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Post by Lobster on Apr 1, 2023 19:36:59 GMT
2000 - Halifax 0-1 Chester
2002 - Chester 1-1 Yeovil
2006 - Chester 2-1 Macclesfield (the Derek Asomoah game)
2013 - Chester 2-0 Altrincham
2017 - Torquay 0-1 Chester
2023 - Darlington 1-2 Chester
A pretty good day for us in recent years. Any memories of these games?
My memories of that Halifax game are a man dressed as a parrot turning up as our mascot, and a young Paul Carden covering every blade of grass.
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Post by Zvonimir Boban on Apr 1, 2023 20:37:56 GMT
The parrot remains as baffling to me 23 years on as it did at the time. Great away win with a fantastic away support on the open terrace at the Shay.
Asamoah during his spell of 6 consecutive goals for us that led to 9 points. And he got the winner in the next game after that run v Wrexham.
Yeovil? Vaguely recall it. Had Mark Wright just been appointed manager? It heralded a decent end to the season though when we avoiding being relegated from the conference.
No recollection of Alty or Torquay even though I’m sure I was at both. Don’t think that I’ve missed a trip to Plainmoor since the mid 90s although I did miss the first 30 mins of a game in the late 90s that we won 3-0 after horrendous traffic on the M6.
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Post by Anders on Apr 1, 2023 20:47:00 GMT
We effectively ensured safety with the Torquay win, Sam Hughes smashed it in from the edge of the box.
Halifax was a great day, Beckett with a pen.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Apr 1, 2023 21:46:07 GMT
At Torquay I can remember Alex Lynch saving a one-on-one, before recovering to make a sensational stop from a powerful Jamie Reid volley in the follow-up. A save that good that a fair few Torquay United supporters behind the goal began to stand up and cheer thinking they scored, before realising it didn’t go in. It was an important win for us at the time, in the middle of that torrid period where we went nine months without a home win.
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Post by Lobster on Apr 1, 2023 21:52:21 GMT
The parrot remains as baffling to me 23 years on as it did at the time. Great away win with a fantastic away support on the open terrace at the Shay. It was do to with a bloke who had a section in Match of the Day magazine at the time where he was given some sort of challenge every month. His challenge that month was to surprise a club's fans by turning up as a costumed mascot. He chose us because we were bottom of the league and he didn't live far from Halifax. |
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Post by Lobster on Apr 1, 2023 21:56:20 GMT
We effectively ensured safety with the Torquay win, Sam Hughes smashed it in from the edge of the box. I remember McCarthy even arguing at the end of the season that it didn't matter than we lost the remaining six games after it because we knew we were safe after that win! |
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Post by Anders on Apr 1, 2023 23:45:19 GMT
We effectively ensured safety with the Torquay win, Sam Hughes smashed it in from the edge of the box. I remember McCarthy even arguing at the end of the season that it didn't matter than we lost the remaining six games after it because we knew we were safe after that win! I'm sure he came out after that Torquay game and lauded Blaine Hudson as his best signing only to let him go a month later. It was really difficult to listen to him by that point as he'd just completely lost it. We only won a few games for months, all away, Southport where a Horwood cross from the wing somehow fluked it's way in to the net, Bromley where Durrell just banged one in from 30 yards late on and that Torquay one. |
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Post by agl on Apr 2, 2023 7:15:35 GMT
I remember McCarthy even arguing at the end of the season that it didn't matter than we lost the remaining six games after it because we knew we were safe after that win! I'm sure he came out after that Torquay game and lauded Blaine Hudson as his best signing only to let him go a month later. It was really difficult to listen to him by that point as he'd just completely lost it. We only won a few games for months, all away, Southport where a Horwood cross from the wing somehow fluked it's way in to the net, Bromley where Durrell just banged one in from 30 yards late on and that Torquay one. Blaine Hudson would walk into any worst ever Chester X1. McCarthy should have gone with him and we might not be where we are now. Inexplicable he wasn't moved on earlier. |
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Post by cameandabel on Apr 2, 2023 7:30:54 GMT
Think we only managed one point at home in the second half of the 2016-17 season. A week after that win at Torquay we lost 2-0 at home to relegation-threatened York and from what I recall they controlled the game throughout. It just summed up the way things were going under McCarthy.
