The Chesterfield Courier
The dugout30 Sep 2030
Denny Tassotti keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chesterfield may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
The dugout30 Sep 2030
Santeri Haarala gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match28 Sep 2030
Nobody wins at Chesterfield
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match28 Sep 2030
Chesterfield find a way past Colchester United
Colchester United made Chesterfield work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad30 Sep 2030
Laros Duarte 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.
Squad30 Sep 2030
Jack Jackson out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Jack Jackson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Sep 2030
Joackim Fagerjord wants to finish where he started
Every long career reaches the week the player starts thinking about the last one. He would like it to be at the club that first put him on a pitch, and Chesterfield now know that too.
Squad30 Sep 2030
A falling-out at Chesterfield
Joackim Fagerjord and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings30 Sep 2030
Nothing got past Mark McGuinness
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Joe Sbarra
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Laros Duarte asks for a word with the manager