Robert James

Right Midfielder - Chesterfield U20
17 Apr 2036
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Marked for Robert James

489 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

10 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match4 Dec 2035

No mercy from Chesterfield

Mansfield Town will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Chesterfield were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Squad10 Dec 2035

A fracture rules Robert James out for 18 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Chesterfield will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad10 Dec 2035

3 goals for Mark Morgan

The match ball belongs to Mark Morgan, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match8 Dec 2035

Nobody wants to play Chesterfield right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings10 Dec 2035

One of those days for Mark Morgan

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad10 Dec 2035

A row about effort at Chesterfield

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Romeo Sandrucci was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match8 Dec 2035

Chesterfield get the job done against Crawley Town

A 2‑1 win over Crawley Town, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces10 Dec 2035

The crowd has taken to Jason Pearson

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match8 Dec 2035

Another one collected away from home

3 on the bounce on the road for Chesterfield. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.

In brief

  • The dugout No hiding place for True Grant
  • Player ratings Carmona was on a different afternoon to everybody else
  • Player ratings One of those days for Romeo Sandrucci
Back issues
488 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

3 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad3 Dec 2035

25 days out for Robert James after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Chesterfield will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings3 Dec 2035

Both of them Martin Postuwka's — 7.75

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.75, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad3 Dec 2035

Romeo Sandrucci 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.

The terraces3 Dec 2035

Chesterfield supporters have found a favourite in Patrick Busch

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Patrick Busch has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match1 Dec 2035

Chesterfield get the job done against Oldham Athletic

A 2‑0 win over Oldham Athletic, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout3 Dec 2035

The manager makes an example of Carlos Urán

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market3 Dec 2035

Still no ink between Chesterfield and Ennio van der Gouw

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Chesterfield, another week without a signature from Ennio van der Gouw.

The dugout3 Dec 2035

The form table has caught Ennio van der Gouw

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Squad3 Dec 2035

A place in the month's best eleven for Romain Correia

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Romain Correia has come out of that comparison in the side, and Chesterfield have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

487 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

26 Nov 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Nov 2035

Robert James breaks a bone — 32 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout26 Nov 2035

Santeri Haarala frozen out at Chesterfield

This is not rotation. Santeri Haarala has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Chesterfield is pretending otherwise.

Market26 Nov 2035

Only the photograph left for Harry Mitchell

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Harry Mitchell will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chesterfield the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad26 Nov 2035

Words exchanged at Chesterfield

True Grant and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout26 Nov 2035

The manager makes an example of Ennio van der Gouw

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings26 Nov 2035

Romeo Sandrucci stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.55 on the card, and the Chesterfield support went home talking about one name.

Player ratings26 Nov 2035

Patrick Busch was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout26 Nov 2035

Somebody else is better right now than Ennio van der Gouw

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout26 Nov 2035

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Interim Coach chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

In brief

486 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

19 Nov 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Nov 2035

Robert James breaks a bone — 39 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad19 Nov 2035

Tempers go at Chesterfield

True Grant 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.

Boardroom19 Nov 2035

Chesterfield counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chesterfield now.

Squad19 Nov 2035

A row about effort at Chesterfield

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Romeo Sandrucci was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

No hiding place for Louis Spink

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Louis Spink, and the manager let it.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

Chesterfield keep their word to Patrick Busch

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

Ennio van der Gouw knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ennio van der Gouw trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad19 Nov 2035

“I want to play”: Nathan Williams speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Market19 Nov 2035

The Carlos Urán talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chesterfield know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

  • Market The clock does True Grant’s negotiating for him
  • The dugout The manager makes George Young a promise
  • The terraces The stands have heard the George Young talk too