Tuesday 20th March 2012

With just under a week to go until over 16,000 Chesterfield fans make the trip to Wembley to see the Spireites take on Swindon in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final, the trophy itself paid an advance visit to town yesterday.


Co-Op Manager David Elliott, the Mayor and Mayoress of Chesterfield and players Mark Randall and Nathan Smith get a feel of the Trophy ready for Sunday

The impressive piece of silverware, won by Carlisle last year, is now ready to be handed over to the winning team at around 4pm this coming Sunday and fans queued at the Midlands Co operative in the afternoon to see and have their photos taken with the cup, and several Chesterfield Footballers - Nathan Smith, Mark Randall, Jimmy Juan and Alex Mendy.



The Mayor and Mayoress of Chesterfield, (above), who are attending the match on Sunday, were also in attendance at the event, which drew large crowds.

Carl Newton entertained the crowds with his acoustic rendition of the 'Town Song'.

Ben Smallman from Johnstone's Paint Trophy said he was "Thrilled with the welcome the company had been given from the town. At the JPT we always want to interact with as many fans as possible and it's great to see them, so we thought that on the week before the final it would be great to bring it down to look at. It seems to have gone down well!


Mark Randall and Nathan Smith with Archie Shakespeare (who's 3 on Sunday) and his Grandad

"Midlands Co-Operative have been great and it's worked out really well today. Hopefully when Chesterfield are lifting this at 4pm on Sunday, fans can say they've had their hands on it as the team will be. We'd like to thank the Co-op, they've been great and we'd like to thank the club."

David Elliott, Manager of Chesterfield Co-Operative told The Chesterfield Post that they, as sponsors of the club were proud to be hosting the visit, "I think it's fantastic, great for the town and great for the store. We support the club by sponsoring them anyway and to bring it to the store is very special.

"The atmosphere in the town is fantastic, people are coming in and saying how great it is that Chesterfield have got there. So good luck for Sunday and let's hope it all works."

And his prediction for the game? "2-1 to Chesterfield."

Chesterfield's Community Director, John Croot had accompanied the players to the store, and he said that the club is grateful for all the support from the town. "It's a great day, it gives us the opportunity to come and thank one of our main sponsors who have helped and supported the club for many years and it's great to give the community of Chesterfield an opportunity to see the trophy (left).

"They'll see it Sunday and hopefully will see a lot more of it! It fires people up, gets them coming down. A lot of youngsters have come down and the players have signed shirts. It's good for the players, as it gets them to see how important this is to the people of Chesterfield."

And his prediction for Sunday? "I'm not bothered what the score is as long as we score one more than Swindon!"

Mark Smith from Chesterfield was at the event and told us he's "Always proud of Chesterfield. It's getting closer now and I'm very proud. I've been a Spireite since the 1969-70 season when we won the old 4th division Championship. I've been to Wembley twice before - we've won one and lost one - and I'm hoping that we can win again.

"The league has been disappointing but I think we're a harder team to beat than we were at the beginning of the season. I think it will be tight, 1-0 to Chesterfield."



Jana (above) is 7, and she was proudly wearing her Spireites shirt as she held the cup. She's been watching the team for a year and is looking forward to Wembley. She says her favourite player is "Jamie Lowry who plays in the number 4 shirt and she thinks Chesterfield will win 3-1 on Sunday."



Jack Mitchell is 8 and, after having his photo taken with Jimmy Juan and Alex Mendy (above), told The Chesterfield post that he thinks Chesterfield will win on Sunday! His favourite player is Jack Lester, who as well as sharing a name, also shares a birthday with Jack!


Brothers Curt and Daniel Bigg are both predicting a win by a single goal for the Spireites

Brothers Daniel (6) and Curt Bigg (11) were there with their mum Marcia and had their faces painted a very smart, and patriotic, blue and white. Like everyone else we asked, there is no doubt in their minds that their team will win - Curt thinks it will end 2-1, whilst Daniel is going for a 1-0 victory for the Blues.

The trophy will also be at The Johnstone's Paint Centre on Britannia Road today from 7-30 am.

For more information and other CFC news, go to www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk

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