The Chesterfield Courier
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Armando Dobra
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Chesterfield's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chesterfield has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Gabriel Tavares at Chesterfield
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Gabriel Tavares is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Armando Dobra has improved at 26, 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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chesterfield
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market23 Aug 2027
Stephen Scott steps up from the Chesterfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Scott 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
Chesterfield promote Harry Williams from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Williams has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Simon Thompson joins the Chesterfield first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Thompson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market John Grant steps up from the Chesterfield academy
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Liam Mandeville
- Squad Will Grigg falls out with a teammate over standards