2010–11 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield F.C. is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. During the 2010–11 season, the club competed in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, for the fourth year in succession. The club finished the season as champions, earning automatic promotion to League One.

Chesterfield F.C.

2010–11 season
Chesterfield in action against Aldershot Town, February 2011
Chairman	Barrie Hubbard
Manager	John Sheridan
Football League Two	Champions
FA Cup	2nd Round (eliminated by Burton Albion)
League Cup	1st Round (eliminated by Middlesbrough)
Football League Trophy	Northern Section 2nd Round (eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Davies (23) All: Craig Davies (25)
Highest home attendance	10,089 vs. Rotherham United, 18 March 2011
Lowest home attendance	4,801 vs. Torquay United, 11 December 2010
Average home league attendance	6,972

Competitions

Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chesterfield (C, P)	46	24	14	8	85	51	+34	86	Promotion to League One
2	Bury (P)	46	23	12	11	82	50	+32	81
3	Wycombe Wanderers (P)	46	22	14	10	69	50	+19	80
4	Shrewsbury Town	46	22	13	11	72	49	+23	79	Qualification to League Two play-offs
5	Accrington Stanley	46	18	19	9	73	55	+18	73

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	14	8	85	51	+34	86	16	3	4	59	31	+28	8	11	4	26	20	+6

Last updated: 11 May 2011.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W
Position			2	4	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2011. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
7 Aug	H	Barnet	League Two	W 2-1	6,431	Mattis 24', Lester 59'
14 Aug	A	Port Vale	League Two	D 1-1	6,444	Mattis 79'
21 Aug	H	Hereford United	League Two	W 4-0	4,970	Whitaker (pen) 9', 33', 60', Ford 63'
28 Aug	A	Macclesfield Town	League Two	D 1-1	2,176	Davies 66'
4 Sep	H	Lincoln City	League Two	W 2-1	6,429	Mattis 36', Davies 62'
11 Sep	A	Morecambe	League Two	D 1-1	2,323	Boden 83'
18 Sep	H	Cheltenham Town	League Two	W 3-0	5,503	Talbot 14, Davies 48', 66'
25 Sep	A	Rotherham United	League Two	L 0-1	5,365
28 Sep	A	Northampton Town	League Two	W 2-1	4,025	D. Morgan 71', Davies 75'
2 Oct	H	Crewe Alexandra	League Two	D 5-5	6,047	Lester 23', 74', Whitaker (pen) 79', (pen) 89', Clay 90'
9 Oct	H	Southend United	League Two	W 2-1	6,557	Whitaker (pen) 27', Boden 90'
16 Oct	A	Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	W 2-1	5,211	Davies 27', 73'
23 Oct	H	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	W 4-3	7,777	Talbot 29', Lester 42', Davies 45', 62'
30 Oct	A	Stevenage	League Two	D 0-0	3,556
2 Nov	H	Accrington Stanley	League Two	W 5-2	6,034	Davies 8', 88', Whitaker (pen) 41', 56', Lester 42'
13 Nov	H	Burton Albion	League Two	L 1-2	7,864	Niven 44'
20 Nov	A	Aldershot Town	League Two	W 2-0	2,479	Davies 61', Whitaker 63'
23 Nov	H	Oxford United	League Two	L 1-2	5,929	Morris 14'
11 Dec	H	Torquay United	League Two	W 1-0	4,801	Lester 28'
1 Jan	H	Stockport County	League Two	W 4-1	7,542	Lester 13', 62', 67', Davies 90'
3 Jan	A	Accrington Stanley	League Two	D 2-2	2,041	Smalley 88', Boden 90'
8 Jan	A	Southend United	League Two	W 3-2	4,922	Whitaker (pen) 12', (pen) 62', Smalley 19'
15 Jan	H	Stevenage	League Two	W 1-0	6,219	Talbot 42'
22 Jan	A	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	D 0-0	6,483
25 Jan	A	Gillingham	League Two	W 2-0	4,770	Smalley 13', 49'
29 Jan	H	Bradford City	League Two	D 2-2	7,556	Whitaker 11', Bowery 90'
1 Feb	A	Stockport County	League Two	D 1-1	4,092	Smalley 74'
5 Feb	H	Aldershot Town	League Two	D 2-2	5,669	Smalley 7', 84'
11 Feb	A	Burton Albion	League Two	L 0-1	4,260
15 Feb	A	Bury	League Two	D 1-1	2,517	Davies 20'
19 Feb	A	Lincoln City	League Two	W 2-0	4,172	Davies 15', Holden 84'
22 Feb	A	Bradford City	League Two	W 1-0	10,782	Smalley 16'
26 Feb	H	Morcambe	League Two	L 0-2	6,441
1 Mar	H	Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	W 4-1	6,392	Smalley 27', Whitaker (pen) 36', Lester 46', Davies 88'
5 Mar	A	Cheltenham Town	League Two	W 3-0	2,870	Davies 34', 87', Djilali 47'
8 Mar	H	Northampton Town	League Two	W 2-1	5,661	Davies 63', Lester 68'
12 Mar	A	Crewe Alexandra	League Two	L 0-2	4,503
18 Mar	H	Rotherham United	League Two	W 5-0	10,089	Holden 21', Davies 31', Lester 45+1', 81', 83',
26 Mar	A	Barnet	League Two	D 2-2	2,012	Smalley 21', Davies 46'
2 Apr	H	Port Vale	League Two	W 2-0	8,606	Lester 48', Smalley 71'
9 Apr	A	Hereford United	League Two	L 0-3	2,492
16 Apr	H	Macclesfield Town	League Two	W 2-1	8,206	Davies 60', Whitaker 76'
23 Apr	A	Oxford United	League Two	D 0-0	8,195
25 Apr	H	Bury	League Two	L 2-3	9,614	Davies 50', Lester 63'
29 Apr	A	Torquay United	League Two	D 0-0	5,002
7 May	H	Gillingham	League Two	W 3-1	10,023	Whitaker 54', Lester 76', Smalley 82'

