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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Chester City Football Club (2004) Ltd is wound up by the tax man

The debt-ridden company behind Chester City FC has been wound up. Chester City FC 2004 Ltd failed to settle its debts with HM Revenue & Customs resulting in the adjudication at the High Court in London this morning. In January the company was given six weeks to finalise proposals for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) [...]

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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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City given 10 March deadline by the courts

City’s winding-up petition case in the Royal Courts of Justice today has been adjourned for a period of 42 days. Club official’s appeared in court today facing a winding-up petition from HMRC and will have to return again in March after the case was adjourned for 42 days.  It was revealed that Chester City are currently in [...]

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Frank Warren expresses interest in City investment

According to today’s Chester Leader, boxing promoter Frank Warren is in talks with officials at the Deva Stadium about a possible investment into the club.  There are also rumours that a consortium headed by front man Morrell Maison are also in talks about taking over at Blues, but with a winding up order looming over [...]

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Chester City continue to plunge from one crisis to another

When Chester City’s Stephen Vaughan won permission to start this season in the Blue Square Premier, there were several gasps of disbelief. While the issues relating to the financing of football clubs are seldom a black and white issue, there seemed to be little question that, in having an application to enter into a CVA [...]

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