2025–26 Chesterfield F.C. season

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The 2025–26 season is the 159th season in the history of Chesterfield Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerPhil and Ashley Kirk

ChairmanMike Goodwin

ManagerPaul Cook

StadiumSMH Group Stadium

Quick facts season, Owner ...

Chesterfield
2025–26 season
Owner	Phil and Ashley Kirk
Chairman	Mike Goodwin
Manager	Paul Cook
Stadium	SMH Group Stadium
League Two	6th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Bonis (12) All: Lee Bonis (16)
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Transfers and contracts

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
20 June 2025	GK	Zach Hemming	Middlesbrough	£150,000	^[1]^[2]
30 June 2025	CF	Lee Bonis	ADO Den Haag	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2025^[a]	LB	Adam Lewis	Morecambe	Free	^[4]
1 July 2025^[b]	RW	Dilan Markanday	Blackburn Rovers		^[5]
1 July 2025^[c]	CDM	Ryan Stirk	Walsall		^[6]
18 July 2025	CDM	Luke Butterfield	Everton		^[7]
1 January 2026	CF	Freddie Ladapo	Huddersfield Town		^[8]
1 January 2026^[d]	CB	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	Forge		^[9]
9 January 2026	LB	Tom Pearce	Montréal		^[10]
16 January 2026	CF	Will Dickson	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[11]

Expenditure:

£150,000

[a]
The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Morecambe had expired
[b]
The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Blackburn had expired
[c]
The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Walsall had expired
[d]
The transfer was announced on 7 August, and would become official on January 1 once his contract at Forge had expired

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
13 November 2025	RB	Ryheem Sheckleford	Aldershot Town	Free Transfer	^[12]

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
3 July 2025	CM	Matt Dibley-Dias	Fulham	7 January 2026^[a]	^[13]^[14]
8 July 2025	RB	Devan Tanton	Fulham	7 January 2026^[a]	^[15]^[14]
5 August 2025	CAM	Ronan Darcy	Wigan Athletic	16 January 2026^[b]	^[16]^[17]
8 August 2025	LW	James Berry	Wycombe Wanderers	31 May 2026	^[18]
1 September 2025	CF	Will Dickson	Manchester City	5 January 2026	^[19]
4 January 2026	CDM	Sammy Braybrooke	Leicester City	31 May 2026	^[20]
	RB	Sam Curtis	Sheffield United		^[20]
	CB	Sil Swinkels	Aston Villa		^[20]

[a]
On 7 January, Dibley-Dias and Tanton were recalled back from their season-long loans from Fulham
[b]
On 16 January, Darcy's initial season-long loan from Wigan Athletic was terminated

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2025	CAM	Bailey Hobson	Brackley Town	14 January 2026	^[21]
21 August 2025	CF	Paddy Madden	Accrington Stanley	31 May 2026	^[22]
3 September 2025	LW	Liam Jessop	Lincoln Red Imps	31 May 2026	^[23]
19 November 2025	CF	Gunner Elliott	Matlock Town	20 December 2025	^[24]
20 November 2025	GK	Ashton Rinaldo	Matlock Town	20 December 2025	^[25]
22 January 2026	CDM	Luke Butterfield	Accrington Stanley	31 May 2026	^[26]
30 January 2026	CB	Alex Whitney	Stocksbridge Park Steels	28 February 2026	^[27]
5 February 2026	CB	Jamie Grimes	Boston United	31 May 2026	^[28]
10 March 2026	LB	Adam Lewis	AFC Fylde	31 May 2026	^[29]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Ollie Banks	York City	1 July 2025	^[30]^[31]
	CB	Ash Palmer	York City		^[32]^[33]
	CF	Kane Drummond	Oldham Athletic		^[34]^[35]
	LW	Michael Jacobs	Northampton Town		^[34]^[36]
	CM	Darren Oldaker	Swindon Town		^[34]^[37]
	CM	Mike Jones	Retired		^[38]
	CM	Ali Mohiuddin	Mickleover	12 August 2025	^[34]^[39]
4 August 2025	RW	Ryan Colclough	Fylde	9 September 2025	^[40]^[41]
12 March 2026	CB	Tyrone Williams	Retired		^[42]

