2013–14 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield F.C.
2013–14 season
Chairman	Dave Allen
Manager	Paul Cook
League Two	1st (champions)
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Football League Trophy	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Eoin Doyle, Gary Roberts (11); All: Eoin Doyle (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013-14 season was Chesterfield's second in League Two following relegation in 2012, and manager Paul Cook's first full season in charge. After spending most of the season near the top of the table, Chesterfield were crowned League Two champions on the final day, to claim the League Two title for a record fourth time, and to seal their return to the third tier after a two-year absence.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 3 May 2014.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Tommy Lee
2	MF	ENG	Ollie Banks
3	DF	JAM	Nathan Smith
4	DF	ENG	Sam Hird
5	MF	EGY	Sam Morsy
6	DF	SCO	Liam Cooper
7	MF	ENG	Tendayi Darikwa
8	MF	ENG	Sam Togwell
9	FW	ENG	Marc Richards
10	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea
11	MF	ENG	Gary Roberts
12	MF	IRL	Jimmy Ryan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ENG	Ritchie Humphreys
16	MF	IRL	Jamie Devitt
17	FW	IRL	Eoin Doyle
18	DF	ENG	Jack Broadhead
19	FW	ENG	Jacob Hazel
20	GK	ENG	Aaron Chapman
21	FW	CIV	Armand Gnanduillet
22	DF	ENG	Matthew Brown
23	DF	ENG	Ian Evatt (captain)
25	DF	ENG	Drew Talbot
26	FW	ENG	Dan Gardner
44	FW	ENG	Jake Beesley

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chesterfield (C, P)	46	23	15	8	71	40	+31	84	Promotion to Football League One
2	Scunthorpe United (P)	46	20	21	5	68	44	+24	81
3	Rochdale (P)	46	24	9	13	69	48	+21	81
4	Fleetwood Town (O, P)	46	22	10	14	66	52	+14	76	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Southend United	46	19	15	12	56	39	+17	72	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport^{[needs update]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Statistics[]

As of 3 May 2014.

Italics indicate loan player.
Asterisk (*) indicates player left club midseason.

Appearances[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Tommy Lee	55	0	46	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
2	MF	ENG	Ollie Banks	33	9	23+2	7	2	0	0	0	4+2	2
3	DF	JAM	Nathan Smith	15	0	12+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sam Hird	44	2	27+8	2	2	0	1	0	4+2	0
5	MF	EGY	Sam Morsy	39	2	34	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
6	DF	SCO	Liam Cooper	48	3	38+3	3	1	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	ENG	Tendayi Darikwa	50	5	32+9	3	1+1	1	1	0	4+2	1
8	MF	ENG	Sam Togwell	10	0	5+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Marc Richards	46	8	21+17	8	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
10	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea	47	9	27+13	9	1+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
11	MF	ENG	Gary Roberts	47	12	36+4	11	2	1	1	0	4	0
12	MF	IRL	Jimmy Ryan	48	4	39	2	2	1	1	0	6	1
15	DF	ENG	Ritchie Humphreys	49	2	38+4	2	0+1	0	1	0	5	0
16	MF	IRL	Jamie Devitt	8	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	IRL	Eoin Doyle	51	13	26+17	11	1+1	0	1	1	3+2	1
18	DF	ENG	Jack Broadhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Jacob Hazel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	ENG	Aaron Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	CIV	Armand Gnanduillet	39	6	10+24	5	1+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
22	DF	ENG	Matthew Brown	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Ian Evatt	43	2	35	1	2	0	0	0	6	1
24	FW	ENG	Chris Porter*	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	SCO	Callum McFadzean*	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Drew Talbot	31	0	24+1	0	2	0	1	0	2+1	0
26	MF	ENG	Dan Gardner	17	3	11+5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	ENG	Ryan Edwards*	7	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28	FW	ENG	Gary McSheffrey*	12	2	2+7	1	1	0	0	0	1+1	1
29	MF	NIR	Daniel Kearns	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Mason Bennett	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	GK	ENG	Cameron Mason	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	ENG	Ian Dunbavin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	ENG	Jake Beesley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers[]

