2016–17_Chesterfield_F.C._season

Chesterfield
2016–17 season
Chairman	Dave Allen; (until 14 November); Mike Warner; (since 18 November)
Manager	Danny Wilson; (until 8 January); Gary Caldwell; (from 17 January)
Stadium	Proact Stadium
League One	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kristian Dennis (8); All: Kristian Dennis (10)
Highest home attendance	8,451 (vs. Sheffield United, 13 November 2016)
Lowest home attendance	950 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, 30 August 2016)
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2016–17 Chesterfield F.C. season

Chesterfield 2016–17 football season

The 2016–17 season was Chesterfield's 150th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League One.^[3] Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.

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The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

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[14] Following Chapman's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.^[13]

[17] Following Dieseruvwe's release, he signed for Kidderminster Harriers.^[15]

[19] Following Harrison's release, he signed for Barrow.^[16]

[21] Following Herd's release, he signed for Gillingham.^[17]

[23] Following Onovwigun's release, he signed for Dulwich Hamlet.^[18]

[25] Following Slew's release, he signed for Plymouth Argyle.^[19]

[27] Following Talbot's release, he signed for Portsmouth.^[20]

[38] Brown's loan was ended early on 14 March 2017.^[30]

[44] On 3 January 2017, Raglan's loan at Oxford United was extended until the end of the season.^[35]

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"Portsmouth sign defender Talbot". BBC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

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"Jake Orrell Signs for Hartlepool United". Chesterfield Official Site. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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"Banks Transferred to Oldham Athletic". Chesterfield Official Site. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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"Liddle Leaves the Spireites". Chesterfield Official Site. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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"Ariyibi Departs". Chesterfield Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

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"O'Neil Departs". Chesterfield Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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"Brown Returns to Birmingham". Chesterfield Official Site. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

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"Young Midfielder Signed from Blues". Chesterfield Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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"Defender's Loan Deal Extended". Chesterfield Official Site. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

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Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Kristian Dennis	Stockport County	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Ched Evans	Free agent	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2016	RB	Paul McGinn	Dundee	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	LW	Reece Mitchell	Chelsea	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	CM	Jon Nolan	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	^[9]
4 August 2016	GK	Lloyd Allinson	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[10]
2 February 2017	RB	Sadiq El Fitouri	Manchester United	Free transfer	^[11]
18 February 2017	GK	Thorsten Stuckmann	Partick Thistle	Free transfer	^[12]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	Aaron Chapman	Accrington Stanley ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Kidderminster Harriers ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Byron Harrison	Barrow ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	DM	Chris Herd	Gillingham ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CM	Michael Onovwigun	Dulwich Hamlet ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Jordan Slew	Plymouth Argyle ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	RB	Drew Talbot	Portsmouth ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Released	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Jake Orrell	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[21]
19 July 2016	AM	Ollie Banks	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[22]
13 January 2017	CM	Gary Liddle	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	^[23]
31 January 2017	RW	Gboly Ariyibi	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	^[24]
31 January 2017	DM	Liam O'Neil	Cambridge United	Undisclosed	^[25]
22 February 2017	LW	Derek Daly	Waterford	Undisclosed	^[26]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
10 July 2016	GK	Ryan Fulton	Liverpool	End of Season	^[27]
31 August 2016	CB	Tom Anderson	Burnley	End of Season	^[28]
31 August 2016	CF	Conor Wilkinson	Bolton Wanderers	9 January 2017	^[29]
31 January 2017	CM	Reece Brown	Birmingham City	14 March 2017 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[31]
31 January 2017	CF	David Faupala	Manchester City	End of Season	^[32]
31 January 2017	DM	Liam Grimshaw	Preston North End	End of Season	^[32]
31 January 2017	RB	Osman Kakay	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season	^[33]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	CF	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Shrewsbury Town	9 January 2017	^[34]
31 August 2016	CB	Charlie Raglan	Oxford United	End of season ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[36]
24 January 2017	AM	Jay O'Shea	Sheffield United	End of season	^[37]

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Chesterfield	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Chesterfield
13:00 BST		Report	Lee 13' Forestieri 28'	Stadium: Proact Stadium

2016–17_Chesterfield_F.C._season

2016–17 Chesterfield F.C. season

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League One

League table

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

References

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19 July 2016 Friendly	Matlock Town	1–3	Chesterfield	Matlock
19:30 BST	Cribley 67'	Report	Dennis 35', 41' Evatt 85'	Stadium: Causeway Lane

23 July 2016 Friendly	Ilkeston	0–3	Chesterfield	Ilkeston
15:00 BST		Report	Humphreys 47' Evans 53' Beesley 83'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 317

26 July 2016 Friendly	Chesterfield	1–2	Derby County	Chesterfield
19:30 BST	O'Shea 56'	Report	Bent 52' Rawson 66'	Stadium: Proact Stadium

30 July 2016 Friendly	Buxton	0–0	Chesterfield	Buxton
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Silverlands

2 August 2016 Friendly	Chesterfield	3–1	Leicester City	Chesterfield
19:30 BST	Evans 55' Liddle 62' O'Shea 62' (pen)		Martis 25'	Stadium: Proact Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	59	79	−20	50
21	Port Vale (R)	46	12	13	21	45	70	−25	49	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Swindon Town (R)	46	11	11	24	44	66	−22	44
23	Coventry City (R)	46	9	12	25	37	68	−31	39
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	9	10	27	43	78	−35	37