New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contracted until	Ref.
19 June 2025	GK	Ryan Boot	30 June 2026	^[43]
	CM	John Fleck		^[44]
	CB	Kyle McFadzean		^[45]
18 July 2025	CF	Gunner Elliott	Undisclosed^[a]	^[46]
24 July 2025	LB	Lewis Gordon	30 June 2027	^[47]
25 September 2025	RB	Janoi Donacien	30 June 2026	^[48]
1 October 2025	CF	Will Grigg	30 June 2027	^[49]
13 February 2026	CAM	Liam Mandeville	30 June 2028	^[50]
25 February 2026	CDM	Tom Naylor	30 June 2028	^[51]

[a]
First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 23 May, Chesterfield announced their first pre-season fixture, against Matlock Town.^[52] Three weeks later, a second friendly was added against Sheffield United.^[53] Also confirmed was a training camp in Spain, along with a friendly against Europa Point.^[54] On 17 June, a fourth friendly match was added to the schedule, against Burton Albion.^[55] A fifth and sixth friendly was later announced, against Nottingham Forest and Alfreton Town.^[56]^[57]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly	Matlock Town	2–1	Chesterfield	Matlock
15:00 BST	Trialist 58' Trialist 81'	Report	Grigg 52'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 2,300

8 July 2025 Friendly	Chesterfield	5–0	Burton Albion	Chesterfield
19:00 BST	Grigg 32' (pen.), 35' Colclough 45' Bonis 59' Lewis 64'	Report		Stadium: SMH Group Stadium

12 July 2025 Friendly	Chesterfield	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Tapton
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 6,208 (2,994 away)

15 July 2025 Friendly	Europa Point	3–8	Chesterfield	La Cala de Mijas, Spain
18:00 CEST		Report	Markanday 3' Grimes 30' Hobson 34' Naylor 52' Bonis 56', 60' Duffy 86' Grigg 90' (pen.)	Stadium: La Cala Training Ground

19 July 2025 Friendly	Alfreton Town	1–1	Chesterfield	Alfreton
15:00 BST	Fewster 78'	Report	Dunkley 22'	Stadium: North Street

26 July 2025 Friendly	Chesterfield	1–4	Sheffield United	Tapton
15:00 BST	Bonis 37'	Report	Cáceres 4' Ukaki 13' Ahmedhodžić 33' Cannon 52'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium

Competitions

League Two

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Salford City	46	25	6	15	61	51	+10	81	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Notts County (O, P)	46	24	8	14	74	52	+22	80
6	Chesterfield	46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	79
7	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	74	50	+24	78
8	Barnet	46	21	13	12	70	53	+17	76

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[58]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	79	11	8	4	38	24	+14	10	8	5	33	32	+1

Last updated: complete.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	26¹	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	40²	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	7	3	2	3	2	2	7	6	5	6	9	6	6	7	10	6	6	9	9	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	6	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Points	3	6	9	9	12	13	13	14	15	18	18	21	22	23	24	27	28	28	29	32	35	38	38	39	40	41	41	44	45	48	49	52	53	53	56	56	59	59	62	65	66	67	70	71	74	77

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 26 (vs. Colchester United) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
² Matchday 40 (vs. Grimsby Town) was postponed due to international call-ups.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Chesterfied hosting Barrow on the opening weekend.^[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Chesterfield	1–0	Barrow	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Markanday 45' Naylor 66'	Report	Smith 17'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,223 (413 Away) Referee: Alan Young

9 August 2025 2	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Chesterfield	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Broom 22' Angol 25' Bennett 37' Archer 41' Bickerstaff 62' Jude-Boyd 67' Mažionis 80'	Report	Gordon 47' Bonis 52' Duffy 68'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

16 August 2025 3	Chesterfield	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Chesterfield
12:30 BST	McFadzean 15', 84' Naylor 41', 51' Daley-Campbell 58' Dobra 88'	Report	Senior 39' Sparkes 57' Hutchinson 68' Mola 72' Sotiriou 80'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Sam Mulhall
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[60]

