West Brom did what they could not in the opening instalment of this tie: kill off Chesterfield via a far more convincing display than when grabbing a lifeline in the dying seconds on the third round’s opening weekend. The spoils are a meeting with Bristol City next in the storied old FA Cup.
That Brandon Thomas-Asante equaliser had broken the hearts of the Derbyshire club and their fans but this evening had a different feel: from the opening whistle there appeared only one victor and it was not the team from England’s fifth tier. Who knows if these opponents will have to wait as long to meet again as they did before this tie, but Chesterfield can feel proud of their showing.
