The Chesterfield Courier
Squad21 Sep 2026
Benjamin Murray damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match16 Sep 2026
The small margins put Chesterfield out
Out, 1‑2 to Reading, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Chesterfield
Sil Swinkels 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: James Henderson on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ryan Stirk
“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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Jacob Brown left out for tactical reasons at Chesterfield
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Dylan Duffy was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 12. 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Chesterfield and Colchester United cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Colchester United came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
When it matters, Paddy Madden plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Liam Mandeville
- Squad Régis remains an outsider
- Squad The room hears from Jacob Brown