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Post by Zvonimir Boban on Jan 6, 2018 10:46:06 GMT
17 years ago today. It remains one of the proudest days supporting Chester but one full of regrets. I doubt that I'm ever going to understand how the Steve Whitehall goal was disallowed. It gets more baffling every time I watch it. Robbed!
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Post by frankiecavani on Jan 6, 2018 10:49:36 GMT
Likewise, a real case of what could of been.
We had a great support that night though, an enjoyable evening that was someone dampened by poor officiating.
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 6, 2018 10:51:54 GMT
19 years ago today. It remains one of the proudest days supporting Chester but one full of regrets. I doubt that I'm ever going to understand how the Steve Whitehall goal was disallowed. It gets more baffling every time I watch it. Robbed! Check your sums mate haha. |
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Post by Zvonimir Boban on Jan 6, 2018 11:04:25 GMT
19 years ago today. It remains one of the proudest days supporting Chester but one full of regrets. I doubt that I'm ever going to understand how the Steve Whitehall goal was disallowed. It gets more baffling every time I watch it. Robbed! Check your sums mate haha. Haha I'm obviously not ready to take Carol Vordermans job just yet. *Ahem* 17 years!!! |
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Post by Lobster on Jan 6, 2018 11:05:11 GMT
I seem to remember there was not much to choose between the teams until they brought Mark Hughes on. He was the best player on the pitch even though he was 37 at time.
Was a great Cup run. We beat two league teams to get to the 3rd Round. The 3-2 against Oxford was a cracking game.
Steve Whitehall was superb for us. It surprises me how rarely he gets mentioned when talking about great Chester strikers.
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Post by Zvonimir Boban on Jan 6, 2018 11:11:54 GMT
Some of Steve Whitehall's goals were as good as any of Dennis Bergkamp's!
Whitehall and Beesley were an awesome partnership, sadly far too brief.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 6, 2018 11:47:18 GMT
Was Mad Terry wasn't it? I seem to remember he just ended up getting rid of a load of good players for "disagreeing with training methods" or something. One of them was Whitehall, but there was also young players like Darren Moss and Matt Doughty who ended up going to League clubs. We didn't even get a fee for them. Plus he disbanded our youth team. Complete lunatic!
Beesley took a fair bit of stick from us in his first season. I think some fans expected him to be the next Luke Beckett, which he wasn't, but he was a decent Conference striker for most of his career.
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Post by Al on Jan 6, 2018 12:29:00 GMT
What a day that was. The cheer that went up from all of us when the kick off had to be delayed to get us all in.
Chester here, Chester there, Chester every fucking where.
That goal should have stood, who knows what might have happened if the ref hadn't blown up.
I loved that side, and again Graham Barrow sacked by the mad yank. I would have loved to have had Graham in charge of the side under decent ownership.
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Post by oldnotdecrepit on Jan 6, 2018 12:43:43 GMT
What a day that was. The cheer that went up from all of us when the kick off had to be delayed to get us all in. Chester here, Chester there, Chester every fucking where. That goal should have stood, who knows what might have happened if the ref hadn't blown up. I loved that side, and again Graham Barrow sacked by the mad yank. I would have loved to have had Graham in charge of the side under decent ownership. The same Graham Barrow who Maguire and the Board decided wasn’t as good a manager as Bignot. Unsuccessful in his application for the job. Absolutely ridiculous |
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 6, 2018 13:28:16 GMT
I seem to remember there was not much to choose between the teams until they brought Mark Hughes on. He was the best player on the pitch even though he was 37 at time. Was a great Cup run. We beat two league teams to get to the 3rd Round. The 3-2 against Oxford was a cracking game. Steve Whitehall was superb for us. It surprises me how rarely he gets mentioned when talking about great Chester strikers. Was that the season that we played Hereford on New Years Day. Me and the missus travelled to Hereford by car and it was a dreadfully dull performance from Chester and the only player that looked interested was Steve Whitehall. Lost 2-0 iirc. |
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Post by Rimmer on Jan 6, 2018 13:37:09 GMT
What a day that was. The cheer that went up from all of us when the kick off had to be delayed to get us all in. Chester here, Chester there, Chester every fucking where. That goal should have stood, who knows what might have happened if the ref hadn't blown up. I loved that side, and again Graham Barrow sacked by the mad yank. I would have loved to have had Graham in charge of the side under decent ownership. I will never forget the day i drove there and on the way home I counted 18 full size buses never mine all the minibuses and cars - I wish we could get that passion back again I also remember Leek Town for a night match in the FA cup where we took 1000 - magnificent support and what an atmosphere |
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Post by Pseudoscally on Jan 6, 2018 14:51:44 GMT
I was there that day. Loved Steve Whitehall, shame we only got him at the end of his career.
GB definitely put a team together that we could all be proud of after the calamity of relegation from the football league.
I also have not so fond memories of that game. It was probably the last time I heard full on racist chanting from Chester fans. Football has come a long way since.
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Post by rcb on Jan 6, 2018 14:52:05 GMT
... and the arseholes on the gate wouldn’t let anyone take in even small flags because, allegedly, the flimsy plastic pole(handle) constituted an offensive weapon.
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Post by btb on Jan 6, 2018 15:02:25 GMT
Superb day out. Literally took over Blackburn that day. Absolutely nothing wrong with that goal what so ever. There's a cock sitting at home somewhere right now who knows he robbed us that day.