Funnily enough, Calum has named McCarthy in a couple of interviews as being a major influence on him becoming a manager. Perhaps his time here has then ultimately reaped some reward several years down the line.
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 2, 2023 7:53:09 GMT
McCarthys team is the worst I’ve ever seen and I’ve been going since 1993/4.
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Post by agl on Apr 2, 2023 7:59:11 GMT
Think we only managed one point at home in the second half of the 2016-17 season. A week after that win at Torquay we lost 2-0 at home to relegation-threatened York and from what I recall they controlled the game throughout. It just summed up the way things were going under McCarthy. Funnily enough, Calum has named McCarthy in a couple of interviews as being a major influence on him becoming a manager. Perhaps his time here has then ultimately reaped some reward several years down the line. I think he was a decent number two but a truly awful manager (albeit he started promisingly). He was spouting delusional nonsense towards the end. As for being our worst ever team, there's quite a long short list. The team that went down under Pejic was way out of its depth and at the end of the Alan Oakes era there was a stinker (when we had Gary Simpson up front). |
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 2, 2023 8:55:22 GMT
Think we only managed one point at home in the second half of the 2016-17 season. A week after that win at Torquay we lost 2-0 at home to relegation-threatened York and from what I recall they controlled the game throughout. It just summed up the way things were going under McCarthy. Funnily enough, Calum has named McCarthy in a couple of interviews as being a major influence on him becoming a manager. Perhaps his time here has then ultimately reaped some reward several years down the line. I think he was a decent number two but a truly awful manager (albeit he started promisingly). He was spouting delusional nonsense towards the end. As for being our worst ever team, there's quite a long short list. The team that went down under Pejic was way out of its depth and at the end of the Alan Oakes era there was a stinker (when we had Gary Simpson up front). 94/95 was in what is now League 1 though. McCarthys team were a disgrace. Not just lack of football ability but attitude. Lucas Dawson and Kingsley James the 2 main culprits. Disgrace the pair of them. There was plenty more too. |
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Post by devachatter on Apr 2, 2023 10:58:02 GMT
I think he was a decent number two but a truly awful manager (albeit he started promisingly). He was spouting delusional nonsense towards the end. As for being our worst ever team, there's quite a long short list. The team that went down under Pejic was way out of its depth and at the end of the Alan Oakes era there was a stinker (when we had Gary Simpson up front). 94/95 was in what is now League 1 though. McCarthys team were a disgrace. Not just lack of football ability but attitude. Lucas Dawson and Kingsley James the 2 main culprits. Disgrace the pair of them. There was plenty more too. That team still gives me nightmares |
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Apr 2, 2023 12:11:36 GMT
Highly regarded as a great number two/coach but recruitment was shocking and he clearly collapsed under the pressure judging by the interviews week to week.
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Post by Lobster on Apr 2, 2023 13:25:39 GMT
Mccarthy seemed to ask very little of the players. He was probably a great manager to play for if you just wanted to jog around a bit and collect a wage. The two players mentioned, Dawson and James, have both given up playing now as far as I can see, although Kingsley may be coaching somewhere. Dawson just didn't seem to like being a footballer, which I've heard is more common than you might think, even at the top level.
