Morecambe 2-0 Chesterfield: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Morecambe 2-0 Chesterfield

League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Morecambe · Chesterfield · League Two predictions

Morecambe 2-0 Chesterfield: match report

Morecambe defeated Chesterfield 2-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 2 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gary McDonald opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Gary McDonald (45+2') and Lewis Alessandra (52'). Chesterfield did not score.

Discipline: Morecambe received 4 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Morecambe were 18th on 8 points from 9 and Chesterfield 14th on 12 points from 9. Morecambe went on to finish that season 16th with 58 points, and Chesterfield 8th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Morecambe win, 1 draw and 0 for Chesterfield.

Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Chesterfield's D-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Robbie ThrelfallMorecambe
  • 39'Yellow card · Robbie ThrelfallMorecambe
  • 45+2'Goal · Gary McDonaldMorecambe · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Lewis AlessandraMorecambe · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Terrell ForbesChesterfield
  • 90'Yellow card · Jordan BurrowMorecambe
  • 90+1'Yellow card · J. BurrowMorecambe

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Morecambe 1, draws 1, Chesterfield 0.

Team news

Morecambe line-up

Nick Fenton, Robbie Threlfall, Andrew Wright, Tom McCready, Stuart Drummond, Andrew Fleming, Gary McDonald, Lewis Alessandra, Richard Brodie, Jack Redshaw, Barry Roche

Chesterfield line-up

Richard O'Donnell, Terrell Forbes, Neal Trotman, Sam Hird, Tendayi Darikwa, Liam Ridehalgh, Drew Talbot, Sam Togwell, Chris Atkinson, Craig Westcarr, Danny Whitaker