The 2017–18 season was the 151st season in Chesterfield's history and their first season back in League Two for four years, following relegation the previous season. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 GK Joe Anyon Scunthorpe United Free Transfer 1 July 2017 RB Scott Wiseman Scunthorpe United Free Transfer 1 July 2017 RB Bradley Barry Swindon Town Free Transfer 1 July 2017 LB Jerome Binnom-Williams Peterborough United Free Transfer 1 July 2017 AM Jordan Sinnott FC Halifax Town Free Transfer 1 July 2017 CF Delial Brewster Everton Free Transfer 1 July 2017 CF Chris O'Grady Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer 1 July 2017 CF Gozie Ugwu Woking Free Transfer 8 July 2017 CM Jak McCourt Northampton Town Free Transfer 3 August 2017 CM Robbie Weir Leyton Orient Free Transfer 25 August 2017 CB Marshall Willock Solihull Moors Undisclosed 1 September 2017 LB Matthew Briggs Colchester United Free Transfer 1 January 2018 RB Drew Talbot Portsmouth Free Transfer 4 January 2018 LW Zavon Hines Maidstone United Free Transfer 4 January 2018 AM Josh Kay Barnsley Free Transfer 18 January 2018 CB Alex Whitmore Burnley Free Transfer 31 January 2018 SS Louis Dodds Shrewsbury Town Free Transfer 31 January 2018 LB George Smith Northampton Town Undisclosed 1 February 2018 CM Giles Coke Free agent Free Transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 GK Lloyd Allinson FC United of Manchester Released 1 July 2017 CF Jake Beesley Salford City Released 1 July 2017 CF Sylvan Ebanks-Blake AFC Telford United Released 1 July 2017 RB Sadiq El Fitouri Al-Ahli Tripoli Released 1 July 2017 CF Ched Evans Sheffield United Undisclosed 1 July 2017 AM Dan Gardner Oldham Athletic Free Transfer 1 July 2017 RB Liam Graham Auckland City Released 1 July 2017 DM Ritchie Humphreys Sheffield Released 1 July 2017 LB Daniel Jones Notts County Released 1 July 2017 CM Ángel Martínez Sabadell Released 1 July 2017 CF Curtis Morrison Guiseley Released 1 July 2017 CM Jon Nolan Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed 1 July 2017 AM Jay O'Shea Bury Released 1 July 2017 CB Charlie Raglan Oxford United Released 1 July 2017 GK Thorsten Stuckmann Fortuna Düsseldorf II Released 19 July 2017 ST Rai Simons Free agent Free agent 18 August 2017 LB Dion Donohue Portsmouth Undisclosed 25 August 2017 RB Paul McGinn Partick Thistle Mutual Consent 6 November 2017 GK Tommy Lee Retired 4 January 2018 CB Jay Smith Free agent Released 10 January 2018 RW Reece Mitchell Torquay United Mutual Consent 11 January 2018 LB Matthew Briggs Barnet Released 31 January 2018 CM Connor Dimaio Free agent Mutual Consent
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 11 July 2017 CM Louis Reed Sheffield United 30 June 2018 18 August 2017 CM Jordan Flores Wigan Athletic 31 January 2018 25 August 2017 LB Andy Kellett Wigan Athletic 30 June 2018 30 August 2017 SS Diego De Girolamo Bristol City 31 January 2018 31 August 2017 CB Zak Jules Shrewsbury Town 26 September 2017 6 December 2017 GK Cameron Dawson Sheffield Wednesday 13 December 2017 21 December 2017 GK Jake Eastwood Sheffield United 5 January 2018 4 January 2018 CB Sid Nelson Millwall 30 June 2018 5 January 2018 GK Aaron Ramsdale Bournemouth 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 RW Dylan Mottley-Henry Barnsley 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 CF Jacob Brown Barnsley 30 June 2018
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 25 August 2017 CF Ricky German Alfreton Town 15 October 2017 25 August 2017 GK Dylan Parkin Ossett Albion 22 September 2017 4 September 2017 MF Jack Brownell Sheffield 2 October 2017 4 September 2017 DF Jay Smith Sheffield 2 October 2017 22 September 2017 GK Dylan Parkin Sheffield 21 October 2017 6 October 2017 CB Marshall Willock Kettering Town 6 November 2017 16 October 2017 CF Ricky German Sheffield 8 November 2017 9 November 2017 CF Ricky German Matlock Town 9 December 2017 9 January 2018 CF Delial Brewster Chorley 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 RB Scott Wiseman Rochdale 30 June 2018 16 February 2018 CF Ricky German Matlock Town 30 June 2018 23 March 2018 CB Marshall Willock Matlock Town 30 June 2018
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Competitions Friendlies
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.
EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, Chesterfield were drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round.
FA Cup
EFL Trophy On 12 July 2017, Chesterfield were drawn in Northern Group F against Bradford City, Rotherham United and Manchester City U23s.
Statistics
Appearances As of 5 May 2018 Italics indicate loan player Asterisk (*) indicates player left club mid-season Caret sign (^) indicates player finished season on loan at another club Hash sign (#) indicates player retired mid-season Source:
Goalscorers NameLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal19FWKristian Dennis1901121226MFJak McCourt50016325MFLouis Reed40004=24MFAndy Kellett40004=15MFJoe Rowley30014610FWChris O'Grady20013728MFRobbie Weir20002=8MFJordan Sinnott10012923MFJordan Flores10001=33MFAlex Whitmore10001=35DFSid Nelson10001=41FWZavon Hines10001=19FWDiego De Girolamo00011Own goals30003Total4701654
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