Spireites on the up

Chesterfield are now finally heading in the right direction, with a very welcome 3 points away at Fylde. Since Boxing Day when the wheels came off the team under Martin Allen against Solihull Moors, Chesterfield haven’t lost and the sequence of results reads DDDWDWW. John Pemberton put together a side where Robbie Weir sits in front of the defensive line and breaks up the opposition play, John Sheridan continued this and in his first 4 league games we haven’t conceded a goal. OK we lost at home in the Cup against Brackley, but the less said about that the better.

AFC Fylde away

Fylde had their chances on Saturday and we had the woodwork come to our rescue on 2 occasions, but with 3 more points on the board Chesterfield sit in 17^th place. Four or 5 more wins this season and we will be safe and right now the team sit only a mere 19 points off the playoffs, although only the most optimistic fan would place a bet on that happening.

One of the few things there is to like about watching your team in the Vanarama League is the away day experience of going somewhere completely new and experiencing the quirks and eccentricities of the home team. I was rather fond of the stadium announcer at AFC Fylde, yesterday who was a breath of fresh air in these politically correct times. He cheerfully broadcast to the entire ground that someone attending the match had parked their car across a woman’s drive way and if they didn’t remove it within 15 minutes it would be set on fire. I'm not sure who was gong to set it on fire, the club or the woman, but we didn't see the Fire Brigade anywhere round the ground, so maybe the car was shifted. Also a nice tribute to Gordon Banks before the game, who was credited as having started his distinguished career at our club

Also, leading team Solihull Moors, are going to have to build an extra stand or two if they get into the league, to bring their capacity up to 4,000.

Solihull Moors

Their club has said that plans are in place at the formerly named Damson Park rugby ground to do just that; if so, it’s hoped that the seating arrangements will be rather more permanent than the oddly appointed temporary stands currently in place.

Good away following from the Blues

Round the league it looks like the bottom 2 of Braintree and Maidstone might be set adrift and be odds on to go down, but at the top only Wrexham won at the weekend and Solihull could only draw at home to Barnet. It’s still up for grabs as to who will emerge champions in May, but right now Chesterfield have nothing to fear from any of these sides, we play Harrogate next at home then it’s Barnet and Wrexham away. A few weeks ago, Spireites were wondering if we’d get any results in this current run of fixtures, now it looks like a case of hoping we don’t drop any points against beatable teams.

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