By John Lyons
CHECKATRADE TROPHY
MANCHESTER City may be beating all-comers this season, but their Under-21s won’t be getting their hands on the Checkatrade Trophy. City’s young guns were one of the casualties as the group stages finally drew to a close in midweek.
With Bradford already through from Northern Group F, Chesterfield and City met to try to bag second spot. Rotherham, who had already finished their matches, also still had a sniff.
Sub Joe Rowley headed home to put the Spireites ahead on 74 minutes, and almost immediately they were a man up, too, when City’s Char...