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.
I attended my final session of the 2016 World Snooker Championship on Sunday evening to watch the middle eight frames of the second round matches between Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson, and Judd Trump and Ding Junhui.
Bring Me The Horizon hit a new career milestone with a truly unforgettable performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.
Backed by a choir and full orchestra, the rock quintet treated over five thousand people to unique show that included live song debuts as well as a rare throwback to a previous era in order to provide this majestic venue with pandemonium the like of which it is unlikely to have ever seen before!
I was back at the Crucible Theatre on Wednesday for my third session of this year’s World Snooker Championship to watch arguably the tie of the first round as reigning German Masters champion Martin Gould took on China’s greatest ever player Ding Junhui.
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.
I returned to the famous Crucible Theatre on Tuesday for my second session of snooker at this year’s World Championship, watching the reigning Players Champion Mark Allen take on debutant Mitchell Mann in Round 1.
The opening Sunday at the Crucible was the scene for my first visit of the 2016 World Snooker Championship – my 12th year in a row and 13th in total!
Attending the afternoon and evening sessions, I saw the Scottish duo of Stephen Maguire and Alan McManus complete their first round battle before watching two young stars in Michael White and Sam Baird get their match started with the opening nine-frame session.
It also turned out to be a momentous day in the history of Snooker as a whole as the legendary 6-time World Champion Steve Davis retired from the game competitively, having failed to qualify for this year’s championship.
Goals from Alex Baptiste, Che Adams and Billy Sharp kept Sheffield United’s slim play-off hopes alive as they comfortably dispatched a disappointing Chesterfield side 3-0 on a miserable afternoon for Spireites supporters.
Wednesday 13th April saw ‘Judgement Day’ take place at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge venue as the remaining 32 players, including three former world champions and a further three former world finalists, battled it out in best-of-19 contests on a day of huge drama to decide which sixteen men would qualify to join the world’s elite at the Crucible Theatre next week.
See the results below:
Nothing But Thieves headlined in Sheffield for the first time in style with an unforgettable performance at The Leadmill.
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