19 August 2025 4	Gillingham	4–1	Chesterfield	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Little 28' (pen.), 50' (pen.) Andrews 37' Cirino 45+1', 56' Coleman 71' Nevitt 73' Wyllie 90+1'	Report	Dobra 53' Daley-Campbell 63'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,518 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 August 2025 5	Harrogate Town	1–2	Chesterfield	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Duke-McKenna 50'	Report	Darcy 6' Dibley-Dias 39' Dunkley 81'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 3,276 (inc. 1,050 Chesterfield fans) Referee: Steven Copeland

30 August 2025 6	Chesterfield	2–2	Crawley Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Darcy 20' Gordon 51' Dobra 54', 58' Duffy 56' Lewis 90+4'	Report	Barker 8' McKirdy 9', 36', 36' Bajrami 45' Scott 49'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Ben Toner

6 September 2025 7	Walsall	1–0	Chesterfield	Bescot
15:00 BST	Warrington 39' Kanu 43' Lakin 45' 66' Barrett 61'	Report	Dobra 18' Naylor 45+1' Daley-Campbell 72' Dunkley 86'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,695 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

13 September 2025 8	Chesterfield	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Dobra 65' Naylor 86'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy 25', 65' Crowley 35' Mendez-Laing 56' Gilbey 68'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,127 (592 away) Referee: Edward Duckworth

20 September 2025 9	Bromley	2–2	Chesterfield	Bromley
15:00 BST	Cheek 16' Krauhaus 53' Dunkley 79' (o.g.) Odutayo 90'	Report	Daley-Campbell 22' Naylor 33' Dobra 39' Mandeville 67' Darcy 69'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 2,583 Referee: Carl Brook

27 September 2025 10	Chesterfield	4–1	Newport County	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Mandeville 31' Grigg 34' Dickson 43' Stirk 45+3' Fleck 77' Darcy 84' Markanday 88'	Report	Ogunneye 65' Spellman 80', 83'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,726 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

4 October 2025 11	Colchester United	6–2	Chesterfield	Colchester
15:00 BST	Anderson 5', 90+6' Payne 13', 44', 45+5' (pen.) Vincent-Young 22' Lisbie 68'	Report	Mandeville 20' Dobra 45+1' Berry 81'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,879 Referee: Lee Swabey

11 October 2025 12	Chesterfield	2–0	Salford City	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Naylor 3' Turton 62' (o.g.) Darcy 83' Daley-Campbell 90+2' McFadzean 90+2'	Report	Turton 29' Woodburn 82'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,962 Referee: Oliver Mackey

18 October 2025 13	Chesterfield	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Markanday 25' Tanton 39'	Report	Davies 7' Virtue 68' Neal 81' Bonds 90+4'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,641 Referee: Dean Whitestone

25 October 2025 14	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Chesterfield	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Jennings 90+3'	Report	Patrick 12' (o.g.) Stirk 26' Dunkley 40'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,013 (1,067 Chesterfield fans) Referee: Scott Oldham

8 November 2025 15	Chesterfield	3–3	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Fleck 23' Berry 37', 62' Naylor 45+4' Bonis 47', 90+4' McFadzean 55'	Report	Walton 17', 26' Whalley 24' Matthews 33' Caton 75' Bauress 88' Love 90+1' Conneely 90+3'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,822 Referee: Thomas Parsons

15 November 2025 16	Grimsby Town	0–1	Chesterfield	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Warren 29' Pym 53' Kabia 56'	Report	Dunkley 32' Rodgers 71' (o.g.) Darcy 79' Bonis 90+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,407 (1,184 away) Referee: Martin Woods

22 November 2025 17	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Chesterfield	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Tezgel 35' (pen.) Golding 40' Sanders 45+2' Connolly 45+4', 69' Agius 47'	Report	Berry 9' Bonis 24' Dunkley 34' McFadzean 35' Markanday 65' Tanton 68' Fleck 79' Hemming 80'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,770 Referee: David Rock

