Chester City Exiles plan bucket collection at Wrexham match

The Chester City Exiles are planning to help City Fans United with a fund-raising bucket collection on Tuesday night at Kingsmeadow, when AFC Wimbledon take on Wrexham in the Blue Square Premier League. A statement released by the Chester City Exiles read: Exiled Chester fans will be staging a fund-raising bucket collection, to help build [...]

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Football fans vote for Chester FC name

Football supporters in Chester have voted overwhelmingly in favour of christening the city’s new football club ‘Chester FC’, The Chronicle can reveal. The name will be used by the phoenix club City Fans United (CFU) hope to establish from the ashes of the now-defunct Chester City FC. Supporters, who have been voting since last Wednesday from [...]

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City Fans United released statement following Chester City’s demise

Today, 125 years of history of Chester City Football Club was ended at the High Court, and this was a sad culmination in a period of turbulence that has seen the club slip out of the Football League for a second time, fail to pay its employees, and failing to fulfil fixtures in the Football [...]

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City Fans United – Preparing for a brighter future

Press release issued today from City Fans United: Since Chester City were expelled from the Football Conference on Friday, there have been a number of rumours circulating about the future of football in Chester, specifically a number of misunderstandings about CFU’s work towards the reformation of the Club.  We understand the concern that fans and [...]

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City Fans United issue statement following Conference decision

An interim statement has been issued by City Fans United in light of today’s news that Chester City Football Club have been expelled from the Football Conference. Today the member clubs of the Football Conference have voted to expel Chester City FC from the competition. City Fans United are dismayed and saddened that this situation [...]

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City Fans United react to Danish takeover deal

Members of a Danish consortium met representatives of the CFU yesterday before they met the club. It was made clear to them that any rescue bid would need the support of the fans, the wider community, and a viable Business Plan. We were not satisfied with the very brief report we had after the meeting [...]

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CFU host public meeting on Thursday night

A reminder that City Fans United are holding an open meeting at Chester’s Guildhall tomorrow night at 8pm. The future of football in Chester will be decided on Thursday by the Footballing authorities. If the Football Conference decide on expelling the club from its League on Thursday, then it is likely the football club will [...]

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CFU respond to Harvey sacking

City Fans United would like to state their disappointment, shock, and anger at the decision to replace Jim Harvey as Manager of Chester City Football Club. Supporters had recently received assurances from new Director of Football, Morell Maison, that Mr Harvey would continue in his role as team manager, this was strengthened in the meeting [...]

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Maison agrees to meet fans (assuming his expenses get paid!)

City Fans United, having previously expressed concern over the ongoing turmoil at Chester City F.C. and stated their bewilderment at the appointment of Morell Maison as Director of Football, have requested that Mr Maison meet with the supporters’ organisation to discuss what his priorities and future plans are for Chester City F.C., including clarification over [...]

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CFU appeal for talks about Chester City future

The stories that were broken by the local press earlier this week that Stephen Vaughan has been in advanced negotiations to sell Chester City to a business consortium will come as a source of relief for all City fans this festive period. It is with interest that City Fans United see that Mr Vaughan has [...]

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