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James Ede
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Sports Journalism student @sportjournuclan.bsky.social | Media Assistant at Chorley FC| Sports Writer for The Football Deck & @ndrsport.bsky.social | Spireites 💙
Nathan Smith - 28-year-old defender is still at Vale and has made over 400 apps, won L2 play-offs and been POTY twice

#PVFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Notable Port Vale players:

Chris Eagles - former Man Utd youngster who played mostly for Burnley and Bolton

#MUTD #BurnleyFC #bwfc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bench - Jake Beesley

Came through the club's academy and made 10 apps

Went onto Salford, Solihull and Rochdale

Earned a move to Championship Blackpool in 2022, where is still at

Scored 12 goals in 37 L1 apps last year

#Spireites #SalfordCity #RAFC #UTMP
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bench - Reece Mitchell

Joined from Chelsea's academy in 2016 and made 40 apps

Has since played for Torquay and Wealdstone

Played for other non-league teams and in the Belgian 4th tier and Icelandic 3rd tier

Now plays for Egham Town in the 9th tier

#Spireites #CFC #tufc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bench - Angel Martinez

Played in La Liga for Espanyol and the Segunda Division for Rayo Vallecano and Girona

Signed for Blackpool in 2011 then Millwall in 2014

Played for Ian Holloway at both sides

Joined CFC in 2015

#Spireites #RCDE #UTMP #Millwall
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bench - Ryan Fulton

Played 29 games on loan from Liverpool after a loan at Paul Cook's Portsmouth

Made 122 apps for Hamilton despite 2 relegations

Joined Hearts in the summer

Has played for Scotland U16, 19 & 21s

#Spireites #LFC #Pompey #AcciesFC #HeartsFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Substitute - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Scored 64 goals in 193 games, won the Championship and played in the Prem for Wolves

Moved to Ipswich and Preston before joining CFC in 2015

#Spireites #Wolves #itfc #pnefc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Substitute - Rai Simons

Born in Bermuda

Had a trial at West Ham aged 15

Joined CFC from Ilkeston in 2015 and scored 5 goals in two years

Returned to Bermuda and has played for the national team

#Spireites #WHUFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Substitute - Liam Grimshaw

Started in Man Utd's academy

Played 13 games on loan from Preston

Moved on to Motherwell, Greenock Morton and Dundee United, who released him in August

#Spireites #MUFC #pnefc #MotherwellFC #DUFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Forward - Kristian Dennis

Impressed in non-league for Stockport and Macclesfield before joining in CFC in 2016

Scored 31 goals in 90 games despite double relegations

Moved to Notts County and Carlisle

Signed for Tranmere in 2023

#Spireites #NCFC #cufc #TRFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Midfield - Dion Donohue

Signed from Sutton Coldfield in 2015 and made 65 apps

Moved on to Portsmouth, Swindon and Barrow

Quit professional football and became a plasterer while playing part-time for Caernarfon Town

#Spireites #Pompey #STFC #barrowafc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Midfield - Joe Rowley

Came through the club's youth academy and made over 100 apps

Always looked promising, was reportedly linked with Everton and scored a famous goal against Mansfield

Won NLN with Fylde in 2023

Moved to Scunthorpe last summer

#Spireites #UTI
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Midfield - Connor Dimaio

Came through Sheff Utd's academy and joined CFC in 2016

Played 54 games in 2.5 years

Has since played for Stockport, Boston and Matlock

Recovered from an ACL injury and is currently at Bradford PA

#Spireites #SUFC #stockportcounty
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Midfield - Dan Gardner

Played in non-league before signing for the Spireites in Jan 2014

Scored 10 goals in 110 games and won L2

Had spells at Oldham, Wigan and Doncaster

Re-signed for Oldham in 2022 and is still there

#Spireites #oafc #wafc #drfc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Defence - Dan Jones

Joined CFC in 2014 after our promotion to L1

Impressed as we reached the play-off semi-final

Broke his ankle in Nov 2015 which ruled him out for the season

Has since played for Notts County and Cambridge, as well as in Ireland

#Spireites #NCFC #CamUTD
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Defence - Laurence Maguire

Loved by fans

Came through the club's youth team and stayed for 9 years, making 173 apps

Promoted from L2 with Crawley last year on loan

Signed for MK Dons in the summer

#Spireites #CrawleyTown #MKDons
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Defence - Sam Hird

Made 231 apps in 6 years

Joined from Doncaster Rovers in 2012 - played in the Championship for 5 years

Scored in the title-winning game against Fleetwood in 2014

Worked with Ian Evatt at Bolton before taking on a role with the PFA

#Spireites #drfc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Defence - Tom Anderson

Made 58 apps across 2 loans from Burnley

Had a loan at Vale before moving to Doncaster in 2018

Has made 235 apps for Rovers and had a period as captain

Sent off against the Blues in our 3-0 win in September

#Spireites #BurnleyFC #PVFC #drfc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Defence - Paul McGinn

Brother of Villa captain John

220 apps in Scotland before joining CFC in 2016 aged 25

Only made 19 apps before returning to Scotland in Aug 2017

Has been at Motherwell since 2022

Made one international app in 2021

#Spireites #MotherwellFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Goalkeeper - Thorsten Stuckmann

Played over 200 games in Germany before joining Preston in 2011

Won L1 play-offs in 2015 before leaving for Doncaster and Partick Thistle

Signed in Feb 2017 and made 15 apps

Played for Fortuna Dusseldorf II in 17/18

#Spireites #pnefc #drfc
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Manager - Gary Caldwell

Won L1 with Wigan in 2017

Replaced Danny Wilson in Jan 2017

Got relegated from L1 and sacked in Sep 2018 after 5 points in 8 games

Hated by the fanbase

Had a spell at Partick Thistle and has since been at Exeter since Oct 2022

#Spireites #wafc #ECFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's game against Port Vale I've recapped a past game and looked at where our players are now...

I've chosen the 1-0 win at home in April 2017, which saw a 17-year-old Joe Rowley score his first ever goal for the club ⚽️

#Spireites #PVFC
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Nicky Law - son of the former Spireites player & manager; played for Rangers, Bradford & Exeter; now assistant coach at Tampa Bay Rowdies

#rufc #RangersFC #BCAFC #ECFC
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Notable players for Rotherham:

Adam Le Fondre - scored goals for Stockport, Rochdale, Rotherham, Reading, Bolton & Sydney FC; is now at FC United of Manchester in 7th tier

#rufc #StockportCounty #RAFC #ReadingFC #bwfc #SydneyFC
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bench - Scott Boden

Had 2 spells with the Spireites

Made over 100 appearances from 2008-2013 before returning in 2019

Also played for Macclesfield, Halifax, Newport, Wrexham, Gateshead, Torquay & York

Now playing for Retford FC in the 10th tier

#Spireites #WxmAFC #YCFC
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM