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 Westbars Spireite, on 27 May 2025 - 09:36 AM, said:

That money would have been more wisely spent on coke and hookers.

Ashley's Board meetings?

[spireitetoo]

Here we go with another Dallas saga,

And I don't think Dilan will appear from the shower in 3 month..

[Bald magician]

 spireitetoo, on 27 May 2025 - 10:04 AM, said:

Here we go with another Dallas saga,

And I don't think Dilan will appear from the shower in 3 month..

No this is different, we could afford dallas

[Waller is my hero]

 monte, on 27 May 2025 - 08:47 AM, said:

If we're paying anyone £5.4k a week the someone needs to slap the Kirks, that's ridiculous for "bottom" of L1 let alone L2

You’d be surprised at what most footballers are actually earning at the so-called ‘top’ clubs in League Two. The world has moved on from the days when John Barnes earning £10,000 a week made front-page headlines—for those who remember.

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for players at the bigger League Two clubs to be on £2,000 to £3,000 per week, with the top performers reportedly earning £5,000 to £6,000—and that’s only likely to rise, especially with ambitious clubs like Chesterfield targeting Championship football.

I happen to know a few players at this level, playing for some of those ‘bigger’ sides, and they tend to keep quiet about salaries—but believe me, you’d be surprised. The numbers above aren’t far off the mark at all.

It’s just the world we live in now, for better or worse.

[Misnomer]

 Waller is my hero, on 27 May 2025 - 10:18 AM, said:

You’d be surprised at what most footballers are actually earning at the so-called ‘top’ clubs in League Two. The world has moved on from the days when John Barnes earning £10,000 a week made front-page headlines—for those who remember.

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for players at the bigger League Two clubs to be on £2,000 to £3,000 per week, with the top performers reportedly earning £5,000 to £6,000—and that’s only likely to rise, especially with ambitious clubs like Chesterfield targeting Championship football.

I happen to know a few players at this level, playing for some of those ‘bigger’ sides, and they tend to keep quiet about salaries—but believe me, you’d be surprised. The numbers above aren’t far off the mark at all.

It’s just the world we live in now, for better or worse.

Like who, and what are they earning?

[Misnomer]

 monte, on 27 May 2025 - 08:47 AM, said:

If we're paying anyone £5.4k a week the someone needs to slap the Kirks, that's ridiculous for "bottom" of L1 let alone L2

Tbf if we are going to 'walk this league', it's what we'll need to be paying, and not to just one player. That's why I said it'll take big money to not just get us up but, to stay up. Obviously, folk are ITK and are aware the Kirks are prepared to do what it takes.

[Waller is my hero]

For those that like to educate themselves on new technology; if you are extremely curious just use Open AI to help you understand (my company is huge on AI & it's frighteningly accurate a high percentage of the time, especially if your question is very descriptive).

For those that use Chat GPT, just type in a simple question: What is the salary expenditure for playing staff only at Chesterfield Football Club 2024, 2025? (let it 'Think')

[Waller is my hero]

I love AI
what are the possibilities of Dilan Markanday joining Chesterfield FC permanently?


ChatGPT said:

Thought for 25 seconds
Dilan Markanday’s situation ahead of the summer 2025 window looks like this:

Contract status

On 20 May 2025, Blackburn Rovers confirmed that Markanday had been released at the end of his contract, making him a free agent from 1 June 2025
Derbyshire Times
.

He spent the second half of 2024–25 on loan at Leyton Orient (until 31 May 2025) but now has no parent-club ties
Wikipedia
.

Relationship with Chesterfield

During his season-long loan (2024–25), he scored 6 goals in 22 league appearances and “thoroughly enjoyed” life at the Spireites. He’s publicly said he’ll be “following Chesterfield closely in the future”
Derbyshire Times
.

Manager Paul Cook has indicated Chesterfield want to build their squad on permanent signings rather than loans, though they will continue to use the loan market where it makes sense
Derbyshire Times
.