29 November 2025 18	Chesterfield	1–2	Swindon Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Fleck 10' Tanton 39'	Report	Munroe 8', 69' 90+1' Snowdon 61' Drinan 63' Glatzel 75' Ripley 84'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,258 Referee: Jacob Miles

9 December 2025 19	Cambridge United	1–1	Chesterfield	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Watts 13'	Report	McFadzean 90+3'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,192 (450 Chesterfield supporters) Referee: Elliot Swallow

13 December 2025 20	Chesterfield	3–1	Barnet	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Bonis 11', 38' Dunkley 65' Gordon 79' Stirk 80' Mandeville 80'	Report	Shelton 41'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,533 Referee: Peter Wright

20 December 2025 21	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Chesterfield	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Bonis 61', 75' McFadzean 67' Naylor 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,890 (991 away) Referee: Paul Howard

26 December 2025 22	Chesterfield	2–0	Notts County	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	McFadzean 15' Naylor 19' Grimes 36' Bonis 65' Roos 76' (o.g.)	Report	Dennis 48' Tsaroulla 68' Macari 87'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

29 December 2025 23	Chesterfield	0–1	Cambridge United	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Hemming 76'	Report	Hoddle 16' McLoughlin 44' Lavery 72' Gibbons 76' Eastwood 82'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,589 Referee: Scott Jackson

1 January 2026 24	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Chesterfield	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Drummond 59', 59' Ogle 66' Robson 75' Garner 90+3'	Report	Lewis 21' McFadzean 51' 90+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,853 (1,440 away) Referee: Sam Allison

4 January 2026 25	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Chesterfield	Denbigh
12:00 GMT	Nemane 26' Paterson 29' Hepburn-Murphy 44' Sanders 54' Mellish 58' Kelly 79'	Report	Lewis 6' Curtis 67' Grigg 90+4', 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,019 (1,029 away) Referee: Andrew Miller
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[61]

17 January 2026 27	Chesterfield	0–0	Bromley	Chesterfield
12:30 GMT	Curtis 45+4' Duffy 88'	Report	Kabamba 89'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,432 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[62]

24 January 2026 28	Newport County	2–1	Chesterfield	Newport
15:00 GMT	Biggins 6', 50' Smith 45' Spellman 63' Glennon 90+4'	Report	Markanday 85'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,355 Referee: Declan Brown

27 January 2026 29	Salford City	0–1	Chesterfield	Kersal
19:45 GMT	Mnoga 63' Graydon 88'	Report	Stirk 82' Cooper 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,630 (695 away) Referee: Oliver Yates

31 January 2026 30	Chesterfield	2–2	Walsall	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Grigg 13' Markanday 20'	Report	Kanu 41' Adomah 60'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,702 Referee: Charles Breakspear

7 February 2026 31	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Chesterfield	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Forde 28', 58', 90+6' Mola 43' Kilgour 75'	Report	Naylor 3', 61' Bonis 48' Berry 78' Markanday 85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,210 (927 away) Referee: Matthew Russell

14 February 2026 32	Chesterfield	1–1	Harrogate Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Bonis 12', 57' 59' Pearce 66'	Report	Brenan 84', 86' Muldoon 89'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,808 Referee: Aaron Farmer

17 February 2026 33	Chesterfield	1–0	Gillingham	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Curtis 16'	Report	Beckles 23' Hutton 31' Coleman 88'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Will Finnie

21 February 2026 34	Crawley Town	1–1	Chesterfield	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Gordon 49' Richards 65' Russell 73' Bajrami 85' Williams 90+5'	Report	Mandeville 9', 39' Stirk 80'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Paul Howard

28 February 2026 35	Barnet	1–0	Chesterfield	Edgware
15:00 GMT	Ofoborh 65'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: William Davis

3 March 2026 26^[63]	Chesterfield	3–0	Colchester United	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Grigg 26' (pen.) Markanday 39' McFadzean 61' Bonis 72' Donacien 90+2'	Report	Bishop 24' Tucker 30' Araujo 87' Gordon 90+3'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,348 Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[64]