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Post by Si on Apr 3, 2023 11:12:04 GMT
Mccarthy seemed to ask very little of the players. He was probably a great manager to play for if you just wanted to jog around a bit and collect a wage. The two players mentioned, Dawson and James, have both given up playing now as far as I can see, although Kingsley may be coaching somewhere. Dawson just didn't seem to like being a footballer, which I've heard is more common than you might think, even at the top level. McCarthy just lost the plot really. Had us looking really organised early on but once that bubble burst (Sharps leaving?) then he had no plan B whatsoever and could not handle the pressure when questions were asked. He's probably still dining off that fluky win at Aldershot that he banged on about for ages. He should have left after Boreham Wood, but the board took a massive gamble at the time and it just didn't pay off. Could tell from the following pre season where we got comprehensively outplayed by an Alty side 2 leagues below us that it was going to be tough. He's clearly got some coaching/man management abilities, and to be fair he's pretty much the only manager that has got a decent tune out of Alabi, but he couldn't cope with being the main man at all. |
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Post by cityboy5705 on Apr 3, 2023 12:07:22 GMT
I think he was a decent number two but a truly awful manager (albeit he started promisingly). He was spouting delusional nonsense towards the end. As for being our worst ever team, there's quite a long short list. The team that went down under Pejic was way out of its depth and at the end of the Alan Oakes era there was a stinker (when we had Gary Simpson up front). 94/95 was in what is now League 1 though. McCarthys team were a disgrace. Not just lack of football ability but attitude. Lucas Dawson and Kingsley James the 2 main culprits. Disgrace the pair of them. There was plenty more too. Rowe turner was the worse of the lot had no ability what so ever slow and a dreadful attitude |
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Apr 3, 2023 12:33:19 GMT
Mccarthy seemed to ask very little of the players. He was probably a great manager to play for if you just wanted to jog around a bit and collect a wage. The two players mentioned, Dawson and James, have both given up playing now as far as I can see, although Kingsley may be coaching somewhere. Dawson just didn't seem to like being a footballer, which I've heard is more common than you might think, even at the top level. McCarthy just lost the plot really. Had us looking really organised early on but once that bubble burst (Sharps leaving?) then he had no plan B whatsoever and could not handle the pressure when questions were asked. He's probably still dining off that fluky win at Aldershot that he banged on about for ages. He should have left after Boreham Wood, but the board took a massive gamble at the time and it just didn't pay off. Could tell from the following pre season where we got comprehensively outplayed by an Alty side 2 leagues below us that it was going to be tough. He's clearly got some coaching/man management abilities, and to be fair he's pretty much the only manager that has got a decent tune out of Alabi, but he couldn't cope with being the main man at all. God that was grim. Fella called John Johnston ran rings round us that day. Wonder what happened to him? |
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Post by borussiachester on Apr 1, 2024 13:05:28 GMT
Hopefully there’ll be another win to add to the list today…
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Post by highpeakblue on Apr 1, 2024 15:03:09 GMT
McCarthy just lost the plot really. Had us looking really organised early on but once that bubble burst (Sharps leaving?) then he had no plan B whatsoever and could not handle the pressure when questions were asked. He's probably still dining off that fluky win at Aldershot that he banged on about for ages. He should have left after Boreham Wood, but the board took a massive gamble at the time and it just didn't pay off. Could tell from the following pre season where we got comprehensively outplayed by an Alty side 2 leagues below us that it was going to be tough. He's clearly got some coaching/man management abilities, and to be fair he's pretty much the only manager that has got a decent tune out of Alabi, but he couldn't cope with being the main man at all. God that was grim. Fella called John Johnston ran rings round us that day. Wonder what happened to him? Matlock Town, if that wasn't being facetious. |
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Post by proudblue on Apr 2, 2024 6:00:49 GMT
Bit of an unfortunate irony that yesterday’s loss came a year to the day that we had virtually secured a play-off place with a win at Darlo, who ended last season a bit like we are this one by tumbling out of the promotion picture.
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Post by spencerwhelanleftpeg on Apr 3, 2024 4:38:10 GMT
I still to this day can’t understand why the board did not act after that borehamwood game. It was so obvious things were not great.
As we know they decided otherwise which ultimately was the decision behind are decline in terms of league placing etc.
Totally unforgivable you wonder how things might have been today had we appointed someone reasonable that summer as at the time we were an established conference outfit
Still annoyed about it today
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