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Mo spoils Lester’s return to Spireites

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1 October 2017

By Sam Allsop
THERE was a sense of optimism around the Proact Stadium before yesterday’s game when Chesterfield unveiled new manager Jack Lester, but it was the same old story for the Spireites as Cheltenham ran out comfortable winners.
Lester returns to the club where he scored 94 goals in 219 games between 2007 and 2013, and also where the number 14 shirt is retired in his honour.
However, the Robins came into the game on the back of a 3-0 victory over Mansfield Town in midweek and Mohamed Eisa continued his fine goal scoring form to further his side’s unbeaten run to four.
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