Chesterfield FC were first founded in 1867 and merged with a local cricket club.The two clubs moved to Saltergate in 1868.Chesterfield Livingstone also played in the local area,and they took up the Saltergate area as a home ground along with Chesterfield FC,which renamed the club.
The club turned professional in 1891 and became Chesterfield Town.They joined the Midland League in 1896 and then successfully entered the Second Division of the Football League in 1900.Financial difficulty saw the club move back to the Midland League in 1909.Chesterfield Town went bust five years later and the council set up Chesterfield Municipal FC in 1919;this was to be Chesterfield FC a year later by popular demand.
Their biggest successes came a decade after the war.In 1958,future England goalkeeper Gordon Banks made his debut in football but was sold to Leicester a year later.In 1961,Chesterfield were relegated to the Fourth Division but were promoted back to the third tier in 1970.
They suffered relegations in the 1980s but gained two promotions to the Second Division in 1992 and 1994They beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup in 1996.They lost to Southampton,but Chesterfield goalkeeper Mark Crossley got recognition as the only ever goalkeeper to save a Matt Le Tissier penalty.
Chesterfield suffered financial problems in the early 2000s and their next relegation followed in 2007 to League Two.They were promoted back to League One as champions in 2011 and won the 2011/12 JPT,only to be relegated that season.Under Paul Cook,they earned promotion back to League One in 2014.
THE GAFFER PAUL COOK
Liverpudlian Cook,47,played as a midfielder both professionally and part-time.
His career began briefly at Marine before he joined Wigan in 1984 as a teenager.He spent four years there before signing for Norwich and then Wolves,where he became popular for his attributes on pitch.
He left wolves in 1994,and played for Coventry and Tranmere Rovers briefly.He moved to Stockport County for £250,000 in 1997 but was often dropped from the team.
He later played for Burnley,Wigan again and Accrington Stanley before quitting the game in March 2006 at the age of 39 and after 23 years playing.
His first managerial job was a six-month spell at Southport which he was sacked from in January 2007.He then became manager of Irish club Sligo Rovers in summer that year,guiding them to the UEFA Cup in 2008.He faced criticism as he was from Liverpool and was part of a scandal in Ireland suggesting he was involved with the Hillsborough Disaster.He later won the FAI Cup in 2010.
He returned to Accrington in February 2012 to manage them,but left in October that year for Chesterfield.
HE PLAYED FOR BOTH SAM HIRD
Doncaster-born defender Sam Hird played for Rovers from 2007 until his departure in 2012,where he moved to Derbyshire to play for Chesterfield.
He is now the club's captain.
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