Financial/practical considerations

As a free agent, Chesterfield would owe no transfer fee, easing budgetary constraints.

His wage demands will likely be in line with other senior League Two players (approx. £2 k–£5 k per week), which the club – with a 2024–25 player wage-bill of ~£1.94 m – can accommodate.

Competition and alternatives

Leyton Orient (where he’s just been on loan) may look to sign him permanently.

Other League One/Two clubs could also bid for his services, given his proven output.

Verdict:
Given his free-agent status, strong rapport with the club, and Chesterfield’s appetite for permanent signings, the chances are high (i.e. strong mutual interest) that he could join permanently—provided his wage expectations and any rival offers align. If Chesterfield move quickly and budget appropriately, securing Markanday on a free transfer this summer looks very feasible.

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 Misnomer, on 27 May 2025 - 10:26 AM, said:

Like who, and what are they earning?

Just googling at random so not verifiable.....

Gavin Kilkenny Swindon, £5.2k/week
James Norwood Oldham, £3.1k/week
Bradley Dack Gillingam, £4.5k/week

[CFC91]

 spireitetoo, on 27 May 2025 - 10:04 AM, said:

Here we go with another Dallas saga,

And I don't think Dilan will appear from the shower in 3 month..

The club will 100% not be letting that happen again. We're moving early so we have time to move on if not. Cook is off on his jollys this week so those who are impatient might have to simmer down a bit though

Will be more outgoings before any incomings I suspect.

[Paragon of Virtue]

 Waller is my hero, on 27 May 2025 - 10:39 AM, said:

For those that like to educate themselves on new technology; if you are extremely curious just use Open AI to help you understand (my company is huge on AI & it's frighteningly accurate a high percentage of the time, especially if your question is very descriptive).

For those that use Chat GPT, just type in a simple question: What is the salary expenditure for playing staff only at Chesterfield Football Club 2024, 2025? (let it 'Think')

AI is pretty much useless for that question though. For a reliable answer you need a good amount of data to train the AI. When there is pretty much no publicly available information you aren't going to get anything worth taking seriously.

I tried it and the two guesses it gave were millions of dollars(!) apart

[prolurker]

 Paragon of Virtue, on 27 May 2025 - 10:50 AM, said:

AI is pretty much useless for that question though. For a reliable answer you need a good amount of data to train the AI. When there is pretty much no publicly available information you aren't going to get anything worth taking seriously.

I tried it and the two guesses it gave were millions of dollars(!) apart

AI is only as accurate as the information that is feeding it. GPT in this scenario would be getting its learnings from publically available info on the web which is about as accurate as loading up a video game and seeing what a player earns.

5k would be a reasonable assumption we'd need to bring him in though.

[Waller is my hero]

 Paragon of Virtue, on 27 May 2025 - 10:50 AM, said:

AI is pretty much useless for that question though. For a reliable answer you need a good amount of data to train the AI. When there is pretty much no publicly available information you aren't going to get anything worth taking seriously.

I tried it and the two guesses it gave were millions of dollars(!) apart

What is the salary expenditure for playing staff only at Chesterfield Football Club 2024-2025 season?

ChatGPT said:

Thought for 13 seconds
For the 2024–25 season, Chesterfield FC’s total playing-staff only wage bill is estimated at £1,939,600 per year, which works out to approximately £37,300 per week
derbyshiretimes.co.uk
.

[Fit as a Nelson]

 Waller is my hero, on 27 May 2025 - 10:53 AM, said:

What is the salary expenditure for playing staff only at Chesterfield Football Club 2024-2025 season?

ChatGPT said:

Thought for 13 seconds
For the 2024–25 season, Chesterfield FC’s total playing-staff only wage bill is estimated at £1,939,600 per year, which works out to approximately £37,300 per week
derbyshiretimes.co.uk
.

