Former city players continue to join players association

The Chester City Former Players Associaion is continuing to grow and has recently passed the 50 membership mark with the signing of Noel Bradley.  He was soon followed in the ranks by Darryn Stamp, Luke Beckett, John Kelly, former manager Jim Harvey and Billy Windle.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council sets 25 day Deva Stadium deadline

AFTER recovering the lease on the Deva Stadium, Cheshire West and Chester Council last night gave groups interested in using it to run a football club 25 days to come forward. Council leader Mike Jones is warning all parties planning to preserve football in the city that they must notify the authority of their intentions [...]

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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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Farewell to Chester City Football Club (2004) Ltd and the Deva Stadium

Chester City FC (2004) Ltd have today been wound up by the HMRC over the matter of an unpaid tax bill.  Here’s a few memories from a recent visit to the ‘theatre of screams’ before it becomes overgrown and derelict…

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High Court date looms for Chester City Football Club

Chester City FC (2004 Ltd) are back in the High Court on Wednesday March 10 as they face a winding up order from HMRC. The amount of money owed is £26,125. Adding to the Vaughan Family woes is the news that the Council may seek to evict the club from Deva Stadium over late payments [...]

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Jon Walters not surprised by Chester City situation

Former Chester City midfielder Jonathan Walters says he was disappointed but not surprised to see his former club Chester City’s long-running financial woes lead to their expulsion from the Blue Square Premier last week. The 26-year-old joined the Blues from Chester, then in League Two, in January 2007. Walters told the Ipswich Town Football Club site: [...]

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Reaction to Chester City’s demise today

The Football Conference have expelled Chester City following a vote of it’s member clubs this morning at Rushden & Diamonds’ Nene Park Stadium. Needing 75% support of it’s motion to expel Chester City, the vote has been carried and Chester City Football Club have been expelled from the league. The Board of the Football Conference [...]

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Council closes public access to the Deva Stadium

Cheshire West and Chester Council have published a statement today confirming the closure of the Deva Stadium to spectators for Sunday’s derby clash against Wrexham.  The statement reads: “Trading Standard officers today (Wednesday) served a Prohibition Notice on Chester City Football Club prohibiting the opening of the Deva Stadium to spectators for Sunday’s derby clash [...]

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The New Saints apply to share the Deva Stadium

The New Saints have applied to ground share with Blue Square Premier strugglers Chester City next season as an another option in their bid for Super 12 status. The move comes after the Saints were refused grant aid for further development of Park Hall stadium by Welsh Grounds Improvement last month. TNS had applied for [...]

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Report – Chester City 1 Ebbsfleet United 2

Kent based Ebbsfleet United became the latest Blue Square Premier club to extract an easy three points out of Chester City and in all honesty it could have been a lot worse for the Blues had it not have been for another outstanding display by City shot-stopper John Danby.  Danby pulled off a string of [...]

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