Formed:
April 24th, 1919.
Limited Company:
Incorporated: 24.1.1920
Re-registered as a plc: 22.4.1982
Entered administration, 16.5.2001.
Succeeded by the Chesterfield FC (2001) Ltd, 29thJanuary 2002.
Ancestor clubs:
Chesterfield FC, 1867-81
Chesterfield Town FC, 1884-1914
Chesterfield Town FC, 1914-16
Previous Names:
Chesterfield Municipal FC until December 1920
Stadium:
B2net Stadium, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield.
Previous Grounds:
The Recreation Ground, Chesterfield.
(The Rec was in use as a football ground between 1871 and 2010.)
Prior to 1871 the first Chesterfield FC played at another “Recreation Ground,” on Saltergate, around 100 yards closer to the town centre.
Honours:
Division Three (North) Champions, 1930-1 and 1935-6.
Division Four Champions, 1969-70 and 1984-5.
League Two Champions, 2010-11
Promoted to Division Two, 2000-1
Division Three play-off winners, 1995-6
Division Four play-off runners-up, 1989-90
Johnstone’s Paints Trophy winners, 2011-12
Anglo-Scottish Cup winners, 1980-1
Derbyshire FA Senior Cup: winners, six times.
Midland League champions, 1919-20
Best Performances:
Highest Football League position: 4thin Division Two, 1946-7.
FA Cup semi-finalists, 1996-7
Football League Cup: 4thround, 1964-5 and 2006-7.
Record Victories:
Football League: 8-0 vs Crewe Alexandra, 1955-6.
(The Chesterfield Town club beat Glossop 10-0 in 1901-2.)
FA Cup: 10-1 vs Dronfield Woodhouse, preliminary round, 1920-1.
Football League Cup: 5-0 vs Mansfield Town, 23.8.1971.
and vs Scunthorpe United, 23.8.1972.
Record Defeats:
Football League: 0-10 vs Gillingham, 1987-8.
FA Cup: 0-7 vs Burnley, 5.1.1957.
Football League Cup: 2-6 vs Mansfield Town, 19.8.1970.
Ground Capacity:
10,379 (as of 7.8.2010)
Record Attendance At The Rec’:
30,561 vs Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup, February 12th, 1938.
Record Attendance At The B2Net Stadium:
10,081 vs Rotherham United, League Two, March 18th, 2011.
Record Transfer Fee Paid:
£250,000 to Watford for Jason Lee, August 28th,1998
Record Transfer Fee Received:
£750,000 from Southampton for Kevin Davies, May 14th, 1997.
Most Games Played:
David Blakey: 617 FL, 35 FAC, 6 FLC (658 in total.)
Record League Goalscorer:
In a season: Jimmy Cookson, 44 goals in 34 appearances, 1925-6.
All-time: Ernie Moss, 162 goals in 468 appearances, 1968-86.
Most Goals Scored In A Game:
Five, by Ambrose Brown against Mansfield Town, 30.1.1935, Division 3 (N) Cup. (Jack Harker scored ten for the “A” team against Sutton Town on April 27th., 1938.)
Full Internationals:
Mark Williams: Northern Ireland, 4 (34 in total.)
Walter McMillen: Ireland, 4. (7 in total.)
Gerry Armstrong: Northern Ireland, 2. (63 in total.)
Dudley Milligan: Ireland, 1. (3 apps for South Africa before 1939.)
Nathan Smith: Jamaica, 1.