Following news of the death of former Chesterfield player Keith Havenhand, club historian Stuart Basson pays this tribute to him… Born in Dronfield in 1937, Keith Havenhand’s development as an inside-right began at school, where he became part of the Chesterfield Schoolboys’ side that reached the final of the English Schools FA Shield in 1953, scoring in the 3-1 aggregate defeat to Swansea Boys. Keith joined Chesterfield as an amateur upon leaving school in May 1953 and made his Northern Intermediate League debut for us in August of the same year. The schoolboy became a young adult and progressed to our “A” team, in the Yorkshire League, by April 1954, playing men’s football against local colliery and works teams. Keith was still 16 years old when he made his debut for our reserves in a Central League game against Wolves Reserves on August 28, 1954. Opposing him down the left of the Wolves defence that day were future England internationals Ron Flowers and Eddie Clamp. He played 29 times for the reserves that season and scored a respectable seven goals in a side that finished – as it often did – bottom of the Central League. At the age of … Continue reading Keith Havenhand