Rnk	Pos	Name	League Two	F.A. Cup	League Cup	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	Total
1	FW	Eoin Doyle	11	0	1	1	13
2	MF	Gary Roberts	11	1	0	0	12
3	MF	Jay O'Shea	9	0	0	0	9
=	MF	Ollie Banks	7	0	0	2	9
5	FW	Marc Richards	8	0	0	0	8
6	FW	Armand Gnanduillet	5	0	0	1	6
7	MF	Tendayi Darikwa	3	1	0	1	5
8	MF	Jimmy Ryan	2	1	0	1	4
9	DF	Liam Cooper	3	0	0	0	3
=	MF	Dan Gardner	3	0	0	0	3
11	DF	Sam Hird	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF	Ritchie Humphreys	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF	Ian Evatt	1	0	0	1	2
=	FW	Gary McSheffrey	1	0	0	1	2
=	MF	Sam Morsy	1	0	0	1	2
16	DF	Matthew Brown	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	0	1
Total			71	3	1	9	84

Results[]

Pre-season[]

6 July 2013	Buxton	0 – 3	Chesterfield	The Silverlands
15:00			Gnanduillet 43' Ryan 54' Doyle 65'

13 July 2013	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Huddersfield	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 9' Devitt 63'	Report	Ward 11'

16 July 2013	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest	Proact Stadium
19:30	Roberts 78'	Report	Halford 17'	Attendance: 3,534

17 July 2013	Belper Town	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Christchurch Meadow
19:30	15'		33'

20 July 2013	Southport	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Merseyrail Community Stadium
15:00	Hattersley 25' (pen.) 66'		Richards 20' (pen.)

23 July 2013	Chesterfield	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Proact Stadium
19:45	Talbot 28'		Edwards 6' Griffiths 64'

27 July 2013	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Proact Stadium
15:00	Bencherif 29'		Maguire 90'

League Two[]

3 August 2013 1	Bury	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane
15:00			O'Shea 50' Richards 66'	Attendance: 4337

10 August 2013 2	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Cheltenham	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 23' Doyle 89'			Attendance: 5367

17 August 2013 3	Rochdale	2 – 2	Chesterfield	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Tutte 31' pen. Hogan 51'		Richards 19' Roberts 65'	Attendance: 2899

24 August 2013 4	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Southend	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 59' Gnanduillet 90+4'		Eastwood 68'	Attendance: 5579

31 August 2013 5	Portsmouth	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Fratton Park
15:00			Gnanduillet 87' Darikwa 90+3'	Attendance: 15999

7 September 2013 6	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Proact Stadium
15:00	Darikwa 47'			Attendance: 6588

14 September 2013 7	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Wimbledon	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 30' Hird 53'			Attendance: 6353

21 September 2013 8	Oxford United	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Kassam Stadium
15:00			Humphreys 30'	Attendance: 7187

28 September 2013 9	Chesterfield	0 – 1	Mansfield	Proact Stadium
13:00			Andrew 37'

5 October 2013 10	Morecambe	4 – 3	Chesterfield	Globe Arena
15:00	Ellison 47' Hughes 62' Sampson 71' Amond 86'		Doyle 5', 23' McSheffrey 11'	Attendance: 2204

12 October 2013 11	Fleetwood	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Highbury Stadium
15:00	Parkin 89'		Cooper 54'

19 October 2013 12	Chesterfield	0 – 2	Burton	Proact Stadium
15:00			McGurk 10', 14'

22 October 2013 13	Chesterfield	2 – 2	York	Proact Stadium
15:00	Gnanduillet 64 .pen' O'Shea 76'		O'Neill 35' Jarvis 61'

26 October 2013 14	Bristol Rovers	0 – 0	Chesterfield	Memorial Stadium
15:00

2 November 2013 15	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Scunthorpe	Proact Stadium
15:00	Richards 9'		Waterfall 88'

