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2017–18 season
Chairman	Mike Warner
Manager	Gary Caldwell (until 16 September) Jack Lester (29 September–23 April) Martin Allen (since 15 May)
Stadium	Proact Stadium
League Two	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kristian Dennis (19) All: Kristian Dennis (21)
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The 2017–18 season was the 151st season in Chesterfield's history and their first season back in League Two for four years, following relegation the previous season. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK		Joe Anyon	Scunthorpe United	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	RB		Scott Wiseman	Scunthorpe United	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	RB		Bradley Barry	Swindon Town	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	LB		Jerome Binnom-Williams	Peterborough United	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	AM		Jordan Sinnott	FC Halifax Town	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	CF		Delial Brewster	Everton	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	CF		Chris O'Grady	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer
1 July 2017	CF		Gozie Ugwu	Woking	Free Transfer
8 July 2017	CM		Jak McCourt	Northampton Town	Free Transfer
3 August 2017	CM		Robbie Weir	Leyton Orient	Free Transfer
25 August 2017	CB		Marshall Willock	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed
1 September 2017	LB		Matthew Briggs	Colchester United	Free Transfer
1 January 2018	RB		Drew Talbot	Portsmouth	Free Transfer
4 January 2018	LW		Zavon Hines	Maidstone United	Free Transfer
4 January 2018	AM		Josh Kay	Barnsley	Free Transfer
18 January 2018	CB		Alex Whitmore	Burnley	Free Transfer
31 January 2018	SS		Louis Dodds	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer
31 January 2018	LB		George Smith	Northampton Town	Undisclosed
1 February 2018	CM		Giles Coke	Free agent	Free Transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK		Lloyd Allinson	FC United of Manchester	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Jake Beesley	Salford City	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	AFC Telford United	Released
1 July 2017	RB		Sadiq El Fitouri	Al-Ahli Tripoli	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Ched Evans	Sheffield United	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	AM		Dan Gardner	Oldham Athletic	Free Transfer
1 July 2017	RB		Liam Graham	Auckland City	Released
1 July 2017	DM		Ritchie Humphreys	Sheffield	Released
1 July 2017	LB		Daniel Jones	Notts County	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Ángel Martínez	Sabadell	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Curtis Morrison	Guiseley	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Jon Nolan	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	AM		Jay O'Shea	Bury	Released
1 July 2017	CB		Charlie Raglan	Oxford United	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Thorsten Stuckmann	Fortuna Düsseldorf II	Released
19 July 2017	ST		Rai Simons	Free agent	Free agent
18 August 2017	LB		Dion Donohue	Portsmouth	Undisclosed
25 August 2017	RB		Paul McGinn	Partick Thistle	Mutual Consent
6 November 2017	GK		Tommy Lee	—	Retired
4 January 2018	CB		Jay Smith	Free agent	Released
10 January 2018	RW		Reece Mitchell	Torquay United	Mutual Consent
11 January 2018	LB		Matthew Briggs	Barnet	Released
31 January 2018	CM		Connor Dimaio	Free agent	Mutual Consent

1. Lloyd Allinson joined FC United of Manchester following his release.
2. Jake Beesley joined Salford City following his release.
3. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake joined AFC Telford United following his release.
4. Sadiq El Fitouri joined Al-Ahli Tripoli following his release.
5. Liam Graham joined Auckland City following his release.
6. Ritchie Humphreys joined Sheffield following his release.
7. Daniel Jones joined Notts County following his release.
8. Ángel Martínez joined Sabadell following his release.
9. Curtis Morrison joined Guiseley following his release.
10. Jay O'Shea joined Bury following his release.
11. Charlie Raglan joined Oxford United following his release.
12. Thorsten Stuckmann joined Fortuna Düsseldorf II following his release.
13. Paul McGinn joined Partick Thistle following his departure.
14. Reece Mitchell joined Torquay United following his departure.
15. Matthew Briggs joined Barnet following his release.

