Difficult night for moaners

It was a difficult night for moaners as Charlton won 4-0 at Chesterfield to go 13 points clear at the top of League 1 with Bradley Wright-Phillips scoring a hattrick.   As I left the 0-1 home defeat of Leamington by West Bromwich Albion, I heard on Radio 5 that Charlton has dominated the game just as they dominated the division.

Charlton went ahead as Danny Green's shot hit the bar and Wright-Phillips prodded the ball over the line.   The striker swivelled to hook home his second, before Johnnie Jackson met Chris Solly's cross.

Wright-Phillips completed his first career treble with a deflected shot inside the six-yard box.  The Addicks, who equalled a club record 12th away win of the season, are now 15 points ahead of the third-placed Massives.

An Addick who was there reported, 'This was an excellent performance against a lively Chesterfield who failed to finish their attacks with goal attempts largely due to the quality of our defence. Solly had an excellent game and Hamer did ok too. The mid field started to create the attacking options now Stephens is back in the side and Jackson is also back to his best. Kermongant won everything in the air as always and BWP confidence grew as the game went on.'

One worrying sign was the presence of a number of scouts.