16 November 2013 16	Torquay	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Plainmoor
15:00			Banks 15' O'Shea 19'	Attendance: 2361

23 November 2013 17	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Wycombe Wanderers	Proact Stadium
15:00	Banks 31' Gnanduillet 45+1'			Attendance: 5798

26 November 2013 18	Chesterfield	0 – 0	Northampton	Proact Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 5321

1 December 2013 19	Newport County	3 – 2	Chesterfield	Rodney Parade
13:00			Ryan 61' Richards 90+1'	Attendance: 3378

14 December 2013 20	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Plymouth	Proact Stadium
15:00	Brown 9' Richards 42 .pen'			Attendance: 5486

20 December 2013 21	Exeter City	0 – 2	Chesterfield	St James Park
19:45			Banks 48' Richards 70'	Attendance: 3449

26 December 2013 22	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Hartlepool	Proact Stadium
15:00	Darikwa 31'		Dolan 48 .pen'	Attendance: 7680

29 December 2013 23	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Dagenham and Redbridge	Proact Stadium
15:00	Richards 49'		Ogogo 58'	Attendance: 5906

11 January 2014 24	Chesterfield	4 – 0	Bury	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 16' O'Shea 65' Richards 76' Gardner 86'			Attendance: 5906

18 January 2014 25	Southend	3 – 0	Chesterfield	Roots Hall
15:00	Hurst 28' Leonard 59' Corr 61'			Attendance: 6256

21 January 2014 26	Chesterfield	2 – 2	Rochdale	Proact Stadium
19:45	Roberts 40' Richards 70'		Henderson 90+2' Vincenti 90+3'	Attendance: 5078

25 January 2014 27	Northampton	1 – 3	Chesterfield	Sixfields Stadium
15:00	Carter 15'		Gardner 25' Roberts 53' Gnanduillet 87'	Attendance: 5082

28 January 2014 28	York City	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent
19:45			Doyle 2' Roberts 39'	Attendance: 5082

1 February 2014 29	Chesterfield	3 – 1	Bristol Rovers	Proact Stadium
15:00	Morsy 5' Banks 44' Doyle 47'		Brown 36'	Attendance: 6048

8 February 2014 30	Scunthorpe	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Glanford Park
15:00	Winnall 15' McAllister 33'		Doyle 45+1' (pen.) Ryan 64'	Attendance: 6,131

15 February 2014 31	Chesterfield	3 – 1	Torquay United	Proact Stadium
15:00	Banks 42' Doyle 56' O'Shea 80', 90+4'		Goodwin 50' Stockley 73' Wilkinson 90+1'	Attendance: 5,912

22 February 2014 32	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 0	Chesterfield	Adams Park
15:00	Lewis 25' Kretzschmar 35' (pen.) McClure 45'		Doyle 55' Darikwa 90+5'	Attendance: 3,356

25 February 2014 33	Cheltenham Town	1 – 4	Chesterfield	Whaddon Road
19:45	Harrison 57'		Gardner 22' Doyle 23' Banks 26' Cooper 29'	Attendance: 2,317

3 March 2014 34	Chesterfield	0 – 0	Portsmouth	Proact Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 5,807

8 March 2014 35	Accrington Stanley	3 – 1	Chesterfield	Crown Ground
15:00	Molyneux 4', 9', 45+7' Murphy 25' Hatfield 48' Joyce 62'		Evatt 85'	Attendance: 1,968

11 March 2014 36	AFC Wimbledon	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Kingsmeadow
19:45	Francomb 50' 52' Morris 80'		Doyle 41' Banks 55'	Attendance: 3,424

15 March 2014 37	Chesterfield	3 – 0	Oxford United	Proact Stadium
15:00	Banks 8' 72' Roberts 16' (pen.) 90+3' 39' Humphreys 61'		Mullins 14' Raynes 52' Newey 81'	Attendance: 6,246

