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Fans put in the miles for their heroes

Long-standing fans David Moseby and daughter Becky travelled from Devon for Chesterfield’s coronation as National League champions.
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By Tony Bugby

DEDICATED: Daughter and Dad, Becky and David Moseby

LONG-STANDING fans David Moseby and daughter Becky travelled from Devon for Chesterfield’s coronation as National League champions.
David, 73, who was taken to his first game at Saltergate in 1959, described the six years outside the EFL as being painful.
The former miner, who was raised in Chesterfield, said: “We thought we would get straight back out of it, but it was not that easy having to play on plastic pitches and at poor grounds. It was a great learning curve.
“It took Wrexham 15 years and us six years without mov...

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