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The Bulls travel to Saltergate for the last time on Saturday for a League Two match.
The last trip to Chesterfield was an unhappy one. With the Sky cameras present the Bulls were thumped 4-0 with Jack Lester scoring twice in January 2008. It's hasn't been an awful lot better in previous seasons, with the Bulls travelling on Saturday looking to break a run of eight straight losses to the Spireites on their home patch. It was September 1983 when the Bulls last earned a draw at Saltergate, and September 1975 when they recorded their only win at the doomed ground.
Saltergate will be no more next season. The £13million 10,000 capacity B2Net Stadium, built on the site of an old glassworks, will replace the ageing ground that has been home to the Spireites since 1871. On the pitch the club hope to see off the old ground with a promotion celebration. They currently lie fifth, four points inside the play-offs and four points short of an automatic spot. Veteran striker Jack Lester remains the club's leading scorer this season, with eight goals, but he has only been seen once on the pitch in 2010 due to injury and they have struggled for goals without him. They have just four goals in their last six games, earning a less than stellar seven points from 18 to fall out of the race for the automatic promotion spots.
The Bulls will travel with new found optimism after a strong performance against Bradford. Graham Turner will hope that his latest international recruit will have a similar effect to the two that arrived for the Bantams match. The Yugoslav-Swede is, by my reckoning, the twentieth different nationality to play for Graham Turner at Hereford United. Mark Pugh and Leon Constantine head the scoring charts with eight goals each, with the in-form Gavin McCallum on six. They'll all like to get into double figures before the end of the season.
Chesterfield vs Hereford United, Saltergate, Saturday 27th March, 3.00pm.