If you click on the Derbyshire times link it will be from the football manager article they did, it isn’t accurate.

[ash_cfc]

 dim view, on 27 May 2025 - 10:45 AM, said:

Just googling at random so not verifiable.....

Gavin Kilkenny Swindon, £5.2k/week
James Norwood Oldham, £3.1k/week
Bradley Dack Gillingam, £4.5k/week

Carlisle stood 100% of Embletons £5k per week also. So club will pay it if they deem it a necessity. As someone mentioned above the money players are earning these days are in the thousands. You’ve got semi pro teams playing lads close to 4 figures a week, with expenses on top and it only gets higher the higher you get.

[Paragon of Virtue]

 Waller is my hero, on 27 May 2025 - 10:53 AM, said:

What is the salary expenditure for playing staff only at Chesterfield Football Club 2024-2025 season?

ChatGPT said:

Thought for 13 seconds
For the 2024–25 season, Chesterfield FC’s total playing-staff only wage bill is estimated at £1,939,600 per year, which works out to approximately £37,300 per week
derbyshiretimes.co.uk
.

If you search Chesterfield FC wages 2024 25 on Google you can also find the DT article that's coming from, and you can find the source they used.

When I used ChatGPT it also said our wages were £3 million for the year, from some site called capology, fwiw.

[Waller is my hero]

 ash_cfc, on 27 May 2025 - 10:57 AM, said:

Carlisle stood 100% of Embletons £5k per week also. So club will pay it if they deem it a necessity. As someone mentioned above the money players are earning these days are in the thousands. You’ve got semi pro teams playing lads close to 4 figures a week, with expenses on top and it only gets higher the higher you get.

Carlisle were throwing serious money around in a bid to avoid relegation—look where that got them. Now in the National League, they'll need an immediate return to the EFL to justify that level of spending… or risk going the way of Scunthorpe.

[dtp]

 monte, on 27 May 2025 - 08:47 AM, said:

If we're paying anyone £5.4k a week the someone needs to slap the Kirks, that's ridiculous for "bottom" of L1 let alone L2

Yes, but they have released him now and as a result when his contract comes to an end his earnings drop to zero unless he signs another contract with another club.

Blackburn paid a good transfer fee for him from a premiership club and it would be logical that they would have to pay him a decent wedge to get him to sign. They have now decided to cut their losses and get rid.

So, he is now on the market looking for a club after he has failed to break through at a Championship club, failed to nail down a place in the starting 11 of a L1 club, and did well at a L2 club for half a season or less.

In simple terms, nobody is going to be offering him what he was on at Blackburn and it’s up to him now as to whether he puts money before career.

[Waller is my hero]

 prolurker, on 27 May 2025 - 10:52 AM, said:

AI is only as accurate as the information that is feeding it. GPT in this scenario would be getting its learnings from publically available info on the web which is about as accurate as loading up a video game and seeing what a player earns.

5k would be a reasonable assumption we'd need to bring him in though.

I was sat next to an AI developer on a flight to New York recently, it’s honestly frightening how fast the technology is evolving and what it’s now capable of. As you said, the more data it’s fed, the smarter and more accurate it becomes. I’m sure there are already AI tools out there designed specifically for football clubs, tailored to identify players who fit their tactical style and recruitment model. And if there aren’t… I’m developing one myself! 😄

[LondonBlue]

 ash_cfc, on 27 May 2025 - 10:57 AM, said:

Carlisle stood 100% of Embletons £5k per week also. So club will pay it if they deem it a necessity. As someone mentioned above the money players are earning these days are in the thousands. You’ve got semi pro teams playing lads close to 4 figures a week, with expenses on top and it only gets higher the higher you get.

Indeed. Players in league 1 on £10,000 per week +. The pipe dream of championship football is well out of touch nowadays with the money being absolutely insane. Mid table league 1 is about our ceiling without even more serious investment and probably other investors.