Also on this day in 1980: Supporters Club reps Phil Tooley and Howard Borrell present a bicycle to Chesterfield physio Steve Wanless. Just the thing for some poor apprentice to have to nip down to the shop on, to fetch Bob Pepper's pipe tobacco.

Phil Bonnyman dives to head in one of his goals in our 2-1 win over Brentford on this day in 1980. From the lens of Alan Roe.

On this day in 1947, thanks to the excellent "Hatters Heritage" website. I think the Chesterfield man in the photo is Stan Milburn. hattersheritage.co.uk/matches/luto...

I'm having a good scrape through genealogy websites to further knowledge of Chesterfield's Victorian footballers. Time to remember the names of Allwood Nall, Daniel Casey, "Sep" Holland and Billy Kirwin, ex-Spireites united by the fact that they all died in the Chesterfield Workhouse.

The Spireites’ 3-1 win at Southport that lifted them to 6th in the table today was a triumph of good, all-round teamwork. The defence and halfbacks worked with a unity of purpose that negated the opposing attack, and the forwards were smart and sharp. Cookson combined well with his wings 1/3 #CFC100

A man of Mr. Infantino's principles will no doubt already have a winner in mind.

Tue Nov 4th, 1986. Fulham, home, won 3-1. Moss 2, Caldwell. The debut of Phil Greaves, by no means the first, but certainly the the last man ever to play for Chesterfield after having done a shift at a coal mine. Ernie is pictured here scoring from one of Phil's crosses. 1/2

I'm pleased we avoided having to put the broken seats back in for Mansfield.

Donny at home. That'll do.

In time, we're hoping we might be able to do WILLIE PAUL right with a headstone; it's not so easy though as we're duty bound by regulations to try and connect with any living relatives to gain permissions. Retweets far & wide appreciated. Thank you. 🙏 www.thethistlearchive.net/help-willie-...

Yesterday's gate of 2,084 isn't the lowest we've played in front of in an away game against a team from a higher division. Salford own that prize with the 1,997 who saw us win there in the 2021-2 season. Our lowest at home is 2199 vs Wrexham in 2019-20. Where was everyone when we were both sh*t? 😁

Chesterfield's FA Cup record in ties against teams from a higher sphere now stands at Played 52, Won 14, lost 38.

Lee Bonis became the 124th Chesterfield player to successfully convert a penalty for The Spireites yesterday. If he takes them all and scores them all, then at the rate we are given them, he will be 44 before he overhauls Alan Birch's 17 goals from the spot.

Our FA Cup second round game will be our 250th since playing Clay Cross Town in the 1919-20 FA Cup preliminary round, as the Chesterfield Municipal FC.

Today's win was Paul Cook's 13th FA Cup win as Chesterfield manager. That puts him one ahead of Teddy Davison and makes him, as our American cousins would say but I bloody well wouldn't, Chesterfield's winningest FA Cup manager.

I think, and I hope you'll agree, that if you beat the highest-placed team that you can possibly play, then you should be given the Cup.

******* GET THE ******* **** IN!!!

Just the sort of press snippet to give you the willies a week before our remembrance service. Happily, our man was found, albeit by the Germans. He saw out the rest of the war in a POW camp, rather than having his name hastily added to our memorial with a sharpie.

Pleased to see Ollie Banks providing the assist for York's first at his dad's old club today.

Chesterfield’s four-game winning streak came to a halt this afternoon as Doncaster Rovers took a point from Saltergate in an entertaining 2-2 draw. Oliver Thompson, pictured, came back in for Jack Meads at left-half after a 9-game injury lay-off, 1/4 #CFC100

Improvements are almost completed to the Victorian Chesterfield FC stuff on the website. Seasons have been separated out and expanded with opponent line-ups where found, and per-season player lists. Follow the link, then pick your season. sites.google.com/view/cfchistory/line-ups

28/12/1885. No pen, obviously.

We have gone 45 competitive games since last being awarded a penalty. This is not quite halfway to our worst run without a pen, which stands at 91 games between 19/12/1959 and 14/12/1961. Plenty to go yet, lads!

Omari Patrick's 7th goal of the season, there. 😁

Today's ref is Oldham. Expect a pitch invasion from the fourth official if he issues a 90th-minute yellow card. 😁

Whatever happens on the Wirral this afternoon will not ruin my day, for I've ended a years-long search by finding a birth for Tommy Bishop, who was the greatest player to come out of the first version of a Chesterfield FC. A thread... (1/7)

Among this week's work I returned to this match. I knew about the game but it didn't dawn on me at the time that this is the first mention I've found of a programme being issued for a CFC home game. It would have been produced by the opponents to raise funds. 24/11/1879.

