Tisdale's experimental side fails to score in finale

Report: Chesterfield 4 Exeter City 0

Exeter City’s 2012/13 campaign came to a disappointing end at the Proact Stadium, as hosts Chesterfield ran out 4-0 winners.

The Spireites hadn’t posed any more of a threat than the Grecians when the first goal came – a thunderbolt before Marc Richards headed in a second and Jack Lester converted a penalty that he won himself before the interval.

Lester completed a brace just before the 60-minute mark after beating the offside trap, completing the scoring for Chesterfield.

Paul Tisdale opted for something of an experimental squad for the eighth-place shoot-out against the Spireites, with Anton Rodgers making his first start for the Grecians and Jordan Moore-Taylor retaining his place at centre-half, despite Pat Baldwin coming through training after the injury that had sidelined him a week before.

Jamie Reid was leading the line, with Alan Gow in support. The last game of the 2012/13 season was also the final match of Lester’s career, as the 37-year-old called time on a career that dated back to his first game as a Grimsby player in 1994, including the last six with the Spireites.