John Fleck

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
27 Apr 2027
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26 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match23 Jan 2027

Chesterfield taken apart

0‑3 to Colchester United, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market25 Jan 2027

Tom Pearce has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chesterfield they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match25 Jan 2027

Chesterfield refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 55 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

Birmingham tell Chesterfield: Christoph Klarer is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market25 Jan 2027

John Fleck puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chesterfield, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

Nohan Kenneh is a medical away from Chesterfield

The deal with Tranmere Rovers is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

Tom Pearce signs for Luton Town while still at Chesterfield

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Tom Pearce has agreed terms with Luton Town for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Match23 Jan 2027

Chesterfield cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Match19 Jan 2027

Crewe Alexandra take the points off Chesterfield

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
8 Edition

The Chesterfield Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match16 Sep 2026

The small margins put Chesterfield out

Out, 0‑3 to Blackpool, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

A cup hiding at Blackpool leaves Chesterfield explaining themselves

0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Ryan Stirk goes up and wins it — 7.99

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.99 for the rest of it.

Match19 Sep 2026

Chesterfield get the job done against Colchester United

A 3‑1 win over Colchester United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

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.

Boardroom21 Sep 2026

Nobody left the Chesterfield dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Jason Kelly kept it short after the 3‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Tom Pearce knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chesterfield, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of John Fleck

“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.

In brief