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Not only is he a fat head but he barely disguises his complete lack of interest in Chesterfield. I bet he wishes we weren't in their region.
Both Adam Oxley and Andy Giddings have been to town games over the last couple of seasons - not very often admittedly - but as far as I am aware Staton has never seen us. When he was whinging about not seeing any local wins in the first few weeks of the season I thought why doesn't he go and see Chesterfield? Radio Sheffield's coverage of us on Saturday was almost non existent. Even Paul Fisher wasn't there and they had some guy giving a half time report who as far as I heard didn't then give a full time report.
I listened to 1866 but I increasingly can't stomach Tooley's confusing commmentaries with his constant oohs and ahhs, 'what's going on here?' and 'I tell you what's.' It leaves me confused and unsatisfied as I think we are about to score then don't. Also they gave Oldaker the Motm which seems a strange reading of the game by other accounts.
Unfortunately as much as they marginalise us and Staton who seems to be (or thinks he is) the main man ignores us, Radio Dee Dah are far more professional.

This was the first won at home since 1930s. Does anyone know where the others were won?

The last in Cook's previous time was won at Burton but can't remember the others. Where was Sheridan's title won? Where was Law's promotion won?
In 1985 I remember a pitch invasion against Rochdale at home in what must have been the last match and my mate falling on his ass when he clambered over the wall - I stayed sensibly on Compton Street. Presumably it had already been won?
Whilst I don't recall where 1970 was won.
The other promotion in the 1990's was of course a Wembley play off.

Does anyone know how many of our six defeats Jones featured in?

Anyone who thinks we will be nailed on to challenge for automatic promotion next season, which includes not only some fans but much of the media, is sadly delusional. Although I don't think we will struggle and will probably win more games than we lose be prepared for a lot more losses than this season. Mid table or an outside chance of the play offs is the best we can hope for.
As we all know the defence is simply not good enough and without new defenders I don't see a solution. As I suggested elsewhere there is no guarantee they will be any better. Good defenders aren't any easier to find that top strikers.

The thing which has really struck me lately is you take Colclough and Dobra out of the side and we look very ordinary. I know Dobra has his faults but he is a very skillful player at this level. Let's hope Colclough, our other truly skillful player, isn't going to have his career constantly disrupted by injury.
Mandeville had a lot of the ball second half last night but didn't do much with it and doesn't look the player he was. Hopefully this decline isn't permanant and he doesn't become the inconsistent frustrating performer he used to be. Also there is real concern for Naylor who will still be player of the season, but he has also looked extremely ordinary for a good number of games now and mistakes have crept into his play. Although he still chips in with goals and for these alone needs to play.
Apart from Dobra and Colclough we have hope from Berry and of course Grigg's goals, although he should have scored more than one last night. I wonder how Kabby would have fared with the one on one? Banks is a decent offensive option but as has been recognised is defensively poor and Oldaker is certainly not the answer.
The ages of Banks, Naylor, Jacobs, Grigg, Grimes, Palmer, Williams and of course especially Jones are concerning - none are going to get better.
There is also hope with Hobson, but despite his good goal at Oldham, in the couple of games he has had hasn't pulled up any trees, although any player deserves at least half a dozen games to show what he can do.
If we have lost Grigg and Colclough for the rest of the season it will be a disappointing end. The points record has gone as it seems have Grigg's chances of adding to his goal tally, but we can still reach 100 points and goals. However the record I really want is to remain unbeaten at home as I have never known that. However, I genuinely fear for that record in the last three games.

Finally, a word on the pitch last night. Yes, it's the same for both teams, but it was only in the second half that we got to some grips with it. Prior to that players were struggling to control the ball as they were at Dorking and I noticed sometimes they were overhitting it in a bid to get it through the mud. Such pitches make it really difficult to judge the weight of passes.
Ironically, players in the Sixties and Seventies had to play regularly on such surfaces. However modern players, more familiar with snooker table surfaces, aren't used to adapting their game for unpredictable surfaces. I wonder what they would have made of the Baseball Ground? I must say though some of the pitches this season have been as poor as I have seen for many years.

The title will be won with half a dozen games remaining. Do you think Cook should use these games, which will in effect be little more than glorified friendlies, to experiment? For example, resting Naylor who has played in virtually every game and doesn't seem to have been quite himself of late, and giving the likes of Hobson a chance? Maybe even bring King back for a potential last fling to see if he can still add value. Also what has happened to Curtis? Is he still around?
Or could it be argued that there is still much to play for and standards shouldn't be allowed to drop? I accept the points record, alhough just mathematically still possible, is unlikely to be broken, but we can still easily obtain 100 points and goals and remain unbeaten at home, all of which are worth playing for.