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
11 July 2017	CM		Louis Reed	Sheffield United	30 June 2018
18 August 2017	CM		Jordan Flores	Wigan Athletic	31 January 2018
25 August 2017	LB		Andy Kellett	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2018
30 August 2017	SS		Diego De Girolamo	Bristol City	31 January 2018
31 August 2017	CB		Zak Jules	Shrewsbury Town	26 September 2017
6 December 2017	GK		Cameron Dawson	Sheffield Wednesday	13 December 2017
21 December 2017	GK		Jake Eastwood	Sheffield United	5 January 2018
4 January 2018	CB		Sid Nelson	Millwall	30 June 2018
5 January 2018	GK		Aaron Ramsdale	Bournemouth	30 June 2018
31 January 2018	RW		Dylan Mottley-Henry	Barnsley	30 June 2018
31 January 2018	CF		Jacob Brown	Barnsley	30 June 2018

1. Flores' loan was initially meant to last until 30 June 2018, but was cancelled on 31 January 2018, due to injuries sustained in a car crash on 23 October 2017.
2. De Girolamo's loan was initially meant to last until 30 June 2018, but was ended by mutual consent on 31 January 2018.
3. Jules' loan was initially meant to last until 14 January 2018, but was cut short when he was injured in the 2-3 defeat to Yeovil Town on 26 September 2017.

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
25 August 2017	CF		Ricky German	Alfreton Town	15 October 2017
25 August 2017	GK		Dylan Parkin	Ossett Albion	22 September 2017
4 September 2017	MF		Jack Brownell	Sheffield	2 October 2017
4 September 2017	DF		Jay Smith	Sheffield	2 October 2017
22 September 2017	GK		Dylan Parkin	Sheffield	21 October 2017
6 October 2017	CB		Marshall Willock	Kettering Town	6 November 2017
16 October 2017	CF		Ricky German	Sheffield	8 November 2017
9 November 2017	CF		Ricky German	Matlock Town	9 December 2017
9 January 2018	CF		Delial Brewster	Chorley	30 June 2018
31 January 2018	RB		Scott Wiseman	Rochdale	30 June 2018
16 February 2018	CF		Ricky German	Matlock Town	30 June 2018
23 March 2018	CB		Marshall Willock	Matlock Town	30 June 2018

Players

Current squad

As of 23 March 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Aaron Ramsdale (on loan from Bournemouth) 3 DF  ENG Jerome Binnom-Williams 4 DF  ENG Sam Hird (vice-captain) 6 DF  ENG Ian Evatt (captain) 7 MF  ENG Giles Coke 8 MF  ENG Jordan Sinnott 9 FW  ENG Kristian Dennis 10 FW  ENG Chris O'Grady 11 FW  ENG Gozie Ugwu 12 GK  ENG Joe Anyon 15 MF  ENG Joe Rowley 16 MF  ENG Charlie Wakefield 17 DF  ENG George Smith 19 FW  ENG Louis Dodds 20 DF  ENG Laurence Maguire 21 MF  ENG Jack Brownell

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ENG Drew Talbot 24 DF  ENG Andy Kellett (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 25 MF  ENG Louis Reed (on loan from Sheffield United) 26 MF  ENG Jak McCourt 27 DF  ENG Bradley Barry 28 MF  NIR Robbie Weir (vice-captain) 30 GK  ENG Dylan Parkin 31 DF  NGA Ify Ofoegbu 33 DF  ENG Alex Whitmore 34 GK  ENG Brad Jones 35 DF  ENG Sid Nelson (on loan from Millwall) 36 FW  ENG Luke Rawson 37 MF  ENG Josh Kay 40 MF  ENG Dylan Mottley-Henry (on loan from Barnsley) 41 MF  ENG Zavon Hines 44 FW  ENG Jacob Brown (on loan from Barnsley) 45 MF  ENG Jack Holmes

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Marshall Willock (on loan at Matlock Town until the end of the season) 5 DF  GIB Scott Wiseman (on loan at Rochdale until the end of the season) 18 FW  ENG Delial Brewster (on loan at Chorley until the end of the season) 29 FW  ENG Ricky German (on loan at Matlock Town until the end of the season)

Competitions

Friendlies

4 July 2017	Sheffield	1–4	Chesterfield	Dronfield
19:30 BST	Marsden 58'	Report	Evatt 14' Dennis 33' Donohue 48' German 81'	Stadium: Coach and Horses Ground

