Tooley's Take

12/30/2024 06:47 AM

Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context   Bradford City 2 Chesterfield 1 League Two Game #23 Where do I start? On a day of mistakes, the Gryffindor clad team were far from magical and made loads, many prompted by the hard work of the rank and file in the blue kit. The Spireites made a lot fewer, but were punished.  It was a game of two-thirds. Chesterfield possession, two-thirds, a total of 19 shots, two-thirds of them to Town (and two-thirds of the on target ones were blue efforts), there were 36 fouls, two-thirds of them on Spireites players, total touches in attacking penalty areas reached 39, two-thirds of them by the visitors, who also won just over two-thirds of the corners. Sadly, two-thirds of the goals were scored by the Bantams.  In front of the biggest League Two crowd of the season to date, Paul Cook's threadbare squad started strongly. Liam Mandeville should have opened his scoring account for the season after a lovely move before a number of magicians combined to put Chesterfield in front. Ollie Banks' inch-perfect ball down the right (pass of the season?) was picked up by the wizard that […]