Tooley's Take

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Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context   Chesterfield 1 Cheltenham Town 1 League Two Game #7 The weekend started off in superb fashion with a Friday night party, at the stadium of course, to celebrate Superfan Zoe Edge's 50th birthday. The Saturday lunchtime follow-up was a bit like a night-after party balloon; initially holding its form and looking good, doing its job perfectly, but then slowly starting to lose its shape, deflating somewhat as people that weren't even invited to the party start to kick it around, making its movement and ability to control unpredictable, increasing the chances of a comical air-kick and then ending the day in limp mode with all the oxygen having leaked from its being. Unlike the game at Port Vale, we were at the races, the early ones at least. From an hour before kick-off, it was obvious it was going to be difficult. Cheltenham Town's starting XI included six men who are classed primarily as defenders, and their assistant-manager (former Spireites favourite) Aaron Downes, confirmed to me after the game that stopping Chesterfield playing was at the very heart of their game plan, not that it took long to […]