The Chesterfield Courier
Market12 Jul 2027
Chesterfield make Lewis Fiorini the dearest name in their history
$1.8M. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
The paperwork begins on Joseph Hungbo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chesterfield have done the hard part with Wigan Athletic, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Door shut on Tyler Roberts
Chesterfield asked and Mansfield Town said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Conor Townsend for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Chesterfield will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The terraces12 Jul 2027
$1.8M for Lewis Fiorini, and Chesterfield supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Lewis Fiorini from Stockport County for $1.8M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Market12 Jul 2027
Thomas King steps up from the Chesterfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas King 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Chesterfield promote Joshua White from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joshua White 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Alexander Matthews joins the Chesterfield first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Matthews is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Julián Balbuena in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chesterfield this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Squad Words at Chesterfield training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets A loan move for Sam Greenwood is in the works
- Squad Chesterfield are still strangers to each other