6 August 2016 1	Oxford United	1–1	Chesterfield	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas 31' Ruffels 75'	Report	Raglan 8' Nolan 73' Evans 76'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,679 Referee: Gavin Ward

13 August 2016 2	Chesterfield	3–1	Swindon Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Liddle 22' O'Shea 45' (pen) Evans 64'	Report	Kasim 45' Ormonde-Ottewill 60' Furlong 62', 88' Sendles-White 84'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,378 Referee: Carl Boyeson

16 August 2016 3	Chesterfield	2–0	Walsall	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Nolan 37' Evans 75', 79'	Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,406 Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 August 2016 4	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Chesterfield	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Brown 24', 70' McGivern 62' Toney 81' El-Abd 84'	Report	O'Shea 14' Gardner 38' Evatt 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Ben Toner

3 September 2016 6	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Chesterfield	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Robinson 53' Elliott 78' Poleon 90'	Report	Charles 35' (o.g.) Evans 90'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Kevin Johnson

10 September 2016 7	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Chesterfield	Oldham
15:00 BST	Erwin 21' Clarke 28' Flynn 48'	Report	Wilkinson 19' Anderson 39' Dimaio 64'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,457 Referee: Mark Heywood

15 October 2016 12	Southend United	1–0	Chesterfield	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Coker 14' Thompson 29' Wordsworth 77' Leonard 90'	Report	Anderson 73'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Kevin Johnson

29 October 2016 15	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Chesterfield	Charlton
15:00 BST	Fox 17' Magennis 70' Novak 86'	Report	Graham 19'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,153 Referee: John Busby

27 August 2016 5	Chesterfield	1–3	Millwall	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Hird 65'	Report	Ferguson 13' Morison 38', 41' Archer 68' Williams 71'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referee: Lee Probert

17 September 2016 8	Chesterfield	3–1	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Wilkinson 7', 49' Dennis 70', 82' Nolan 77'	Report	McCourt 44' Anderson 62'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,910 Referee: Robert Jones

24 September 2016 9	Bury	2–1	Chesterfield	Bury
15:00 BST	Ismail 41' Danns 69' Pope 87'	Report	Dennis 44' Anderson 45'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Dean Whitestone

27 September 2016 10	Chesterfield	3–3	Gillingham	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Wilkinson 2', 72' Dennis 52' (pen), 90' Anderson 64'	Report	Knott 49' Emmanuel-Thomas 65' (pen), 76' (pen) Wagstaff 90' Oldaker 90'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 October 2016 11	Chesterfield	0–1	Bradford City	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Hird 68' Nolan 72'	Report	Clarke 26'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,997

18 October 2016 13	Chesterfield	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	O'Neil 51' Evans 83' McGinn 90'	Report	McLaughlin 41' Grant 66' Bell 70'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 October 2016 14	Chesterfield	0–3	Scunthorpe United	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Donohue 47' Anderson 83'	Report	Morris 49' van Veen 60' Dawson 79' Mantom 85'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 November 2016 16	Coventry City	2–0	Chesterfield	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Page 44' 90' Willis 69' Rose 81' Bigirimana 85'	Report	Evatt 88' Liddle 89'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,941 Referee: John Brooks

13 November 2016 17	Chesterfield	1–4	Sheffield United	Chesterfield
14:15 GMT	Nolan 2'	Report	Freeman 53' 54' Fleck 71' Sharp 72' Clarke 80'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Chris Sarginson

19 November 2016 18	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Bell 27' Bolger 51' Nirennold 62' Grant 88'	Report	O'Shea 66' (pen)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 November 2016 19	Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	Chesterfield	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Powell 67' Colclough 73'	Report	O'Shea 32' (pen) 65' Evatt 33' O'Neil 66' Dennis 77' Gardner 80' 88' Donohue 87'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,429 Referee: Gavin Ward

26 November 2016 20	Chesterfield	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Dimaio 25' Evatt 28' Mitchell 31' O'Shea 37', 50'	Report	Hartley 3' Leadbitter 26' Lockyer 45' Lines 63' Bodin 76' Clarke 87'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,330 Referee: Andy Haines

10 December 2016 21	Peterborough United	5–2	Chesterfield	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Nichols 1', 65' Bostwick 45', 82' 63' Taylor 55' Inman 85'	Report	O'Neil 12' 25' Evans 22' Daly 80'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Nigel Miller

17 December 2016 22	Chesterfield	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Neil 26' Evans 90'	Report	Taylor 40' Wheater 84' Vela 88'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 December 2016 23	Rochdale	3–0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Henderson 10' 44', 84' Andrew 59' Rathbone 88'	Report	Dimaio 49'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,863 Referee: Carl Boyeson

30 December 2016 24	Port Vale	1–0	Chesterfield	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Knops 21' Taylor 26' Thomas 61'	Report	Donohue 27' Hird 69' Evatt 73'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Michael Salisbury

2 January 2017 25	Chesterfield	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,554 Referee: Darren England

7 January 2017 26	Bradford City	2–0	Chesterfield	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Marshall 22' Hiwula-Mayifuila 45' Cullen 68'	Report	Donohue 89'	Stadium: The Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,416 Referee: Trevor Kettle

14 January 2017 27	Chesterfield	1–0	Coventry City	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Gardner 77' Evans 83'	Report	Haynes 90+6' Beavon 90+11'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,896 Referee: Nick Kinseley

21 January 2017 28	Chesterfield	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Nolan 28' Hird 77'	Report	Charles 65' Francomb 90'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,379 Referee: Eddie Ilderton