Spireites denied by~Grand strike

Wayne Curtis punished dreadful marking to head the visitors in front after merely 20 seconds, but Chesterfield could have been level almost immediately only for Jamie Ward to see his penalty saved by Steven Drench.

Lester hit a post and Ryan Cresswell headed against the bar for Morecambe before Chesterfield’s pressure finally told after the break.

Lester drove in a low shot in the 56th minute and finished smartly again in the 65th minute when he escaped his markers to head in his 11th goal of the season.

But Grand had the final say as he hit an unstoppable shot to give the visitors an unlikely point.