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Chelsea 5-1 Chesterfield: Superstars are too strong but Spireittes can be proud as punch

For the 6,000 Chesterfield fans at Stamford Bridge, this tie meant a whole lot more than the result – it was a celebration of what many Spireites have called the return of their club.
Chelsea

By DAVID RICHARDSON

CHELSEA 5
Werner 6, Hudson-Odoi 18, Lukaku 20, Christensen 39, Ziyech 55 (pen)

CHESTERFIELD 1
Asante 80

PROUD MOMENT: Akwasi Asante leads the celebrations after famously scoring Chesterfield’s consolation goal at Stamford Bridge, inset
PICTURE: Alamy

FOR THE 6,000 Chesterfield fans at Stamford Bridge, this tie meant a whole lot more than the result – it was a celebration of what many Spireites have called the return of their club.
Successive relegations in the EFL and two seasons at the wrong end of the National League had them going nowhere fast.
But when the Ches...

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