CLUB
Chester City
Expunged. What a top word. Unless it’s found sitting next to your team’s name. And that’s just what happened with Chester City. The 2009-10 campaign saw the Seals become the second team in our brief history to see their playing record expunged. By the time they were wound up in March 2010, we had already played them twice; collecting six points in the process. With those no longer ours, it meant that (officially) we fell short of 100 points. And fell short by only one point. Maybe we shouldn’t have lost to Ebbsfleet United then.
After dropping into the Conference for the first time in 2000, it took the Seals four years before returning; Boro’ being the only side to win at their gaff when they won the 2003-4 title. They struggled on their return to the League; finishing no higher than 15th. In 2009, the luck ran out and they fell back into the Conference. But the club wouldn’t see out the season. With the club folding, a new Chester FC has since taken their place. Rising up to the National League, the new club’s progress back up the ladder stalled in 2018; demoted back to National League North.
Chester City: The Facts
Head-to-Head
| Played | 10 |
|---|---|
| Won | 4 |
| Drawn | 2 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Goals For | 10 |
| Goals Against | 13 |
| Win % | 40% |
Club History
Chester City: Who Are They?
Long before the Seals (or the Blues) triggered our titillations through the term ‘expunged’, the club had some history. Formed in 1885 as the result of a merger between Chester Rovers and Old King’s Scholars, there’s so much to cover here. We promise to whizz through it though. Sit back, strap in and keep your feckin’ arms inside the car as we try and get you up to speed as possible. Right, 1890 saw the club join its first ‘proper’ league: The Combination. In the 1900s, Chester City finished second FIVE times , before winning the title in 1909.
Fakinel. One paragraph down and still only in 19-oh-bleedin’-nine…
Let’s go quicker – Lancashire Combination (1910); founder member of the Cheshire County League (1919) and election to Football League Division Three North (1931). The latter is more or less what catapults is forward at a pace we’re more happy with. In the 50+ years between 1931 and 1983, they spent a lot of time in the bottom division of the League. In the 1970s, however, there was a League Cup semi-final outing (after dumping out all-conquering Leeds en route). Meanwhile, a certain Ian Rush started his career with them in 1978.
You might ask: “Why 1983?” and it’s a fair enough shout. It is the year in which the former Chester FC became what we know as Chester City. Inside three seasons, the club were up (and back) into the third tier and stayed there for seven years. A couple of yo-yo seasons in the early 90s, though, and it was the basement division yet again. Matters more serious, however, were to follow in the late 90s…
Why do we know Chester City?
At that time, money was – as Mick SimplyHucknallRed would say – too tight to mention. Into administration the Seals went in 1998, before being bought out in summer 1999. A year later, and the club were in the Conference after 69 years in the League. It just so happens that Stevenage Borough were knocking around. So, let us pique your interest as this is where we come into This Is Your Life. Our first-ever meeting, at their place, ended level thanks to Paul Armstrong. Chester came to ours later that term and won 2-1.
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Previous Meetings
| Date | Competition | Venue | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2009 24 Nov 09 | Blue Square Premier Conf | H | 2-0 |
| 19 Sep 2009 19 Sep 09 | Blue Square Premier Conf | A | 1-0 |
| 13 Dec 2003 13 Dec 03 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 2-1 |
| 9 Aug 2003 9 Aug 03 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 0-0 |
| 21 Apr 2003 21 Apr 03 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 0-2 |
| 9 Nov 2002 9 Nov 02 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 0-1 |
| 20 Apr 2002 20 Apr 02 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 1-5 |
| 29 Sep 2001 29 Sep 01 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 2-1 |
| 16 Apr 2001 16 Apr 01 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 1-2 |
| 11 Nov 2000 11 Nov 00 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 1-1 |
Shared Players
| Player | Profile |
|---|---|
| Michael Blackwood | View Profile |
| Jon Brady | View Profile |
| Drewe Broughton | View Profile |
| Finley Burns | View Profile |
| Shaun Carey | View Profile |
| Dean Greygoose | View Profile |
| Chris Holroyd | View Profile |
| Mark Hughes | View Profile |
| John Keister | View Profile |
| Chris Kettings | View Profile |
| Chris McKenzie | View Profile |
| Charlie McNeill | View Profile |
| Curtis Obeng | View Profile |
| David Phillips | View Profile |
| Ian Richardson | View Profile |
| Darryn Stamp | View Profile |
| Chris Tate | View Profile |
| Paul Taylor | View Profile |
| Ashley Westwood | View Profile |
| Brett Williams | View Profile |
