Spireites’ shambles is a crying shame…

Gregor Robertson
FORMER FOOTBALLER TURNED JOURNALIST

SO, there will be no League football in the town with the crooked spire for the first time in 97 years – and what a sad, withering tale of decline it has been.
Since Chesterfield’s relegation was confirmed a fortnight ago, I have found my mind drifting back to October, sitting in Jack Lester’s office shortly after his first game as manager of the club, and bearing witness to a realisation of the size of the task before him.
An abject 2-0 defeat to Cheltenham that day had betrayed a woefully imbalance...

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