2024–25 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield
2024–25 season
OwnerChesterfield Football Club Community Trust
ChairmanMike Goodwin
ManagerPaul Cook[1]
StadiumSMH Group Stadium
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The 2024–25 season is the 158th season in the history of Chesterfield Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2017–18 season, following promotion from the National League the previous season. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
14 June 2024[a] CM England Tim Akinola Free agent [2]
1 July 2024[b] CF England Kane Drummond England Macclesfield Free [3]
1 July 2024[c] CB Jamaica Chey Dunkley England Shrewsbury Town Free [4]
1 July 2024[d] LB Scotland Lewis Gordon England Bristol Rovers Free [5]
1 July 2024[e] CF Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden England Stockport County Free [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 16 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opens
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Macclesfield contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 6 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Bristol Rovers contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Stockport County contract expired

Out[edit]

Date Position Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in[edit]

Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out[edit]

Date Position Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract[edit]

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB England Laurence Maguire England Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2024 [7][8]
30 June 2024 GK England Luke Chadwick [7]
30 June 2024 LB England Bailey Clements [7]
30 June 2024 RW England Harley Curtis [7]
30 June 2024 RB England Jeff King [7]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 25 April, Chesterfield announced their first pre-season friendly, against Matlock Town.[9] A month later, home fixtures against Sheffield United and Derby County were also confirmed.[10][11] On June 21, a fourth friendly fixture was added, against Scunthorpe United.[12] Three days later, a home fixture versus Nottingham Forest was announced.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 July 2024 Friendly Matlock Town v Chesterfield Matlock
TBC BST Stadium: Causeway Lane
13 July 2024 Friendly Chesterfield v Nottingham Forest Chesterfield
15:00 BST Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
20 July 2024 Friendly Chesterfield v Sheffield United Chesterfield
15:00 BST Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
24 July 2024 Friendly Chesterfield v Derby County Chesterfield
19:30 BST Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
2 August 2024 Friendly Scunthorpe United v Chesterfield Scunthorpe
19:30 BST Stadium: Glanford Park

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[14]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches[edit]

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2024 1 Chesterfield v Swindon Town Chesterfield
20:00 BST Stadium: SMH Group Stadium

FA Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup[edit]

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Chesterfield being drawn away against Derby County.[16]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Derby County v Chesterfield Derby
19:45 BST Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

EFL Trophy[edit]

In the group stage, Chesterfield were drawn into Northern Group G alongside Grimsby Town, Lincoln City and a TBC Category One Academy Side.[17]


  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK England ENG Ryan Boot 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF Jamaica JAM Chey Dunkley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lewis Gordon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Jamie Grimes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Branden Horton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Ash Palmer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Ryheem Sheckleford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Tyrone Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF England ENG Tim Akinola 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Ollie Banks 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Connor Cook 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Bailey Hobson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Mike Jones 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Liam Mandeville 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Tom Naylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Darren Oldaker 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW England ENG James Berry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Ryan Colclough 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Albania ALB Armando Dobra 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Kane Drummond 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Will Grigg 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Michael Jacobs 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy Madden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Quigley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Confirmation of Paul Cook's return as manager". Chesterfield FC. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Midfielder Rejoins Spireites". Chesterfield FC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Forward signs for Spireites". Chesterfield FC. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Spireites Sign Experienced Central Defender". Chesterfield FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Defender joins Spireites". Chesterfield FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Forward becomes second signing of the summer". Chesterfield FC. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Retained list announced". Chesterfield FC. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Maguire moves to Milton Keynes". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Spireites To Face Matlock Town In Pre-Season". Chesterfield FC. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Spireites to face Blades in pre-season". Chesterfield FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Derby County heading to SMH Group Stadium in pre-season". Chesterfield FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Scunthorpe friendly". Chesterfield FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Spireites to face Forest in pre-season". Chesterfield FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  14. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.