[Devongone]

Thought about writing a book Dev about your experiences and stories of following Chesterfield?

No Matt, I always followed the results, but I didn't actually follow the team away that much. Some seasons growing up I'd have seen all the home games, but every other Saturday I'd have been watching my dad's team in the Hope Valley.

Then I started playing in men's football at 15. By the time I was in the sixth form at school I was in the team every week so I only got to see night matches and the odd Saturday.

But there must be someone my age who saw everything I saw and much much more, who would have a wonderful funny book inside them. To this day I have no idea why those trawlermen came for us. Chesterfield were miserable. 2-0 could have been 8-0 and no-one would have moaned. It was even worse than when we spent all day hitching to Scunthorpe only to see the team not try an inch. The Old Show Ground?

If the devil has somewhere worse than Cleethorpes lined up I'd be a good boy from now till I pop my clogs in the hope of avoidance ..........

I'd love to be able to research and write a book about the old Hope Valley League and take it through to the present day. It was a wonderful league back when I was young. I remember my debut on the wing against Hathersage Reserves. I'd never ever played on the wing before, but I was 15 so I was on the right wing. But when I finally got my chance to play in goal I have to say there aren't many feelings in life better than coming out to catch a cross at full stretch. I loved that feeling of just catching the ball and the more difficult the situation the better it felt. If goalkeepers aren't in love with what they are doing, if they fear crosses, feel frozen to their goal line they should give it up. Keeping goal is absolute poetry. maybe that's the book I should write.