Gary Roberts won and scored a late penalty as Portsmouth won 2-1 at Plymouth. The winger was felled by left back Gary Sawyer as he drove in from the right to convert Pompey's second penalty of the game. Matt Tubbs had fired the visitors into a first-half lead while Gregg Wylde grabbed a last-minute consolation for the hosts. Plymouth keeper Luke McCormick made a superb second minute diving s...Full Story »

Chesterfield took a massive stride towards the play-offs by thrashing relegation-threatened Colchester 6-0 at the Proact Stadium. Gary Roberts and a Sam Clucas brace in the first half were followed by strikes from Dan Gardner, Jimmy Ryan and a Roberts penalty as Chesterfield celebrated their biggest league win of the season. Chesterfield went ahead in the sixth minute when Drew Talbot crossed ...Full Story »

Chesterfield have no new problems as they prepare to host Preston. Winger Gary Roberts (hamstring) remains the only injury absentee for the Spireites, who consolidated fifth place in the table with a 1-0 win at Notts County on Saturday. Caolan Lavery made his full debut at Meadow Lane in place of departed top scorer Eoin Doyle and, after netting the winning goal against the Magpies, the on-loa...Full Story »

Chesterfield made no mistake in their second-round rematch in the FA Cup as they won 1-0 at MK Dons thanks to Gary Roberts' strike. The Spireites won by the same scoreline at stadium:mk last month only for the Football Association to order a replay after they fielded Georg Margreitter, who was ineligible for the tie. The man who scored the only goal in the original game, Armand Gnanduillet, ha...Full Story »

Gary Roberts twice went close to earning Chesterfield their first win in seven games, but they had to settle for a goalless draw at bottom club Crewe. Roberts, once on loan with Crewe, was the inspiration behind Chesterfield's dominant display, but Paul Cooks's side struggled to break down Sky Bet League One's worst defence. After Roberts slipped in Jay O'Shea , Chesterfield's leading goalscor...Full Story »

Chesterfield winger Gary Roberts will not be involved against his former club Swindon at the Proact Stadium on Tuesday night. Roberts has been nursing a hamstring injury recently and the 30-year-old, who joined the Spireites in the summer of 2013 after leaving the Robins, will be allowed time to recover properly from the problem - which could mean two weeks out. Oscar Gobern could make his ho...Full Story »

Three key players have returned to the Chesterfield squad in time for the visit of rivals Sheffield United. Winger Gary Roberts, midfielder Sam Morsy and left-back Daniel Jones are all fit again after hamstring injuries, leaving just Sam Hird (knee) and Drew Talbot (groin) in the treatment room. It would be a major surprise if all three players did not go straight back into the starting line-u...Full Story »

Gary Roberts made one goal and scored the other as he masterminded a deserved 2-1 victory at Port Vale for Chesterfield with a man-of-the-match display. The visitors dominated most of the early play and took the lead in the ninth minute when Eoin Doyle kneed in the rebound from four yards after Roberts' shot had came back off a post. Tom Pope struck the outside of a post as Vale attempted to f...Full Story »