Daryl Clare saddened by Chester demise

Chester City old boy Daryl Clare has expressed his sadness at the demise of his former club – but is delighted current club Gateshead will be the main beneficiaries. Clare scored a superb 48 goals in 60 league games during a successful two year stay at the Deva Stadium, helping the club back into the [...]

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Chester City – the end of the road and the rebirth

Send not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. The bell tolled for Chester City at just after 2.00 this afternoon. Against the predictions of many – myself included – the Football Conference made the right decision and expelled Chester City from its organisation. This evening isn’t a time for celebration. We should [...]

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Updated statement from the Football Conference with regards to Chester City Football Club

Following the general meeting the Board of the Football Conference convened and declared in line with Football Conference Rule 13.9 that Chester City’s record in the Blue Square Premier this season will be expunged. The resultant changes to the table which will affect other club records will not be activated until any right of appeal [...]

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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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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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125 years of history comes to an end as Chester City are thrown out of the Football Conference

125 years of football in Chester has finally come to an end today as Chester City have been expelled from the Football Conference. The Conference Board received over 75% of the votes required from member clubs at today’s meeting to throw them out. The club now face a winding up order on 10 March from [...]

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Conference to decide City fate on Friday

THE Football Conference announce that Member Clubs have confirmed, in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Ltd Company, that they consent to a meeting to consider the recommendation to expel Chester City (2004) FC from membership, being convened with less than 21 days notice. The matter is therefore scheduled to be heard on [...]

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Cheshire West and Chester hope to sustain football in Chester

Cheshire West and Chester City Council intend to help maintain a football club in Chester should the current club be expelled from the Football Conference. City are suspended from the Blue Square Premier after pleading guilty to five breaches of the league’s rules. “We will work with, support and help any group if they can [...]

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Friday judgement day for Chester City Football Club

The Management Committee of the Football Conference will meet today to decide on the fate of Chester City with an announcement expected to be made on Friday. The Deva Stadium club is facing a winding up petition from HM Revenue and Customs about the ability of City’s owners to run the club in a professional [...]

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Chester City fans plead with the Conference to put them out of their misery

FANS of Chester City are pleading with the Football Conference to kill off their crisis-stricken club and put them out of their misery today. Conference bosses will decide whether to kick the 125-year-old Blues out of the league this afternoon after they were charged with breaching five competition rules including bringing the league into disrepute. [...]

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