[Football] Was this you, you naughty scallywags?

[Juan Albion]

Probably not. Turns out voting for Chesterfield's player of the year award has been hijacked, and therefore the award has been cancelled. Nothing to do with the fact that it's a bit awkward to announce a player of the year when you've just been booted out of the League.

https://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/2018/april/20180425-player-of-the-year-award-withdrawn/

 

[el punal]

Not the naughty boys who were passing a VERY BIG brown envelope around Withdean about 17 years ago was it?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I just voted for Chris O'Grady

 

[HHGull]

Not the naughty boys who were passing a VERY BIG brown envelope around Withdean about 17 years ago was it?

Glorious day

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Not the naughty boys who were passing a VERY BIG brown envelope around Withdean about 17 years ago was it?

17 Years! Blimey doesn't seem that long ago to me.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The start of the long road back, that season.

A glorious ending, back in the days when our players used to keep going until they'd won the title

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Not the naughty boys who were passing a VERY BIG brown envelope around Withdean about 17 years ago was it?

I managed to convince myself that you were wrong and it could not possibly be 17 years ago, but...

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5150324.Albion_1__Chesterfield_0__Night_to_remember/

And now I'm going for a lay down in a darkened room for a little while.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Cheaterfield as they were known at the time.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Cheaterfield as they were known at the time.

Crooked spire, crooked team.

 

[Driver8]

I remember the away game that season that we lost 1-0 with some fairly contentious refereeing I think. I asked a local for directions to the ground only to be told to “**** off queer”. I have disliked them ever since so am gutted to see them relegated to non-league. Not.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I remember the away game that season that we lost 1-0 with some fairly contentious refereeing I think. I asked a local for directions to the ground only to be told to “**** off queer”. I have disliked them ever since so am gutted to see them relegated to non-league. Not.

Was that the game with the Oatway red card, or was that the following season in Division 2? I think we lost 1-0 away both seasons. I'll never forget the Cullip header at Withdean, all the people coming out of the trees to get on the pitch after! What a game.