FA Cup

Harrow Borough v Chesterfield

6 November 2010 First round	Harrow Borough	0–2	Chesterfield	Earlsmead Stadium
14:00 GMT		(Report)	Boden  74' Davies  90+3'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Burton Albion v Chesterfield

27 November 2010 Second round	Burton Albion	3–1	Chesterfield	Pirelli Stadium
15:00 GMT	Webster  11' Maghoma  22' Collins  90+4'	(Report)	Bowery  90+1'	Attendance: 3,881 Referee: Mark Brown

League Cup

EFL Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	10 August 2010	Middlesbrough	H	L	1–2	Mattis 68'	6,509	[1]

Football League Trophy

EFL Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	31 August 2010	Walsall	A	W	2–1	Bowery 33', D. Morgan 33'	1,793	[2]
Second round	6 October 2010	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	2–2 (aet 7–8 on pens)	D. Morgan 10', Davies 84'	15,003	[3]

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tommy Lee	46	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	51	0	2	0
2	DF	Kelvin Lomax	3 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
3	DF	Gregor Robertson	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	0
4	MF	Jamie Lowry	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
5	DF	Rob Page	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	0	0
6	DF	Simon Ford	31	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	35	1	0	0
7	MF	Mark Allott	33 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	37 (3)	0	4	0
8	MF	Derek Niven	24 (11)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	26 (13)	1	7	1
9	FW	Craig Davies	41	23	1 (1)	1	0	0	2	1	0 (6)	25	9	1
10	MF	Danny Whitaker	43 (3)	15	2	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	47 (4)	15	4	0
11	MF	Dwayne Mattis	35 (3)	3	2	0	1	1	2	0	40 (3)	4	7	0
12	DF	Scott Griffiths	28 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	32 (1)	0	1	0
14	FW	Jack Lester	29 (11)	17	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	31 (12)	17	3	0
16	DF	Ian Breckin	19 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	20 (7)	0	4	0
17	FW	Dean Morgan	18 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	2	20 (4)	3	4	0
18	MF	Ian Morris	13 (6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14 (6)	1	3	0
19	FW	Scott Boden	2 (21)	3	1	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	3 (22)	4	0	0
20	DF	Dan Gray	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
21	FW	Jordan Bowery	5 (22)	1	1 (1)	1	0	0	2	1	8 (23)	3	0	0
22	FW	Deane Smalley	22 (6)	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	23 (6)	12	2	1
23	DF	Jack Hunt	18 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	21 (2)	0	6	0
24	MF	Craig Clay	1 (2)	1	0	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	2 (2)	1	0	0
25	MF	Drew Talbot	44	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	48	3	0	0
27	MF	Tendayi Darikwa	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
30	MF	Kieron Djilali	7 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (3)	1	1	0
31	DF	Javan Vidal	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	2	0
32	DF	Dean Holden	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2	3	0

