HARTLEPOOL United ended a run of three successive losses to move up to seventh in League One.

Two goals from James Poole and one from Paul Murray earned Pools a fourth away win of the season.

It was their first victory since winning at Bournemouth last month – and a fifth loss in a row for the hosts.

The Spireites went ahead when Leon Clarke curled a low shot into the net from an angle after a cross from the right by Danny Whittaker.

But it didn't take long for Pools to turn the game around and get in front.

First up and Paul Murray lifted a header from 25 yards into an empty net after goalkeeper Greg Fleming went walkabout.

And a minute later, James Poole put the visitors ahead with an angled drive into the corner from some distance - another spectacular goal to add to his tally.

Fleming was having a torrid time and was almost beaten by Andy Monkhouse from 40 yards, the keeper backpedalling to tip the ball over the bar.

Poole gave Pool a two-goal cushion at the start of the second-half when he met Evan Horwood's cross to plant a header home from ten yards, his fifth of the season..

Defender Dean Holden got one back soon afterwards when a long free-kick wasn't cleared, but Pool held on quite comfortably.

 

CHESTERFIELD: Fleming; Talbot, Holden, Grounds, Smith (Downes 60); Mendy, Allott (Morgan 68), Randall (Clay 60), Whittaker; Westcarr, Clarke. Subs: Lee, Bowery.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Collins, Hartley, Wright; Luscombe (Brown 63), Liddle, Murray, Horwood; Poole (Nish 78), Monkhouse (Humphreys 90). Subs: Boyd, Rafferty.