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Chesterfield beat Boreham Wood to seal promotion back to the EFL after 6 year absence

Chesterfield beat Boreham Wood to be crowned National League champions and seal promotion back to the EFL after a 6 year absence.

The Spireites went into this game needing to avoid defeat at home to Boreham Wood, after Oldham and Halifax put the champagne on ice.

But a 3-0 victory on Saturday afternoon with skipper Jamie Grimes netting twice and Liam Mandeville scoring either side of his goals sees them lift the National League trophy.

Paul Cook’s side return to League Two, having dropped out of it in 2018, which at the time meant that would be playing in non league for the first time since re-joining the Football League in 1921.

Then manager Jack Lester had won just nine of his 37 games in charge, but left, while his backroom staff also departed the club.

In came Ian Evatt for the final three games of the season, assisted by academy coach Miguel Llera, as caretaker, winning 1 and losing the other two, before he then got appointed by Barrow in 2018, and stayed with them until 2020, when he left for Bolton.

The managers that Chesterfield had since 2018, were the likes of Martin Allen, John Sheridan, John Pemberton, John Dungworth, James Rowe and then current boss Paul Cook, who transformed the club and guided them back to the EFL.

Nearly 10,000 fans were inside the stadium, and watched as Chesterfield went ahead near the half hour mark, a Liam Mandeville corner landed straight on the head of Jamie Grimes on the penalty spot, putting the ball into the back of the net. Nothing the keeper could do about that.

Then within the first minute of the second half, Dobra crossed for Mandeville who slotted the ball home, with the party starting in the stands.

On 68 minutes, Dobra did fantastically down the by-line, then slipped the ball through to Jamie Grimes to making it 3-0, and also get Chesterfield’s 100th league goal of the season.

This is how fans reacted as Chesterfield beat Boreham Wood to seal promotion back to the EFL after a 6 year absence…

@carlsmith316: Incredible achievement, full squad deserved to be out on the piss now till Good Friday for me lads. You’ve deserved it

@adamlwba: Fair play to them, always kept an eye out for them since we had them in the cup, nice ground with good set of fans

@mrskimmorrison: Absolutely over the moon for them! Well done boys 💙

@nathanswfc04_2: well in chez, spent too long in that cess pit of a league 👏🏻

@TeeGee60518810: Congratulations to Chesterfield for securing the title. Regardless of the amount of fans who decided to have a go at us the other day, they deserve this, head above the rest of the league. May be the last they get to play us for a while, unless the playoffs…

@Connor160103: Hang it up in the dressing room for the rest of the season and let them weep at it every day to show them what could’ve been and potentially could still be if they shown some bottle once in a while #oafc

@WycombeComanche: Really pleased for Chesterfield. Fond memories of our promotion party on their pitch a few years back. Welcome back to the league!

@adyady14: Absolutely massive for the Town this. Got to be within a shout of back to back promotions.

@RichardLilley6: Champions!!!!! 💙 Back in the EFL!! My Town My club #Spireites 🏆

@lewisjordan98: Dead chuffed for chez me.

@GlennHackney11: Welcome back to the football league Chesterfield

@BurtonLeon_: Actually buzzing for chesterfield a proper club, not franchise shite. Can see them kicking on and doing well again #Spireites

@KarliethompsEng: Ready for the result coming in!! Victory dance on hold… But only just!! #spireites

@Niks8_: Dobra for Chesterfield! Honestly he is the carbon copy of Illias Chair 😮‍💨👏🏾⚽️🤝 #chesterfield

@georgemellor93: BRING ON THE PAPA JOHNS TROPHY BABY. Chuffed to bits. #Spireites

@FTM1042: Massive massive congratulations 🍾 to everyone associated with chesterfield I’m delighted for all of you. Huge achievement great scenes 💙🍻 well done lads

@stephen_dimmock: Congratulations, a fully deserved promotion and I expect you to do very well in League 2 next season

@stevedarney: Welcome back Spireites 👍🏼 … been in and round promotion for the last few seasons – but head and shoulders above the pack this time round. Fair play … enjoy 🏆 …

@dp66: Congratulations and welcome back. As a Luton fan, I know how you all feel today!

@daveflemm: From a Hartlepool fan, well done! Cracking season and a cracking club, back where you belong! Hopefully we’re back in the promised land next season too, good luck!

@whittledean90: Well done Chesterfield, good to see you back in the football league where you belong 👍

@SufcLee: congratulations. it always brilliant to see local sides successful. good luck next season

@Natalie30163876: Brilliant achievement congratulations and welcome back to the football league 👏👏

@speedupdating: That moment when the town you were born and grew up in gets back in the football league… we’ve had to wait for it, but very happy that #Chesterfield are back where they should be! 👏 #spireites 🔼

@sophie_cutting: Buzzing for Chesterfield. All Town aren’t we #CBS 💙

@RSSWFC: Congrats to Chesterfield a great day for my living town 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️ 🏆 champions

@ScottRBerry0722: 2 straight years the Vanarama National League title has been clinched by the home team in a game vs Borehamwood. Although this season wasn’t exactly as nail biting as last year. Chesterfield have been a freaking wrecking ball. Now just hoping Barnet can win the playoffs

@BennySlats: WE ARE BACK BABY!!! What a season, what a team, what a manager & what a job the trust have done since taking over the club! 🔵⚪️

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