Bob's Board: Spirelights - Bob's Board

Every Christmas the Chesterfield FC Memorial Garden is lit with blue SpireLights.

Each SpireLight has the name of someone to be commemorated, usually as we have lost them over the last year. However many names appear each year as family and friends chose this time of year to remember loved ones.

There is no cost to adding a name each year but we do request that, if you can, that you offer a minimum donation of £5. Any profits from this year's efforts will be used to maintain the Memorial Garden and on projects connected to heritage work. Just add the name to your donation.

This year the SpireLights will go out every evening from Monday 18 December. If you want to collect a SpireLight and take it home this can be done after the match on saturday 23 December. SpireLights that remain will glow over the Christmas weekend.

If you want to include a name but arenot able to support us finacially email peterwhiteley@spireitestrust.org.uk. Cash contibutions can also be brought to the HUB and the Club Superstore.

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dalekpete, on 10 December 2023 - 08:26 PM, said:

You can add names of players and officials, Spireite fans, their family members, local people and those in the news. I will do I SpireLight to remember the life of any reasonable person.

dalekpete, on 10 December 2023 - 08:26 PM, said:

From the wider footballing world I am including Sir Bobby Charlton, Pele, Terry Venables and John Motson. Any more since last Christmas that need recognition?

dalekpete, on 13 December 2023 - 03:08 PM, said:

Going to assume Tony Brien and Gary Simpson are already there so...

Franny Lee, Dickie Davies, Trevor Francis & Bill Kenwright

Johnnyspireite7, on 13 December 2023 - 04:06 PM, said:

Yes Tony and Gary as well as Gerry Clarke.

dalekpete, on 13 December 2023 - 05:41 PM, said:

And Ian Machent reserve team player from 1961/62 who died very recently in the US.

dalekpete, on 14 December 2023 - 11:11 PM, said:

I didn’t know Ian had died and I’m really saddened. We were in the same year at William Rhodes Infants and Juniors together, than at Chesterfield School (Ian in Lingard House, me in Bradley). Ian was a great footballer and progressed as far as the Spireites Reserves, I recall. Not surprising because his Dad was Stan Machent, I think. He was a really good player for the Town. All the family were very good footballers. Ian always had a twinkle in his eye and excelled at many sports including squash, tennis and golf. He lived at Hady before work took him to the States. RIP mate. Never forgotten.

Including Alwyn Nightingale, the patriach of the Squire family, who we lost today in his nineties.