6 July 2017	Matlock Town	0–4	Chesterfield	Matlock
19:30 BST		Report	Ugwu 12', 15' Mitchell 61' German 66'	Stadium: Causeway Lane

7 July 2017 GF Tomlinson Cup	Buxton	0–4	Chesterfield	Buxton
19:30 BST		Report	Brewster 27' Sinnott 31' (pen.) German 35' Dennis 67'	Stadium: The Silverlands

15 July 2017	Chesterfield	0–2	Middlesbrough	Santo António, Portugal
18:30 WEST		Report	Stuani 16' Bamford 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António

18 July 2017	Chesterfield	1–2	Sheffield United	Chesterfield
19:30 BST	O'Grady 32'	Report	O'Connell 72' Brooks 85'	Stadium: Proact Stadium

22 July 2017	Stoke City U23s	4–0	Chesterfield	Sheffield
14:00 BST	Joselu 6' Campbell 9', 51' Telford 61'	Report		Stadium: St George's Park Graves

25 July 2017	Chesterfield	1–3	Rotherham United	Chesterfield
19:30 BST	O'Grady 87'	Report	Ball 17' Taylor 27' Williams 79'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 2,498

29 July 2017	Chesterfield	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Dennis 55' Brewster 71' Ugwu 83' Mitchell 85'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium

15 August 2017	Handsworth Parramore	1–5	Chesterfield	Worksop
	Denton 31'	Report	Wakefield 29' Dimaio 38' Mitchell 41' German 62' Fowler 76'	Stadium: Sandy Lane Referee: Sam Wright

League Two

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

5 August 2017 1	Chesterfield	1–3	Grimsby Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Donohue  5' Dennis 82'  86' Evatt  85'	Report	Clarke 33' Jones 39' Davies 85' (pen.) Mills  86'  88'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 7,925 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

12 August 2017 2	Notts County	2–0	Chesterfield	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Grant 53', 90+6'  73'	Report	Ugwu  29' Wiseman  45' Reed  49' Weir  63' Hird  90+5'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Andy Haines

19 August 2017 3	Chesterfield	2–0	Port Vale	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Dennis 38' Sinnott 43' Wiseman  83' McCourt  90+6'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Tom Nield

26 August 2017 4	Newport County	4–1	Chesterfield	Newport
15:00 BST	Nouble 55', 66', 68' Amond 82' Rigg  90+1'	Report	O'Grady 37' Reed  90'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,332 Referee: David Webb

2 September 2017 5	Chesterfield	0–0	Coventry City	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Weir  49'  60' Flores  58' Jules  87'	Report	Grimmer  33'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 September 2017 6	Crewe Alexandra	5–1	Chesterfield	Crewe
15:00 BST	Porter 6', 47' Ng 54' Cooper 66' Ainley 81'	Report	Nolan 72' (o.g.) Reed  90'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Martin Coy

12 September 2017 7	Colchester United	1–1	Chesterfield	Colchester
19:45 BST	Hanlan 82'	Report	Reed 43' Barry  55' Lee  78'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,552 Referee: Darren Handley

16 September 2017 8	Chesterfield	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Barry  35'  63' Flores  44' De Girolamo  59' Reed  72' Dennis 77' (pen.)	Report	Connelly  41' Kee 68' McConville  78' Wilks 82' Donacien  90+6'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,487 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 September 2017 9	Luton Town	1–0	Chesterfield	Luton
15:00 BST	Hylton 53' Mpanzu  77' Sheehan  80'	Report	Hird  25'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,575 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 September 2017 10	Chesterfield	2–3	Yeovil Town	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Kellett  37' Weir 50'  58' Dennis 72'	Report	Olomola 3' Smith  12' Khan 26' Bailey 90' Worthington  90+5'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 3,955 Referee: David Coote

30 September 2017 11	Chesterfield	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Briggs  86' O'Grady  88'	Report	Eisa 44', 68'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,305 Referee: Ben Toner

7 October 2017 12	Lincoln City	2–1	Chesterfield	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Bostwick 17' Kellett 25' (o.g.) Eardley  45+1' Raggett  69'	Report	Dennis 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,485 Referee: John Brooks