7 March 2026 36	Chesterfield	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Naylor 31' Pearce 85' Dobra 90+2'	Report	Samuel-Ogunsuyi 45+2', 70', 84' Cox 80' Stubbs 90+3'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,118 Referee: Alan Dale

14 March 2026 37	Notts County	2–3	Chesterfield	Nottingham
12:30 GMT	Norburn 9' 19' Swinkels 36' (o.g.) Tsaroulla 42' Platt 45+1' Bedeau 90+1' Dennis 90+6'	Report	Dobra 16' Curtis 23' Swinkels 31' Naylor 44', 45' Mandeville 66' Braybrooke 70'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,604 (1,954 Spireites) Referee: Matt Corlett
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[65]

17 March 2026 38	Chesterfield	0–3	Oldham Athletic	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Dunkley 26'	Report	Drummond 22', 74' Fondop 31' Pett 86'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,148 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 March 2026 39	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Chesterfield	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 28' Martin 58'	Report	Braybrooke 5' Dickson 63'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,688 (836 away) Referee: Harry Wager

3 April 2026 41	Chesterfield	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Dickson 25' Mandeville 35'	Report	Cundy 54'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,072 Referee: James Durkin

6 April 2026 42	Barrow	0–1	Chesterfield	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Rose 58' McCann 89'	Report	Curtis 18' McFadzean 45+2' Berry 62'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,956 (511 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

11 April 2026 43	Chesterfield	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	McFadzean 17' Naylor 44' Gordon 77'	Report	Patrick 17' Finley 19', 53' Tamen 57' Maroši 66' Dennis 90+5'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

14 April 2026 40^[66]	Chesterfield	2–1	Grimsby Town	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Mandeville 31' Bonis 34' Dobra 59' Naylor 90+1' Stirk 90+4'	Report	Kabia 41' Cook 51' Turi 63' Staunton 82', 90+5'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,661 Referee: Tom Reeves
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 28 March, but was needed to be rearranged due to international call-ups in the Grimsby squad.^[67]

18 April 2026 44	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Evans 67'	Report	McFadzean 61' Stirk 89'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Ross Martin

25 April 2026 45	Chesterfield	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Bonis 36', 68' Dobra 42' Braybrooke 45'	Report	Pond 62'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 9,560 Referee: James Bell

2 May 2026 46	Swindon Town	1–2	Chesterfield	Swindon
15:00 BST	Wilson-Brown 18' Middlemas 45+3', 75' Hoilett 51'	Report	Bonis 19', 78' Stirk 58' Markanday 61'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,989 (inc. 1,936 Chesterfield supporters) Referee: Scott Oldham

Play-offs

Chesterfield finished 6th in the regular season, and were drawn against Notts County whom finished in 5th.

10 May 2026 Semi-final first leg	Chesterfield	0–1	Notts County	Chesterfield
18:00 BST	Bonis 6' Curtis 36'	Report	Luker 28', 52' Jones 42' Tsaroulla 64' Ness 88'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Referee: Will Finnie

15 May 2026 Semi-final second leg	Notts County	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Chesterfield	Nottingham
20:00 BST	Grant 90+8'	Report	McFadzean 59'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 17,224 Referee: Thomas Parsons

FA Cup

Chesterfield were drawn away to Stevenage in the first round^[68]^[69] and at home to Doncaster Rovers in the second round.^[70]^[71]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round	Stevenage	0–1	Chesterfield	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Reid 16' Pattenden 24' Piergianni 59' Butler 82'	Report	Dunkley 48' Bonis 61' (pen.) Daley-Campbell 64' Fleck 90+4' Darcy 90+5'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Alan Young

6 December 2025 Second round	Chesterfield	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield
19:30 GMT	Bonis 31', 57' Fleck 60'	Report	Clifton 6' Maxwell 31' Bailey 34' Senior 90'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 6,175 Referee: Neil Hair

EFL Cup

Chesterfield were drawn at home to Mansfield Town in the first round.^[72]^[73]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round	Chesterfield	0–2	Mansfield Town	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Naylor 73'	Report	Bowery 1' Oates 2' Cargill 45' Lewis 53' Evans 59' McDonnell 88'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 9,502 Referee: Adam Herczeg