18 March 2014 38	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Home Park
19:45	Reid 28', 58'		Humphreys 57' Cooper 61' Bennett 87'	Attendance: 6,012

22 March 2014 39	Mansfield Town F.C.	0 – 0	Chesterfield	Field Mill
13:00	Dempster 31' Murray 62' Tafazolli 86'			Attendance: 5,931

25 March 2014 40	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Morecambe F.C.	Proact Stadium
19:45	O'Shea 19' Ryan 88'		Ellison 80' Edwards 85' Kenyon 90+3'	Attendance: 4,891

5 April 2014 41	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Newport County	Proact Stadium
15:00	Ryan 49' 88'	Report	Porter 83'	Attendance: 5,659

12 April 2014 42	Hartlepool United F.C.	1 – 2	Chesterfield	Victoria Park
15:07	James 24' Walker 28'	Report	Evatt 26' Cooper 30' Doyle 49'	Attendance: 3,778

18 April 2014 43	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Exeter City	Proact Stadium
15:00	Evatt 59' Morsy 75' Doyle 78' (pen.)	Report	Grimes 18' Sercombe 79'	Attendance: 7,331

21 April 2014 44	Dagenham & Redbridge	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Lbbd stadium
15:00	D'Ath 66'	Report	Darikwa 24' Doyle 28' Smith 88'	Attendance: 1,801

27 April 2014 45	Burton Albion F.C.	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Pirelli Stadium
15:00		Report	O'Shea 52', 79' Gnanduillet 81'	Attendance: 4,855

3 May 2014 46	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Fleetwood Town	Proact Stadium
15:00	Hird 51' Roberts 55' O'Shea 90'	Report	Blair 13' Jordan 57' Cresswell 90'	Attendance: 9,037

F.A. Cup[]

9 November 2013 1st Round	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Daventry Town	Proact Stadium
15:00	Roberts 69' Ryan 88'			Attendance: 5269

7 December 2013 2nd Round	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Southend United	Proact Stadium
15:00	Darikwa 4'		Laird 12' Straker 17' Hurst 85'	Attendance: 4067

League Cup[]

7 August 2013 1st Round	Leeds United	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Elland Road
19:45	Brown 27' Poleon 31'		Doyle 17'	Attendance: 17466

Football League Trophy[]

8 October 2013 2nd Round Northern Section	Mansfield	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Field Mill
19:45			McSheffery 71'

12 November 2013 3rd Round Northern Section	Chesterfield	3 – 0	Rochdale	Proact Stadium
19:45	Banks 45+2', 79' Gnanduillet 73'			Attendance: 2897

10 December 2013 Semi-final Northern Section	Oldham Athletic	1 – 1 (5–6 p)	Chesterfield	Boundary Park
19:45	Philliskirk 21'		Darikwa 28'

4 February 2014 Final Northern Section 1st Leg	Fleetwood	1 – 3	Chesterfield	Highbury Stadium
19:45	Ball 45'		Evatt 21' Morsy 24' Ryan 65'	Attendance: 3508

18 February 2014 Final Northern Section 2nd Leg	Chesterfield	0 – 1 (3 - 2 agg.)	Fleetwood	Proact Stadium
19:45	Roberts 32' Evatt 42' Darikwa 48' Morsy 89'		Evans 51' Hughes 76' Pond 90' Parkin 90'	Attendance: 6,358

30 March 2014 Final	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Peterborough United	Wembley Stadium
19:45	Doyle 53' Humphreys 63' Roberts 70' Darikwa 77' Cooper 89'		McQuoid 7' Brisley 38' Newell 68' Assombalonga 78' (pen.) Swanson 90'	Attendance: 35,663

References[]

[table_note_res_FLOPO0.8522799209935-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

[a]

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Matches	1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final 1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2012 Football League Trophy Final 2014 Football League Trophy Final