The Chesterfield Courier
Market23 Aug 2027
Taye Ashby-Hammond puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chesterfield, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Haji Wright
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Chesterfield
Ciaron Brown 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jack Shorrock is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Eliot Matazo has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Chesterfield
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match21 Aug 2027
Chesterfield come up short against Reading
Reading left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market23 Aug 2027
Thomas Phillips steps up from the Chesterfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Phillips has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mark Howard steps up from the Chesterfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Howard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Chesterfield promote Harry Grant from within
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Chesterfield
- Player ratings Keshi Anderson changes it off the bench