Caldwell’s delight at Chesterfield role

Gary Caldwell has expressed his delight at being confirmed as the new manager of Chesterfield.

Caldwell has signed a one-year rolling contract with the Spireites and will be in the dugout for Saturday’s match with AFC Wimbledon at the Proact.

Caldwell said:-

“It’s really exciting and I’m looking forward to it. I was at the game at the weekend and I had discussions and now I’m just delighted to get everything done and looking forward to working with and meeting the players.

“I spoke to Chris Turner and Ashley Carson last week and I met them again just before the game on Saturday.

“I had great discussions at length about where they wanted to go and what I could bring to that process and I felt that at this time in my career it’s the right move for me.

“I’m hungry to get back into management and to get success. I believe that gives you the control to bring you success and to win football games.”

Caldwell, who guided Wigan Athletic to the League One title in his first managerial role, added:-

“It’s not going to happen overnight and you’re not going to see a totally drastic change to the team that you saw on Saturday – which for me was an extremely hard working team full of quality.

“But I’ll slowly start putting my ideas across and get the team playing a style of football that I believe over a long season will bring you success.

“I’m going to work with all the staff that are here and lean on them because they know more about the squad than I do at this moment in time, so I’m going to need their expertise and I’m looking forward to working with them.”

Photography: Tina Jenner