Match Report
Chesterfield, 1st with 98 points, sat 23 points above Gateshead (6th, 75). Chesterfield ranked just 21st in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Gateshead were scoring 1.91 and conceding 1.39, Chesterfield 2.3 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Chesterfield — three in succession. Gateshead had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Chesterfield, 3.
Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,800. On the scoreboard, Gateshead led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.