Glenn Roeder insists he is taking the competition seriously and explains: "We are preparing like we would do against a Premiership team. We have given Chesterfield the respect they deserve, having watched them three times the way we watch Premiership sides, and they are in a purple patch at the moment, playing out of their skins.
"It will be a very tough game but it is a game the players are all looking forward to, as you can imagine - there is no one wanting to miss this game.
"The Worthington Cup is an important competition, and at a time when football needs money in my opinion it would be wrong not to give it the respect it deserves.
"Apart from Fredi it is a full strength squad that we are going up there with."
Squad: James, Van der Gouw, Forde, Schemmel, Repka, Dailly, Winterburn, Breen, Cole, Sinclair, Cisse, Carrick, Minto, Garcia, Di Canio, Lomas, Rahim, Defoe, Camara, Johnson.