his luck from distance, it looked to have taken a deflection on the way through, but the referee awards a goal-kick.
20 minutes to go, 1-0.
First Spireites sub - 64 minutes
Gavin Gunning drops to the floor and can’t continue. Doesn’t look too serious but he goes off and is replaced by Jamie Grimes.
Great attempt
From Lynn’s Barrows who skips by two or three Town players before shooting wide from distance.
An hour gone, 1-0.
Kelvin Bigg
The goal came in the exact minute Spireites fans paid tribute to long-serving steward and supporter Kelvin Bigg who sadly passed away recently, aged 51. That goal was for him.
GOOOOAAALLLL!!!! 1-0
MANDEVILLE!!!!
Chesterfield lead 1-0 after 51 minutes. Mandeville gets a shot off from the edge of the box and it finds the corner. King’s Lynn goalkeeper Paul Jones will be disappointed not to have saved that.
King chipped in a free-kick, Gunning flicked it on and Tshimanga was there to finish but he didn’t connect properly and Jones collected.