BLOGGER TEMPLATES - TWITTER BACKGROUNDS »

Friday 20 August 2010

Chesterfield F.C.


Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Despite being the 4th oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower divisions of the English league and have never played in the top flight. They first joined the Football League in the 1899-1900 season, but failed re-election in 1908/09. They were later founder members of Football League Third Division North in 1921-22 and have remained in the Football League since. The club enjoy a fierce local rivalry with near neighbours Mansfield Town, as well as other rivalries with Notts County, Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Grimsby Town and Doncaster Rovers.

Chesterfield's most notable successes came in the 1990s, when they won the Division Three playoff final at Wembley in 1995 and reached the FA Cup semi-finals two years later. They were the first club from outside the top two divisions to reach this stage of the competition since 1984 (Plymouth Argyle).

Chesterfield play their home games at the 10,338 capacity B2net Stadium, having moved from their old home Saltergate, for the 2010-11 season.

0 comments: