Spireites player/coach Wayne Allison will be following in Lee Richardson's footsteps by furthering his footballing education at Warwick University this week.

He is one of a new intake of 17 students on the Warwick Business School's renowned Certificate in Football Management course.

Recent graduates of the course include Spireite boss Lee Richardson who graduated last year along with Paul Ince, Manager Macclesfield , Darren Ferguson, Manager Peterborough David Oldfield, Coach Stafford Rangers, Chris Ramsay, Academy Coach Tottenham, Chris Beech, Youth Team Coach, Bury Joe Joyce, Academy Director, Newcastle Les Ferdinand, and Stuart McCall now Manager of Bradford City

Other past graduates include Mark Hughes and Aidy Boothroyd who is full of praise for the course. "The idea of the course is to take good practice from business and other sports, things like dealing with the media, project management, organising finances, which make you more prepared. The course is the best one I've ever been on,"

The programme is designed to provide managers and potential managers with the business and personal management skills they will need for the increasingly fraught business of football management.

Warwick Business School was commissioned by the Professional Footballers' Association, the League Managers' Association, and the Football Association to provide a qualification to sit alongside the Football Association's mandatory UEFA Pro Licence.

As well as the Chief the course features some familiar Spireite faces in the shape of Sean Dyche, Phil Robinson, David Moss and Bob Bloomer.  The full list of this years attendees:-

Nigel Adkins, Manager, Scunthorpe
Wayne Allison, Coach Chesterfield
Bob Bloomer, Assistant Manager, Cheltenham
Keith Downing, Coach Cheltenham
Sean Dyche, Player Northampton
Steve Guinan, Player Hereford
Rob Kelly, Assistant Manager, Preston
Neil McDonald, Manager, Carlisle
Darren Moore, Player, Derby
Jon Rudkin, Academy Manager, Leicester
Dean Saunders, Assistant Manager  Blackburn Rovers
Steve Weaver, Assistant Manager, Wrexham
Phil Robinson, Manager Stafford Rangers
Geraint Williams, Manager, Colchester United
David Moss, Academy Manager, Swansea City
Marcus Browning, Player Bournemouth
Jim Gannon, Manager Stockport