Recap: Chesterfield throw away two-goal lead against Solihull Moors after Curtis Weston is sent off
A bumper crowd is expected at the Technique Stadium as Town fans get ready to welcome Cook back to the club.
But the Blues will have to do it without top goalscorer Kabongo Tshimanga, who has undergone an operation on a serious injury.
Today’s opponents Solihull are sixth in the table.
Our reporter Liam Norcliffe is at the game.
Chesterfield v Solihull Moors: LIVE UPDATES
Key Events
- FT: Chesterfield 2 v 3 Solihull Moors (3pm KO)
- Alex Whittle and Akwasi Asante put Town 2-0 up after 20 minutes
- Curtis Weston sent off for off-the-ball incident on 22 minutes
- James Clarke pulls goal back for 2-1 on 37 minutes; Callum Maycock equalises on 51 minutes; Harry Boyes make it 2-3 on 55 mins
- Jak McCourt stretchered off late on following bad tackle - Town finish game with nine-men
- Three changes for Chesterfield as Williams, Weston and Quigley replace Miller, Oyeleke and Tshimanga
- Spireites XI: Loach; Williams, Kerr, Grimes; Kellermann, McCourt, Weston, Whittle; Mandeville; Asante, Quigley. Subs: Maguire, Whelan, Khan, Miller, Denton.
- Paul Cook’s first home game since returning to club
Third goal for Solihull: 2-3
Boyes fires in from an in-direct free-kick after Loach handled Grimes’ back-pass. The visitors have turned this one around.
2-3.
55 minutes gone.
Equaliser for Solihull: 2-2
Maycock, who missed the last chance, taps in from six yards.
Going to be a long 40 minutes for the Blues now.
Solihull miss open goal!
Kellermann over-hits a back-pass to Whittle and Solihull are in on goal. The ball is squared to Maycock for what should be a tap-in but the pass is not the best and he fires it wide. Big let off.
Back underway
Solihulll have made a change at the break with Storer replacing Osborne.
We are back underway.
Half-time
HT: Chesterfield 2 v 1 Solihull Moors
Well, certainly not boring anyway.
Boos for the referee as he walks off the pitch.
Off the line!
Maycock goes around Loach and sends the ball towards goal but McCourt did well to anticipate it and he cleared off the line.
Loach is forced to make another save from Barnett after that.
Chesterfield need half-time.
Goal for Solihull: 2-1
Clarke gets up above the Whittle at the far post to head in a deep cross from Boyes.
37 gone, 2-1.