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PURCHASE POWER

DAN O’TOOLE finds out how Chesterfield’s strength and conditioning coach Mal Purchase is trying to get the Spireites in tip-top condition…

Mal Purchase 

Mal Purchase puts Chesterfield’s players through their paces 
Pictures: Chesterfield FC/Tina Jenner

SPEND five minutes in the company of Chesterfield’s strength and conditioning coach, Mal Purchase, and you are left with no doubt that the ex-serviceman knows exactly how to construct and maintain an elite professional athlete.
Revolutionising the club behind the scenes, Purchase is establi...

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