A young Sheffield Wednesday side outclassed Hallam with a dominant 6-0 victory at Sandygate on Monday evening.
Three goals in six first half minutes gave the Owls a 3-0 advantage at the break. Three more came in the second period – including a Devante Rodney spot kick and a Simon Mirfin own goal, to complete a comfortable outing for the youngsters.
Chesterfield got their pre-season campaign underway with a defeat as first half goals from Kieran Lee and Fernando Forestieri earned Sheffield Wednesday a comfortable 2-0 victory.
The Owls started the contest strongly and Lee converted Jack Hunt’s cross from close range to open the scoring in the ninth minute.
Nineteen minutes later, Forestieri finished off a good move from the visitors with a low strike past goalkeeper Ryan Fulton to double the advantage.
From then on the outcome never really looked in doubt, despite a few decent opportunities for the Spireites, and Wednesday saw out victory in a second half that lacked any real flow or urgency.
Goals from Jake Wetherall and Morgan Penfold earned Lincoln City a comfortable victory over Worksop Town on my first ever visit to Sandy Lane and first game of the 2016/17 season.
My final full day in Paris was one of the most memorable as I enjoyed the tremendous atmosphere of the fanzone for England vs. Wales before returning to the Stade de France to watch another of the most highly anticipated group games of the tournament, Germany v Poland.
Day three of my European Championship journey and I was back to watching live football as we headed to PSG’s Parc des Princes for the Group A game between Switzerland and Romania, before spending the evening soaking up the incredible atmosphere of a French game in the Eiffel Tower fanzone.
The second day of my Euro 2016 adventure was the only one without a game to attend. Instead, some sightseeing across the beautiful city of Paris was followed by an afternoon in the fanzone located directly underneath the Eiffel Tower!
On the first day of my visit to Euro 2016 I attended my first ever live match at a major international tournament – heading to the Stade de France to watch Republic of Ireland face Sweden in their Group E opener.
England began their warm-up for next month’s Euro 2016 with a 2-1 victory over Turkey at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
Chesterfield secured League 1 safety in their final home game of the season with a 3-0 victory over Bury.
Jay O’Shea’s 29th minute spot kick opened the scoring before the lead was doubled in first half stoppage time courtesy of a deflected Lee Novak strike.
Dan Gardner, on loan with today’s opposition until only last week, then scored just two minutes after joining the action to seal victory and most importantly third tier survival.
Chesterfield moved a point closer to securing League 1 survival with a 1-1 draw against Doncaster Rovers at the Proact Stadium.
Doncaster headed to North Derbyshire in desperate need of a victory to keep their own hopes of staying up alive and got off to the perfect start when Tommy Rowe fired home from a corner in the sixth minute.
But Gboly Ariyibi’s 18th minute leveller was ultimately enough to earn the Spireites a draw that moves them on to the vital 50-point mark and five points clear of relegation with just three games remaining.
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