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner[4]
Fans Player of the Season	Tommy Lee
Young Spireites' Player of the Season	Jack Lester
Players' Player of the Season	Drew Talbot
Young Player of the Season	Jacob Hazel
Goal of the Season	Deane Smalley (vs Bradford City, 22 February 2011)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 May 2010	MF	Dwayne Mattis	Walsall	Free	[5]
27 May 2010	MF	Danny Whitaker	Oldham Athletic	Free	[6]
21 June 2010	DF	Simon Ford	Kilmarnock	Free (Bosman)	[7]
7 July 2010	FW	Craig Davies	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[8]
4 August 2010	GK	Shane Redmond	Nottingham Forest	Free	[9]
16 August 2010	FW	Dean Morgan	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[10]
3 February 2011	DF	Dean Holden	Shrewsbury Town	Free	[11]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
15 July 2010	MF	Ian Morris	Scunthorpe United	End of season	[12]
28 July 2010	DF	Jack Hunt	Huddersfield Town	10 January 2011	[13]
6 August 2010	DF	Scott Griffiths	Peterborough United	6 November 2010	[14][15]
1 November 2010	DF	Kelvin Lomax	Oldham Athletic	7 December 2010	[16][17]
1 November 2010	MF	Deane Smalley	Oldham Athletic	End of season	[16][18]
7 January 2011	DF	Scott Griffiths	Peterborough United	End of season	[19]
20 January 2011	DF	Javan Vidal	Manchester City	26 February 2011	[20]
14 February 2011	MF	Kieron Djilali	Crystal Palace	End of season	[21][22][23]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
29 July 2010	FW	Martin Gritton	Torquay United	10 January 2011	[24][25]
28 October 2010	MF	Craig Clay	Barrow	25 November 2010	[26]
28 October 2010	FW	Tendayi Darikwa	Barrow	25 November 2010	[26]
1 January 2011	DF	Dan Gray	Macclesfield Town	End of season	[27][28]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
26 May 2010	DF	Danny Hall	Crawley Town	1 July 2010	[29][30]
27 May 2010	MF	Adam Rundle	Morecambe	1 July 2010	[29][31]
1 July 2010	FW	Barry Conlon	Stockport County	15 July 2010	[29][32]
1 July 2010	FW	Wade Small	Aldershot Town	30 July 2010	[33]
1 July 2010	MF	Lloyd Kerry	Hinckley United	2 August 2010	[29][34]
1 July 2010	DF	Phil Picken	Bury	3 August 2010	[29][35]
1 July 2010	DF	Alan Goodall	Rochdale	3 August 2010	[29][36]
1 July 2010	DF	Kevin Austin	Darlington	3 August 2010	[29][37]
1 July 2010	MF	Paul Harsley	North Ferriby United	7 August 2010	[29][38]
1 July 2010	MF	Danny Boshell	Guiseley	27 August 2010	[29]
1 July 2010	MF	Terrell Lewis	Chalfont St Peter	?	[29][39]
1 July 2010	GK	Matt Malak	Retford United	?	[29]
1 July 2010	MF	Simon Whaley	Doncaster Rovers	16 November 2010	[29][40]
30 December 2010	DF	Chris Tingay	Unattached		[41]
30 December 2010	MF	Jimmy Adcock	Unattached		[41]
30 December 2010	DF	Ryan Granger	Unattached		[41]
18 January 2011	FW	Martin Gritton	Chester	22 February 2011	[42][43]

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