Jamie Grimes of Chesterfield wheels away in celebration, as Armando Dobra catches a trophy and Ollie Banks enjoys a family celebration (inset top and bottom, respectively).
On a glorious afternoon, Chesterfield exorcised six years of pain by winning back the EFL status they had forfeited in 2018.
The Spireites, who have had some difficult times recently, won easily at home against relegation-threatened Boreham Wood to secure the National League title in grand fashion.
walked around the entire game. appeared to go forward with his demise; nothing worked perfectly, but the concepts were there. A powerful attempt in the second half narrowly missed. That would have been such a goal. Excellent. performed a great job of persistently leaping ahead of former Spireite Tshimanga to gain a foothold and reclaim the ball. With the exception of a late tackle that resulted in a booking, he kept Tshimanga quiet.
A captain’s performance. Two goals and a clean sheet to seal the title and promotion. No-one deserves it more than him. My man of the match.
