Rai Simons came off the substitutes bench to score twice, while Lee Novak bagged a hat-trick, as Chesterfield crushed Shrewsbury Town 7-1 in Sky Bet League One this afternoon.

The Bermuda striker, who replaced Jay O’Shea in the 72nd minute, scored 45 seconds after coming on, firing home from outside the penalty area.

Simons bagged his second three minutes from time as Danny Wilson’s side ran riot against ten-man Shrewsbury.

The home side were already 3-1 up when Simons came on, thanks to a O’Shea double and a Lee Novak goal, all before half-time.

Zak Whitbread gave the visiting team a glimmer of hope with a goal in the 66th minute, but that was as good as it got for Shrewsbury, who went further behind when Simons bagged his first.

Novak then completed his hat-trick either side of Simons’s second, first from the penalty spot after Junior Brown, the Shrewsbury defender, had been sent off for a reckless challenge, and then with a strike moments from the end.

In between Novak set up Simons for his second, with the Bermuda striker firing the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal from the left side of the penalty area.

The win was Wilson’s first in charge after his Christmas Eve appointment and moved Chesterfield up to eighteenth, two points clear of the relegation zone.

In the Championship, Nahki Wells failed to score for the first time in three games but Huddersfield Town still won, beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 away from home.

Joe Lolley and Mustapha Carayol scored for Huddersfield, who moved up to eighteenth and have now gone three games undefeated.

Reggie Lambe did not have a good day compared to his countrymen, with his Mansfield Town side losing 3-2 at home to Accrington Stanley.

Lambe was replaced in the 76th minute by Adi Yussuf with his side 2-1 down, after goals from Piero Mingoia and Billy Kee had given Accrington the lead. Matt Green had levelled for Mansfield after Mingoia’s opener, before Kee restored his side’s lead.

Terry Gornell, on as a substitute, then appeared to have made the points safe for the visiting team nine minutes from time, but Chris Clements’s free kick six minutes later set up a frantic finish with Accrington just holding on for the win.