The Chesterfield Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Chesterfield turn down Southampton for Lee Bonis
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Dieguinho would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Dieguinho is living that version at Chesterfield, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zach Hemming stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Zach Hemming and Chesterfield agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Will Grigg falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Chesterfield and Lee Bonis
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Chesterfield on Oliver Hawkins
- Market Chesterfield buy the years ahead of Thomas Johnson