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Post by dinkydoo on Jan 6, 2018 18:41:08 GMT
Great day out we hired minibus from Airbus early doors and after many beers went to first pub off the m65 full of Chester fans then parked bus outside ground and went to the away fans pub which was heaving then told had to go to ticket office first then into ground .speaking to the coppers they had been told we were only bringing about 500 what a laugh saw blokes there not seen since school
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Post by sirfred on Jan 6, 2018 18:47:46 GMT
Remember it well delayed KO we had thousands in there - best away following we have ever taken anywhere in recent years - although we did take 10,000 to Old Trafford in the sixties
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Post by ubb1689 on Jan 6, 2018 20:44:10 GMT
Should never have lost that game. We were robbed.
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Post by rcb on Jan 6, 2018 23:26:41 GMT
Remember it well delayed KO we had thousands in there - best away following we have ever taken anywhere in recent years - although we did take 10,000 to Old Trafford in the sixties In a nutshell this explains why a great city like Chester has not got a League team. Too many people claim to support the team but fail to attend and support the team day on day. |
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jan 7, 2018 8:31:33 GMT
Yep, remember the talk outside the turnstile of them only expecting 500-700 of us, not the 4,000 that meant kick off was delayed and they had to move home fans across to open up more seats for us. Also the one-off black and white striped kit never to be seen again, which my dad had managed to get a replica from Queensferry Sports a few days earlier and wore to the match, getting a few funny looks.
Still watching the highlights even now and still wondering why on earth our goal was disallowed.
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Post by agl on Jan 7, 2018 19:38:55 GMT
Great day. Also remember another great chance we had when it was still 0-0. Point blank header and Fridel pulled off a great save. Wright was it?
Terrific support that day.
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Post by arthurmorris on Jan 7, 2018 19:57:55 GMT
Yep, remember the talk outside the turnstile of them only expecting 500-700 of us, not the 4,000 that meant kick off was delayed and they had to move home fans across to open up more seats for us. Also the one-off black and white striped kit never to be seen again, which my dad had managed to get a replica from Queensferry Sports a few days earlier and wore to the match, getting a few funny looks. Still watching the highlights even now and still wondering why on earth our goal was disallowed. The black and white striped kit was used again in March 2001 when we lost the first leg of the FA trophy semi final at Canvey Island, not a million miles from East Thurrock! |
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Post by MOC on Jan 7, 2018 20:27:05 GMT
I seem to remember there was not much to choose between the teams until they brought Mark Hughes on. He was the best player on the pitch even though he was 37 at time. Was a great Cup run. We beat two league teams to get to the 3rd Round. The 3-2 against Oxford was a cracking game. Steve Whitehall was superb for us. It surprises me how rarely he gets mentioned when talking about great Chester strikers. Was that the season that we played Hereford on New Years Day. Me and the missus travelled to Hereford by car and it was a dreadfully dull performance from Chester and the only player that looked interested was Steve Whitehall. Lost 2-0 iirc. Yeah the Hereford away game was the last game before Blackburn, a poor performance and result. Graham Barrow at least found a good way to ensure Mad Terry wasn't at Hereford by getting him to go to Norwich on his own to watch Blackburn that day. |
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Post by Cestrian1987 on Jan 7, 2018 22:41:48 GMT
Remember it well delayed KO we had thousands in there - best away following we have ever taken anywhere in recent years - although we did take 10,000 to Old Trafford in the sixties In a nutshell this explains why a great city like Chester has not got a League team. Too many people claim to support the team but fail to attend and support the team day on day. This. |
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Post by saughall on Jan 8, 2018 7:25:35 GMT
In my book a fan is someone who listens for the result off the radio/TV or reads it from the paper. No real financial or emotional input into the club.
A supporter is the person who turns up week in week out spending their money to watch Chester. They invest financially and as we all know, emotionally, into the club. Unfortunately we seem to have too many fans and not enough supporters at times.
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Post by Cestrian1987 on Jan 8, 2018 8:45:48 GMT
In my book a fan is someone who listens for the result off the radio/TV or reads it from the paper. No real financial or emotional input into the club. A supporter is the person who turns up week in week out spending their money to watch Chester. They invest financially and as we all know, emotionally, into the club. Unfortunately we seem to have too many fans and not enough supporters at times. Spot on |
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Post by Wortleyblue on Jan 8, 2018 8:50:36 GMT
In my book a fan is someone who listens for the result off the radio/TV or reads it from the paper. No real financial or emotional input into the club. A supporter is the person who turns up week in week out spending their money to watch Chester. They invest financially and as we all know, emotionally, into the club. Unfortunately we seem to have too many fans and not enough supporters at times. 100% this ^^^^^ |
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Post by northender on Jan 10, 2018 16:04:19 GMT
Remember it well delayed KO we had thousands in there - best away following we have ever taken anywhere in recent years - although we did take 10,000 to Old Trafford in the sixties In a nutshell this explains why a great city like Chester has not got a League team. Too many people claim to support the team but fail to attend and support the team day on day. Probably because for most football fans in the City we are their second team. |
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Post by chislenko on Jan 10, 2018 21:29:08 GMT
My problem with this game, where everybody on here these days claims to be socially and racially aware is the main chant from the Chester fans that day
" You're just a town full of p---s"
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