IT IS five years since Will Grigg finished a season with double figures but the confidence that once made him the most feared hitman in League One remains undimmed.
“I still feel good, I still feel sharp,” says the 32-year-old. “Things happen in football, for a variety of reasons, but I know in myself I’m still that player who can score 20 goals in League One.”
Chesterfield are certainly hoping so. The Spireites fought off competition from several third and fourth tier clubs to land Grigg this summer, a stunning transfer coup to rival Wrexham’s capture of Paul Mullin in 2021.
Yet while Mullin arrived cradling a League Two golden boot, Grigg is coming off the back of several barren seasons. It is why he turned his back on the EFL, and why a reunion with his old Wigan boss, Paul Cook, right, proved so enticing. “I did have offers to play higher,” says Grigg. “But that’s just ego, isn’t it? I’ve never been that person who goes ‘Oh, I’m a Championship player’, ‘I’m a League One player’.
Opportunity
“Honestly, what I really want to do is get back to scoring goals and get back to enjoying my football. I saw this as a massive opportunity to do that.”
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CRAIG'S BOOSTS
MANAGERIAL stalwart Craig Edwards is back in charge of Barking – 23 years after he left!
LENNIE GETS THE LOVE
VETERAN caretaker chief Lennie Lawrence says he is “excited” to be handed the reins at Hartlepool United permanently – just a few weeks before his 77th birthday!
MOTORS FEELS LIKE HOLMES!
WHEN he was younger, Danny Holmes played video games that simulated being a football manager.
REES HITS FAB FOUR AS TOWN ROMP IT
RICARDO REES struck four times to help Merthyr Town maintain their spot at the top of the table with a dominant home win against play-off chasing Havant & Waterlooville.
DULWICH DISPLAY DELIGHTS COACHES
GOALS from Danny Mills, Luke Wanadio and Lorenzo’s stoppage-time finish fired Dulwich Hamlet to a comfortable win over fellow play-off hopefuls Potters Bar Town, though the scoreline doesn’t tell the full story.
ANCHORS A RAPID
ASHTON UNITED hit two goals in two minutes to come from behind to win at Stockton Town.
SEAGULLS KEEP THE HEAT ON ROMANS
BATH City were made to pay for their mistakes by high-flying Weston-super-Mare.
CLINICAL COLEMAN KEEN AS MUSTARD
CIAN COLEMAN’S hat-trick lifted Buxton to their highest league position of the season as they became the latest side to frustrate Scunthorpe.
KEV SEES RED IN REE PANT!
SOUTHEND United boss Kevin Maher hit out at referee Abigail Byrne following his side’s defeat to Yeovil Town at Roots Hall.
MARVEL MATTY DENIES MOORS
BOTH managers insisted their teams deserved more after Altrincham came from behind to steal a point in a six-goal thriller at Solihull Moors.