14 October 2017 13	Chesterfield	0–2	Morecambe	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Weir  31'	Report	McGurk 17' Kenyon  19' Thompson 47' Oliver  90+2'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 October 2017 14	Crawley Town	0–2	Chesterfield	Crawley
19:45 BST	Camara  81'	Report	Weir  22' Dennis 73' Rowley  75' Flores 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Nick Kinesley

21 October 2017 15	Cambridge United	2–1	Chesterfield	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Brown 70' Ikpeazu 78'	Report	Dennis 55' Briggs  69' Evatt  84' Flores  90+1'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,529 Referee: John Busby

28 October 2017 16	Chesterfield	2–2	Carlisle United	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Briggs  9' McCourt 40' Dennis 84'	Report	Liddle  39' Grainger 55' Bennett 73'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,102 Referee: Brett Huxtable

11 November 2017 17	Swindon Town	2–2	Chesterfield	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Woolery  36' Dunne  45+1' Elšnik 47' Norris 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Dennis 56'  90+5' Reed  63' McCourt 72' Maguire  89' Evatt  90+5'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,140 Referee: Lee Collins

18 November 2017 18	Chesterfield	1–0	Exeter City	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Dennis 50' Barry  61' Wiseman  90'  90'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,195 Referee: Martin Coy

21 November 2017 19	Chesterfield	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	McCourt 22', 54' Dennis 81'	Report	Fitzwater  20' Traoré  29' Monthé  49' Doidge 60', 90+3'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Robert Jones

25 November 2017 20	Mansfield Town	2–2	Chesterfield	Mansfield
13:00 GMT	White 26' Diamond 88'	Report	Rowley 14' Kellett 58'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,525 Referee: Andy Woolmer

9 December 2017 21	Chesterfield	2–1	Barnet	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Reed  55' Dennis  55' Clough 66' (o.g.) Evatt  77' Weir 90+3'	Report	Akinde 11' Fonguck  63'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,272 Referee: John Busby

16 December 2017 22	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Chesterfield	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Akinfenwa  3' O'Nien 54' Southwell  90+3' Brown  90+7'	Report	McCourt  46' Dennis  79'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,522 Referee: Nick Kinesley

23 December 2017 23	Stevenage	5–1	Chesterfield	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Newton 13' Gorman 28' McCourt 44' (o.g.) Godden 50', 72' Fryer  90+5'	Report	Dennis 42' Hird  45+2'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,403 Referee: Craig Hicks

26 December 2017 24	Chesterfield	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT		Report	Porter 7' Kirk 26'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,904 Referee: Tom Nield

30 December 2017 25	Chesterfield	0–0	Colchester United	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Hird  6' Reed  88' Binnom-Williams  90+1'	Report	Guthrie  86'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

1 January 2018 26	Coventry City	1–0	Chesterfield	Coventry
15:00 GMT	McNulty 14' Bayliss  61'	Report	Dennis  45+4' Wiseman  61'  80'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,402 Referee: Trevor Kettle

6 January 2018 27	Accrington Stanley	4–0	Chesterfield	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Hughes 19' McConville 32' Ramsdale 49' (o.g.) Jackson  66' Johnson  81' Kee 89' Richards-Everton  90+4'	Report	Maguire  9' Hines  41' German  90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,655 Referee: Chris Sarginson

13 January 2018 28	Chesterfield	2–0	Luton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Kay  17' Rowley 19' McCourt 25' Maguire  36'	Report	Justin  25' Lee  86'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 January 2018 29	Yeovil Town	1–2	Chesterfield	Yeovil
15:00	Wing 80' Khan  90+4'	Report	McCourt  20' Reed 66' Kay  75' Maguire  85' Dennis 90+3'  90+4'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,972 Referee: Kevin Johnson

27 January 2018 30	Chesterfield	0–1	Stevenage	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Maguire  31' Nelson  54'	Report	Franks  47' Kennedy 48' Godden  58' King  90+1'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Mark Heywood

3 February 2018 31	Chesterfield	1–2	Crawley Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Reed 18' Kay  47'	Report	Randall  45+2' Ahearne-Grant 57' Young 90+3'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,159 Referee: Ross Joycce