EFL Trophy

Chesterfield were drawn against Burton Albion, Crewe Alexandra and Liverpool U21 in the group stage.^[74] After finishing second in the group stage, Chesterfield were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the round of 32.^[75]^[76]

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Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	3	0	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Chesterfield	3	1	0	1	1	4	9	−5	4	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Burton Albion	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	1	0	2	2	6	−4	2

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group H	Crewe Alexandra	7–1	Chesterfield	Crewe
19:00 BST	Tezgel 4', 6', 51' Agius 16' Moult 30' Thibaut 57' (pen.) Armstrong 67'	Report	Lewis 21' Grimes 56'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 961 Referee: Greg Rollason

7 October 2025 North Group H	Chesterfield	1–0	Burton Albion	Chesterfield
19:00 BST	Naylor 33' Bonis 79'	Report		Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 1,229 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

11 November 2025 North Group H	Chesterfield	2–2 (10–11 p)	Liverpool U21	Chesterfield
19:00 GMT	Hobson 62' Duffy 64'	Report	Ramsay 5' Gordon 76', 90+2' Williams 90+4'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Ross Joyce
	Penalties
	Fleck Berry Cook Markanday Darcy Dickson Sheckleford Grimes Daley-Campbell Donacien Boot Fleck		Gordon Kelly Laffey Davidson Pilling Sonni-Lambie Pinnington Pitt Williams Lucky Mrozek Gordon

2 December 2025 Round of 32	Doncaster Rovers	5–1	Chesterfield	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Sharp 15', 77' Ajayi 19' Senior 31' Molyneux 90+1'	Report	Grimes 54' Bonis 74'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Referee: James Oldham

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		League Two play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Zach Hemming	41	0	38+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Malik Owolabi-Belewu	9	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Adam Lewis	18	2	4+10	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Tom Naylor	53	8	32+12	8	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+1	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Jamie Grimes	8	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Kyle McFadzean	43	2	36+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Liam Mandeville	54	6	31+15	6	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	WAL	Ryan Stirk	44	1	36+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0	2+0	0
9	FW	NIR	Will Grigg	37	4	12+20	4	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
10	FW	NIR	Lee Bonis	53	16	31+14	12	2+0	2	0+1	0	0+3	2	2+0	0
11	MF	IRL	Dylan Duffy	41	3	18+17	2	1+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	1	0+1	0
13	MF	SCO	John Fleck	20	1	7+7	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
15	MF	ENG	Bailey Hobson	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Luke Butterfield	5	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ALB	Armando Dobra	35	5	22+10	5	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Lewis Gordon	36	1	26+2	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+3	0	2+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Vontae Daley-Campbell	24	0	13+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
21	FW	IRL	Paddy Madden	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Chey Dunkley	32	1	28+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Ryan Boot	14	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Dilan Markanday	46	8	29+9	8	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Will Dickson	27	3	6+17	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	NED	Sil Swinkels	24	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
28	FW	ENG	James Berry	38	5	15+18	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
29	DF	IRL	Sam Curtis	24	2	21+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Sammy Braybrooke	23	0	21+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Connor Cook	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
41	FW	MLT	Gunner Elliott	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
42	DF	ENG	Alex Whitney	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
44	DF	LCA	Janoi Donacien	25	0	2+18	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
45	FW	ENG	Freddie Ladapo	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
46	DF	ENG	Tom Pearce	12	1	10+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
2	DF	ENG	Ryheem Sheckleford	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	NZL	Matt Dibley-Dias	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Ronan Darcy	31	3	15+9	3	0+2	0	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	COL	Devan Tanton	18	0	11+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0

2025–26 Chesterfield F.C. season

Transfers and contracts

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Released / Out of Contract

New Contract

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	79	11	8	4	38	24	+14	10	8	5	33	32	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	79	11	8	4	38	24	+14	10	8	5	33	32	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	16	9	71	56	+15	79	11	8	4	38	24	+14	10	8	5	33	32	+1