AWINLESS start to the National League season for Chesterfield, at the time of writing, has sent a ripple of anxiety through supporters – and, after the seemingly interminable spiral of decline they have endured over the last few years, who can blame them?
Until John Sheridan replaced Martin Allen as manager in January, the Spireites had looked more likely to follow the likes of Stockport County, Darlington, Torquay United and York City into the regionalised realms of the sixth tier than make a return to the Football League.
Since Paul Cook left for Portsmouth, a matter of days after l...