Ernie Moss

Team Ernie

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Team Ernie, 7 January 2015
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The proceeds from the Chesterfield #ErnieMossDay were handed to DementiaUK at the game against Doncaster on Saturday 31 January.  The Ale sales, badge donations and bucket collection raising £3043.21.

On Saturday 17 January Ernie was a guest at Gainsborough Trinity where he managed the club to a cup double in 1997.  There was a bucket collection at the game against Stockport County, another of his former clubs.

Thank you to everyone who supported #ErnieMossDay at Chesterfield FC- details about the bucket collection and badge donations soon.

Ernie Moss is an English former footballer. He is most associated with his home town club, Chesterfield, where in three separate spells spanning nearly 20 years he made 539 appearances, scoring a club record 192 goals. He was later voted PFA Fans' Favourites and cult hero number one by the club's supporters.[3] His total of 749 league appearances puts him in the top 20 all-time list for Football League appearances.

With Chesterfield he won the Fourth Division title in 1969–70 and 1984–85. He was also promoted out of the fourth tier with Port Vale in 1982–83 and with Doncaster Rovers in 1983–84. He also won the Third Division title with Mansfield Town in 1976–77, and finished second in the Football Conference with Kettering Town in 1988–89. In addition to these achievements, he was also voted Port Vale F.C. Player of the Year in 1982. Other Football League clubs he played for include Peterborough United, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Scarborough, and Rochdale. He also turned out for non-league sides Matlock Town and Shepshed Charterhouse.

 He later embarked on a fifteen-year career as a manager at the non-league level of the English football pyramid, taking charge at Gainsborough Trinity, Leek Town, Matlock Town, Hucknall Town, and Belper Town. He led Gainsborough to a Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and Peter Swales Shield double in 1997, as well as a further Challenge Cup final appearance in 1998. He also won promotion out of the Northern Premier League First Division with Matlock Town in 2003–04. He also worked as Peter Morris's assistant at Boston United and Kettering Town.

Ernie has been diagnosed with Pick's Disease a type of Frontotemporal Dementia.

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Dementia UK

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Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nurse charity. Our nurses, called Admiral Nurses – who we continually support and develop – provide life-changing care for families affected by all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,582.00
+ £342.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,539.00
Offline donations
£3,043.00

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