The Chesterfield Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Chesterfield
Jacob 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Luke Butterfield at Chesterfield
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Luke Butterfield is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Zach Hemming stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Zach Hemming and Chesterfield agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ronald González is slowing down
At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
A promise honoured for Jamie Mullins
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Chesterfield told Jamie Mullins something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Tom Naylor
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tom Naylor, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Sil Swinkels asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Paddy Madden faces his old club
Fleetwood Town next, and one man in the Chesterfield dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
A door opens for Ollie Wright
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Looking ahead Chesterfield host Fleetwood Town
- Market Another notebook out for Zach Hemming