Chesterfield FC is an English football league club based in the market town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. No less than four clubs have borne the name Chesterfield FC.  The first, lays claim to being the fourth oldest Football League club in England.  Formed in 1867 they were first admitted to The Football League in 1899 when they were elected to the Second Division. They stayed in the Football League Division Two until 1908 when they were voted out having applied for re-election for the fourth season in a row. The club returned to the Midland League where they enjoyed some success prior to the First World War but in 1915, faced with mounting financial problems, the club was wound up. A new Chesterfield FC was immediately formed and this team competed in the Midland Combination with several "guest players" from Football League clubs. This club was disbanded in 1917 following a scandal over payments to players which also led to the suspension of  40 players and officials . On April 24th, 1919, Chesterfield Municipal FC was formed but their start to the new season was far from auspicious, as they were thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player. In 1920, the club won the Midland League championship and under pressure from the FA, cut their ties with the council and became Chesterfield FC - the fourth club to have borne this name - and were chosen to join the new Northern Section of the Third Division of the Football League. In 1931 Chesterfield won their divisional championship and returned to the Second Division after an absence of 23 years but they lasted only two seasons before relegation. In 1936  they won promotion for the second time and by the time war broke out they had established themselves firmly in Division Two.  Since the war Chesterfield have spent most of their history in the bottom two divisions (apart from 1995-2000) narrowly avoiding having to seek re-election on two occasions. Chesterfield's most notable successes came in the 1990s, when they won the Division Three playoff final at Wembley in 1995 and reached the FA Cup semi-finals two years later. Chesterfield finished the 2010-11 season as champions of League Two but were relegated the following season.  They won the League Two title for the fourth time in 2013-14. Consecutive relegations saw the club drop out of the English Football League in 2018.