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Chesterfield Football Club (c-eniconˈtʃɛstərfiːld) is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth 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.

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). On 7 May 2011 Chesterfield beat Gillingham to secure the League 2 title.

Chesterfield play their home games at the 10,300 capacity B2net Stadium, having moved from their old home Saltergate, for the 2010-11 season.

John Sheridan is the current manager having been given a three year contract in June 2009, along with his assistant Tommy Wright.

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