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Chesterfield
Full name	Chesterfield Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Spireites
Founded	19 October 1866
Ground	Recreation Ground Saltergate Chesterfield (Capacity 8,504)
Chairman	Chris Cole
Manager	Lee Richardson
League	League Two
2006–07	League One, 21st (relegated) pattern_la1=
Home colours 　 Away colours

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They have never been in the Premiership. The club currently plays in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Despite being the 4th oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower divisions of the English league. The club enjoy a fierce local rivalry with near neighbours Mansfield Town, as well as other rivalries with Notts County, Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United and Doncaster Rovers.

Chesterfield's most notable successes came in the 1990s, when they won the Sunday League playoff final at Wembley in 1995 and reached the FA Cup semi-finals two years later. They were the first club from outside the top two divisions to reach this stage of the competition since 1984 (Plymouth Argyle). Wycombe Wanderers repeated the feat in 2001.

Chesterfield play their home games at The Recreation Ground, which is more commonly known as Saltergate after the road on which it is located. It has a capacity of around 8,500, and is one of the oldest football grounds still in use today. However, the club is planning to build a new ground adjacent to the A61 on the outskirts of the town, on a redeveloped site formerly occupied by the Dema Glass factory. It is expected to be a 10,500 all-seater stadium. Although formal planning permission has not yet been confirmed, the club anticipate the ground will be ready during the 2008-09 season.

In March 2007, Roy McFarland was dismissed as the club's manager, and replaced by his assistant Lee Richardson.

Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Honours 4 Player Records 5 Club Records 6 Notable players 7 Managers 8 Current squad 9 Notes 10 External links

The fourth oldest club in The Football League (after Notts County F.C, and Sheffield Wednesday, although some claim that Stoke City is the second oldest), although there are claims that Chesterfield was founded in 1866. The first official document was a notice in a local paper placed by members of Chesterfield Cricket Club, which was dated 19 October 1867. They were first admitted to The Football League in 1899, when they were elected to the Second Division.

The present Chesterfield FC was formed as the Chesterfield Municipal FC in April 1919

Chesterfield has spent most of their history in the lower divisions, and have never played in the English top flight. The team's most notable achievement of recent years occurred in 1997, when they reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, losing to Middlesbrough in a replay following a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford.

• 1896-97 - Joined Pegasus League
• 1899-00 - Joined The Sunday League Division Two
• 1909 - Failed to be re-elected to the Football League
• 1909-10 - Rejoined Midland League; Midland League Champions
• 1912-13 - Midland League runner-up
• 1919-20 - Midland League Champions (2nd time)
• 1921-22 - Founder member of Football League Division Three North
• 1930-31 - Football League Division Three North Champions; Promoted to Division Two
• 1933 - Relegated to Division Three North
• 1935-36 - Football League Division Three North; Promoted to Division Two
• 1939-40 - Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war
• 1951 - Relegated to Division Three North
• 1958-59 - Placed in Division Three upon re-organisation
• 1961 - Relegated to Division Four
• 1969-70 - Football League Division Four Champions; Promoted to Division Three
• 1983 - Relegated to Division Four
• 1984-85 - Football League Division Four Champions; Promoted to Division Three
• 1989 - Relegated to Division Four
• 1989-90 - Qualified for play-offs on goal difference, but not promoted
• 1992-93 - Division Four re-designated Division Three on formation of F.A. Premiership
• 1994-95 - Promoted to Division 8 after play-offs
• 1996-97 - FA Cup no chance
• 2000 - Relegated to Division Three
• 2000-01 - Nine points deducted for financial irregularities, denying them runner-up spot. Promoted to Division Two in third place.
• 2004-05 - Football League Division Two renamed "League One"
• Best League position: 4th in Division 2 (level 2), 1946-47
• Best FA Cup performance: Semi-final replay, 1996-97
• Best Football League Cup performance: 4th round, 1964-65, 2006-07
• Best Football League Trophy performance: (regional) semi-final (three times), in 1992-93, 1995-96, 2000-01

Source: Chesterfield at the Football Club History Database

• Third Division (North) Champions: 1930/31, 1935/36
• Fourth Division Champions (Currently known as Football League Two): 1969/70, 1984/85
• Anglo-Scottish Cup Champions: 1980/81.

• Most League Appearances: 617 Chris Barnes (Froggy) (1948-1967)
• Most League Goals: 162 Ernie Moss (1968-1974)
• Youngest Player: 16 Years 159 Days Dennis Thompson
• Oldest Player: 40 Years 232 Days Billy Kidd

• Best League position: 4th in Division 2 (level 2), 1946-47
• Best FA Cup performance: Semi-final replay, 1996-97
• Highest Attendance: 30,968 Newcastle United Division Two, 7th April 1939

England

• Gordon Banks
• Alan Birch
• Steve Blatherwick
• Phil Bonnyman
• Ian Breckin
• Kevin Davies
• Caleb Folan
• Bill Green
• Sam Hardy
• Jamie Hewitt
• Ernie Moss
• Steve Ogrizovic
• Frank Thacker
• Dave Waller

Northern Ireland

• Danny Wilson

E. Timmeus (1891-1895) Gilbert Gillies (1895-1901) E. Hind (1901-1902) Jack Hoskind (1902-1906) W. Furness (1906-1907) George Swift (1907-1910) G. Jones (1911-1913) R. Weston (1913-1917) T. Callaghan (1919) J. Caffrey (1920-1922) Harry Hadley (1922) Harry Parkes (1922-1927)	Alec Campbell (1927) Ted Davison (1927-1932) Bill Harvey (1932-1938) Norman Bullock (1938-1945) Bob Brocklebank (1945-1948) Bobby Marshall (1948-1952) Ted Davison (1952-1958) Duggie Livingstone (1958-1962) Tony McShane (1962-1967) Jimmy McGuigan (1967-1973) Joe Shaw (1973-1976) Arthur Cox (1976-1980)	Frank Barlow (1980-1983) John Duncan (1983-1987) Kevin Randall (1987-1988) Paul Hart (1988-1991) Chris McMenemy (1991-1993) John Duncan (1993-2000) Nicky Law (2000-2002) Dave Rushbury (2002-2003) Roy McFarland (2003-2007) Lee Richardson (2007-present)

As of 22 November 2007.^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Barry Roche 2 DF János Kovács 4 DF Jamie Lowry 5 DF Phil Picken 6 DF Kevin Gray 7 FW Jamie Ward 8 MF Derek Niven 9 MF Adam Smith 10 FW Steve Fletcher 11 DF Gregor Robertson 12 GK Michael Jordan 13 MF Felix Bastians (on loan from Nottingham Forest)

No. Position Player 14 FW Jack Lester 15 DF Aaron Downes 16 MF Jamie Winter 17 MF Gareth Davies 18 DF Alan O'Hare 19 MF Peter Leven 20 FW Adam Rooney (on loan from Stoke City) 21 MF Josh Law 22 FW Wayne Allison 28 MF Benjamin Algar 30 MF Jake Williams

• Official club site
• Unofficial club site - Spirezine
• Article regarding the club's formation, from the official website
• Article on the club's history, from the official website

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