Died on this day in 1918: Willie Bryant, who had one decent season at Chesterfield Town in 1893-4 on his way up. Entered the licensed trade in Rotherham after giving up the game. No photo, sadly, so here's my record of his career.

On this day in 1930, 10,840 saw 2nd-placed Chesterfield bring a point back from 1st-placed Lincoln with a Fred Wallbanks 📸 goal. The teams would swap positions by the season's end. One of five brothers to play League football, Fred would be killed in 1938 in an accident at the Consett steelworks.

Hopes of bringing anything back from New Brighton were not high when it was found that Jimmy Cookson would miss the game after being kicked about by Crewe last week, but his team-mates have been emboldened by the club’s upturn in form 1/4 #CFC100

There must be a joke in here about Rangers lacking the fibre...

As the relationship between the Chesterfield and Spital clubs soured, "Concord" (clearly a Chesterfield FC man) began writing (cobblers, mostly) to local papers. This October 1879 missive appears to do itself no favours with the idea of a CFC formation date of 1879 minus 16...

Chesterfield at Forest in 1879. Chesterfield's traditional 2-2-6 formation comes up against Forest's newfangled 1-2-2-5 set-up that uses just one full-back and two three-quarter backs. The Magpies (us, on account of our kit) lose 5-1.

What the fucking fuck?

6d to get in in 1878. The game's gone.

These are the clippings we like. By a roundabout way I find forenames etc for JJ Banks, the Sheffield footballer who also played for Chesterfield in 1873-4. Since he ran for money, it is perhaps fair to assume that he played football for it, too. There is so much more to unearth about this era.

@chesterfieldfc.bsky.social ✋ Tomorrow's match against Fleetwood Town has been chosen as our designated Makaton fixture. #Spireites Chesterfield FC has been officially recognised as a Makaton aware club. Proud of my club 💙

Also born on this day, in 1869: Walter “Wash” Bannister, miner. Shares with Arthur Vickers the distinction of being the club’s first pro footballer. The only Town player to have died as a result of injuries received in a game. Biography here: sites.google.com/view/cfchistory/biographies

Born on this day in 1862: Samuel Hugh Francklin Hole, who played a few times for us in 1887-8. Perhaps our poshest player ever, he was the son of a future Dean of Rochester and brother-in-law of Violet Markham. He was the only ex-Spireite to become a barrister at the Inner Temple. No photo, sadly.

Ah, the price of fame. I have every sympathy with "Wm. Cookson." When I successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre my local rag conjured up a few paragraphs. My surname was mentioned three times, and each time they spelt it differently and incorrectly.

The Spireites scored four goals in a third straight game today in beating Crewe Alexandra 4-2. Alex took the lead when Clayson was allowed to run through the defence to shoot. Whitfield opened Chesterfield’s account when his hooked shot was fisted out, 1/3 #CFC100

JOHN COLQUHOUN is the latest Jag to be de-mystified, with thanks to the excellent @spireitehistory.bsky.social; yet another addition to the 'Partick Thistle Returned'. 👉 thethistlearchive.net/john-colquhoun

Born in South Shields on this day in 1891: John McLaverty, Chesterfield Town's centre-half for the 1914-15 season. 28a 3g. Signed from Aston Villa; joined the Royal Marines in 1917. Played out his post-war career in the north-east while working as a miner. Became a publican. Died 1961, Oxfordshire.

The goal currently credited to Ollie Turton on Saturday was the first by a Salford player for us and brings to 68 the number of teams who have helped us out by sticking it into their own net. Crewe lead the way with 6, while Hartlepool have conceded at least one under each of three different names.

Ronan Darcy's goal on Saturday made Salford City the 91st club that a Chesterfield substitute has scored against in competitive football.

So this was apparently a protest about the ban on drinking while watching a game, which I support, as I don't want some half-cut bloke trying the get along my row every ten minutes with a tray of beers - there's barely enough room as it is. 1/2 talksport.com/football/363...

Well, call me 66 years old, but what a load of old bollocks. The best views are from seats inside the stadium - these wouldn't have seen either goal, with the north Stand roof in the way. And four people in a skip doesn't shout "inclusive" at me. talksport.com/football/363...

You know what that half lacked? A blast of "Tom Hark" on the tannoy whenever that clown gave us a decision.

O Mackey, you weren't fine. You got swapped and I don't mind. O Mackey. O Mackey.

You don't have to hire a crane to get a view like this - just put the match on your phone at the bottom of your stairs, and stand at the top to watch it. Be a shame if it started peeing down.