The Chesterfield Courier
Match26 Sep 2026
Chesterfield strike at the death to beat Cheltenham Town
There were 86 minutes on the clock and Cheltenham Town had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Chesterfield did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Dylan Duffy
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Chesterfield
Zach Hemming was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Chesterfield find a way past Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town made Chesterfield work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Armando Dobra
Marked 8.12 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Chesterfield
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad Will Dickson gets it from the manager
- Squad Tom Pearce knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Connor Cook leaves for nothing
- Player ratings Sil Swinkels spends the afternoon fouling