13 February 2018 32	Chesterfield	2–3	Cambridge United	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Rowley 1' Dennis 55' Reed  61' O'Grady  85'	Report	Maguire 21' (o.g.) Dunk  46' 90+5' Ikpeazu 67' (pen.) Halliday  80'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,276 Referee: Darren Handley

17 February 2018 33	Carlisle United	2–0	Chesterfield	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Etuhu 19' Liddle  41' O'Sullivan 81'	Report	Barry  37' Kellett  63' Brown  90'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

24 February 2018 34	Chesterfield	2–1	Swindon Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Grady 2' Kellett 51' Reed  82' Barry  90+4'	Report	Banks  72' Menayese 75' Norris  78'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,668 Referee: John Brooks

10 March 2018 35	Chesterfield	1–3	Lincoln City	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Whitmore 34' Talbot  84' Rowley  90+1'	Report	Woodyard  11' Frecklington  44' Bostwick 45' Wharton 59' Palmer 85'  86'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,395 Referee: David Webb

17 March 2018 36	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Chesterfield	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Andrews  19' Graham 79'	Report	Weir  28' Dennis 74' Binnom-Williams  84'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Ollie Yates

25 March 2018 37	Chesterfield	3–1	Notts County	Chesterfield
13:30 BST	Nelson 15' Hines 38' Whitmore  81' Dennis 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Stead  62' Jones 84'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,005 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

30 March 2018 38	Port Vale	2–1	Chesterfield	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Pugh 45'  45+2' Worrall  78' Hannant  79' Whitfield 82' Smith  90+2'	Report	Barry  3' Reed 56' Talbot  78' Hines  79'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,713 Referee: Tony Harrington

7 April 2018 39	Grimsby Town	1–0	Chesterfield	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Fox  53' Vernon  55' Dembélé  68' Rose 88' (pen.)  88'	Report	Reed  79' Talbot  90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,780 Referee: Bobby Madley

10 April 2018 40	Morecambe	2–2	Chesterfield	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Thompson 16'  26' Kenyon  26' Lang 33'	Report	Dennis 55' Kellett 74' Brown  76'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Martin Coy

14 April 2018 41	Chesterfield	0–1	Mansfield Town	Chesterfield
13:00 BST	Brown  34' Dennis  45+1' Weir  65' McCourt  83'	Report	MacDonald  61' Benning 67' Hemmings  68'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 7,967 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 April 2018 42	Exeter City	2–1	Chesterfield	Exeter
19:45 BST	Taylor  27' Stockley 39' Whitmore 74' (o.g.)	Report	Kellett 84' Rowley  90+5'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Brendan Malone

21 April 2018 43	Forest Green Rovers	4–1	Chesterfield	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Laird 27' Doidge 78', 90+6' (pen.) Osbourne  80' Gunning  86' Grubb 90+4'	Report	Dennis 36' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Scott Duncan

28 April 2018 44	Chesterfield	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Harriman 39' (o.g.)	Report	Tyson 45+1' O'Nien  60' Gape 76' Mackail-Smith  90+3'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,679 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

1 May 2018 45	Chesterfield	1–0	Newport County	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Dennis 71'	Report	White  53'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Gavin Ward

5 May 2018 46	Barnet	3–0	Chesterfield	Edgware
15:00 BST	Akinde 42' Brindley 81' Nicholls 88'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Chesterfield were drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round.

8 August 2017 First round	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Chesterfield	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Fletcher  37' 45+2' Hooper 43' Reach  49' Bannan 75' Hutchinson 83'	Report	Dennis 38' McCourt  41' Hird  90+4'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 11,682 Referee: Ross Joyce

FA Cup

4 November 2017 First round	Bradford City	2–0	Chesterfield	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Gilliead 4' Jones 44'	Report	Dimaio  52'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 4,747 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Chesterfield were drawn in Northern Group F against Bradford City, Rotherham United and Manchester City U23s.

