From 12th May to 20th June 2012 we have returned to Saltergate a number of times to take photographs of the on going demolition of Chesterfield’s former home. The Spireites played at Saltergate for 139 years before leaving in 2010 and sadly now the ground is almost gone forever. You can see more photos below.
I have done previous reports on the demolition of Saltergate. To see these, click the links.
12th May 2012
“Saltergate”
The roof of the main stand now has holes in it
The Main Stand is now just a shell and you can clearly see the opposite floodlight through the window of this photo
Looking through the Main Stand
The Saltergate floodlights stand tall over Chesterfield
Another space in the main stand roof
A digger next to the Main Stand
Underneath the Main Stand
Each metal bar holding up the stand has the letters CFC on them
The pitch is now just mud
The back wall of the Compton Street Stand where I sat for most of my games at the ground
The Kop steps are smashed up
A floodlight stands over the wall
Another view of the ground, from this angle the demolition is less noticeable
It’s the end of an era
The main stand looks over the hill behind the Kop
A floodlight stands for it’s final few months
Heading home…
17th May 2012
The middle of the Main Stand has now gone
The rubble lies in front of the remaining sections of the stand
Looking straight through the Main Stand
This used to be above the main reception door with the “Chesterfield FC” sign on it
The Compton Street Stand
The Main Stand’s days are numbered…
The piles of rubble that were once the away end
More of the Cross Street wall has been knocked down
Looking through the stand towards a floodlight
A reminder for the fans who once filled the ground every week
A different view over the Cross Street wall
The Main Stand
The path up to Compton Street
The turnstiles have been knocked down
The Kop steps
30th May 2012
The final standing part of the Main Stand
Nothing remains of the rest of the stand
The remainder of the away end
The Compton Street Stand. The TV gantry has now gone.
The demolition
A piece of metal that used to hold up the main stand sticks out of the ground
This view looks a bit different now…
Looking through the hole in the Cross Street wall
The last remaining section of the main stand with the steps behind it
A piece of the Main Stand lies in amongst a pile of rubble
The view from ground level
A digger sits by the pitch
The digger, the remainder of the turnstiles and a floodlight
A fllodlight looks over piles of rubble
The luxury Saltergate toilets remain for a little longer
The remaining sections of the Compton Street Stand
The day after this photograph was taken, the final piece of the stand was knocked down.
The future of the famous old ground…
20th June 2012
Looking towards the entrance where the Main Stand once stood
The floodlights are all that remain
A blue gate lies on the ground
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Twisted bits of metal stick out of the ground where the MainStand once stood
A sign advertising Chesterfield FC Saltergate Ground Tours!
The cross street wall has now almost entirely gone
Piles of mud and rubble on the pitch
The Compton Street Stand
The last remaining barriers
Looking through one floodlight towards another!
The Cross Street wall has been knocked down
Floodlight, a barrier and the remainder of the stand
Demolition in progress
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