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Chesterfield 3-2 Dover Athletic: King to the rescue for Spireites suffer Dover scare

Chesterfield twice fought back from behind to see off stubborn resistance from Dover Athletic and give their play-off hopes a major shot in the arm.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 April 2022

By Kurt Bigg

CHESTERFIELD 3
Khan 24, 82, King 85

DOVER ATH 2
Gyasi 14, Goodman 81
CHESTERFIELD twice fought back from behind to see off stubborn resistance from Dover Athletic and give their play-off hopes a major shot in the arm.
Bottom club Dover went in front through Michael Gyasi and then Jake Goodman but each time Chesterfield responded through Saidou Khan’s brace.
And it was left to Jeff King to earn the home side all three points, much to the relief of manager Paul Cook.
“I think we’ll all remember the result and not the performance,” he said.
“It was just littered with not good pa...

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