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Chesterfield	2–4	Bradford City	Chesterfield
19:00 BST	Dennis 24'  65' Sinnott 79' Evatt  85'	Report	Patrick 45+3' Jones 57', 62'  77' Hanson 80'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 1,099

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Rotherham United	1–2	Chesterfield	Rotherham
19:00 BST	Vaulks 71'	Report	De Girolamo 9' McCourt 89'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Darren Handley

29 November 2017 Group Game 3	Chesterfield	2–2 (4–3 p)	Manchester City U21s	Chesterfield
19:00 GMT	McCourt  22' Hird  65' Rowley 73' Barry  90+1' O'Grady 90+7'	Report	Oliver  76' Francis 88' Nmecha 90'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 1,266
	Penalties
	Kellett Reed Rowley O'Grady Hird		Nmecha Francis Richards Duhaney Wilson

5 December 2017 Second round	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Sowerby 17' Ekpolo  86' Reid 88'	Report	Dennis  87'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 372 Referee: Ross Joyce

Statistics

Appearances

As of 5 May 2018

• Italics indicate loan player
• Asterisk (*) indicates player left club mid-season
• Caret sign (^) indicates player finished season on loan at another club
• Hash sign (#) indicates player retired mid-season
• Source:

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Tommy Lee#	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	ENG	Cameron Dawson*	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	ENG	Jake Eastwood*	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	ENG	Aaron Ramsdale	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Paul McGinn*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Marshall Willock^	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jerome Binnom-Williams	20	0	13+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Sam Hird	27	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	GIB	Scott Wiseman^	29	0	23+1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Ian Evatt	24	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Reece Mitchell*	6	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Jordan Sinnott	11	2	4+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1
9	FW	ENG	Kristian Dennis	49	21	39+5	19	1	0	1	1	1+2	1
10	FW	ENG	Chris O'Grady	41	3	20+15	2	0+1	0	1	0	3+1	1
11	FW	ENG	Gozie Ugwu	14	0	3+9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
12	GK	ENG	Joe Anyon	20	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
15	MF	ENG	Joe Rowley	32	4	23+5	3	1	0	0	0	2+1	1
16	MF	ENG	Charlie Wakefield	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
17	MF	IRL	Connor Dimaio*	14	0	2+8	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
17	DF	ENG	George Smith	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Delial Brewster^	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	WAL	Dion Donohue*	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	ITA	Diego De Girolamo*	18	1	6+9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
19	FW	ENG	Louis Dodds	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Laurence Maguire	22	0	13+5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
21	MF	ENG	Jack Brownell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Jay Smith*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Drew Talbot	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jordan Flores*	14	1	12+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	Andy Kellett	39	4	28+7	4	1	0	0	0	1+2	0
25	MF	ENG	Louis Reed	46	4	40+1	4	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
26	MF	ENG	Jak McCourt	38	6	21+13	5	1	0	0	0	3	1
27	DF	ENG	Bradley Barry	34	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
28	MF	NIR	Robbie Weir	43	2	38+2	2	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Ricky German^	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Dylan Parkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	NGA	Ify Ofoegbu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	GUY	Matthew Briggs*	12	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	SCO	Zak Jules*	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Alex Whitmore	15	1	14+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	ENG	Brad Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Sid Nelson	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Luke Rawson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Josh Kay	11	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Dylan Mottley-Henry	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Zavon Hines	11	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	ENG	Jacob Brown	13	0	8+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ENG	Jack Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Nat	Name	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	9	FW		Kristian Dennis	19	0	1	1	21
2	26	MF		Jak McCourt	5	0	0	1	6
3	25	MF		Louis Reed	4	0	0	0	4
=	24	MF		Andy Kellett	4	0	0	0	4
=	15	MF		Joe Rowley	3	0	0	1	4
6	10	FW		Chris O'Grady	2	0	0	1	3
7	28	MF		Robbie Weir	2	0	0	0	2
=	8	MF		Jordan Sinnott	1	0	0	1	2
9	23	MF		Jordan Flores	1	0	0	0	1
=	33	MF		Alex Whitmore	1	0	0	0	1
=	35	DF		Sid Nelson	1	0	0	0	1
=	41	FW		Zavon Hines	1	0	0	0	1
=	19	FW		Diego De Girolamo	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals					3	0	0	0	3
Total					47	0	1	6	54

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