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Post by Matt on Jan 7, 2018 13:37:47 GMT
Seems a lifetime ago since we were slogging it on muddy pitches against the Shrews. How the fortunes of both Clubs have gone complete opposite ways. Playing West Ham today in the cup, a sell out of 10,000 and average 5k and looking up to the Championship next season. Some achievement to the shambles they used to be!
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Post by Oaks Blue on Jan 7, 2018 14:46:43 GMT
That would be us now, I'm quite confident that if we had the stadium we wanted and good owners we would be a solid league 1 team by now.
Ah well, shit happens I suppose
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Post by Wortleyblue on Jan 7, 2018 16:27:26 GMT
Got a good 0-0 result aswell nice little earner in the replay
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 7, 2018 16:35:21 GMT
We were well shafted by Morrison Shand ... bastards.
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Post by norwegianblue on Jan 7, 2018 21:54:45 GMT
We were well shafted by Morrison Shand ... bastards. I would be more inclined to say that we were shafted by Guterman and V*****n. Terry Smith was just inept.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 23:26:37 GMT
Just look how our fortunes have changed since 2002... We was bobbin' along nicely. Famous FA Cup runs, Div 2 play-off hopefuls year after year... All going nicely...
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Post by eyeswideopen on Jan 8, 2018 7:15:04 GMT
Just look how our fortunes have changed since 2002... We was bobbin' along nicely. Famous FA Cup runs, Div 2 play-off hopefuls year after year... All going nicely... Don't worry you wont be in that conference long.....
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Post by thebluecamp on Jan 8, 2018 10:53:10 GMT
Considering that we both left the conference at the same time (us as champions and them as play-off winners) they have gone from strength to strength whilst we have "fallen by the wayside".
In reality, they did what we did - only much much better.
We had SV, whilst they had a proper owner.
They built a proper new ground whilst we were shafted.
Ah well !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 11:51:09 GMT
Got great memories of days out at the old Gay Meadow. Great town to go pub crawling in, easy on the train etc. Never saw us win there, but do remember getting a massive point there in our Conference winning season. Clare out injured, Rapley played and missed a sitter if I remember correctly. I remember a red sauce and mustard squeezy bottle fight there once too
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Post by Pseudoscally on Jan 8, 2018 12:34:52 GMT
Got great memories of days out at the old Gay Meadow. Great town to go pub crawling in, easy on the train etc. Never saw us win there, but do remember getting a massive point there in our Conference winning season. Clare out injured, Rapley played and missed a sitter if I remember correctly. I remember a red sauce and mustard squeezy bottle fight there once too Rapley quite rightly gets a lot of stick from Chester fans but that day he was truly brilliant. Never stopped running for 90 mins and chased every ball or lost cause. Big point won that day and rapley was a major reason why.
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 8, 2018 12:52:10 GMT
We were well shafted by Morrison Shand ... bastards. I would be more inclined to say that we were shafted by Guterman and V*****n. Terry Smith was just inept. They asset-stripped us, promised the world, but delivered us a Subuteo stadium. They never even left us with any reserves to continue and we were bust again not long after. They made millions out of us and left us with a stadium that essentially has a capacity of a little over 4,000. They even tried to sell our only saleable assets: Rimmer and Lightfoot. Of the 3 you mentioned I would say that Mad Terry was the worst. His ego cost us our Football League status after 70 years.
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Post by Si on Jan 8, 2018 13:12:32 GMT
I would be more inclined to say that we were shafted by Guterman and V*****n. Terry Smith was just inept. They asset-stripped us, promised the world, but delivered us a Subuteo stadium. They never even left us with any reserves to continue and we were bust again not long after. They made millions out of us and left us with a stadium that essentially has a capacity of a little over 4,000. They even tried to sell our only saleable assets: Rimmer and Lightfoot. Of the 3 you mentioned I would say that Mad Terry was the worst. His ego cost us our Football League status after 70 years. Interesting point about Mad Terry. The problem with him was just that he was bonkers and had no idea what came with running a football club. His intentions seemed honest enough at the time, but he was just off his rocker. The sinister stuff came from taking guidance off people like his old man and Dan Brooks - they prayed on Mad Terry's weaknesses. I've supported the club since 1993 and in my era SV has to be the worst owner. Mad Terry might have cost us our league status, but SV's reign ended us as a club. He dragged this club's once proud name through the mud thanks to his crime connections and never had any honest intentions of running the club properly. Gutterman was another crook too, my memory isn't the best as I was young at the time but would we say he was worse than Terry?!
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Post by Hannibal on Jan 8, 2018 13:33:29 GMT
It's all a matter of opinions. When SV bought the club I went to the meeting in Blues Bar. I was first there and SV came over and bought me a drink and seemed quite charming. I tend to take as I find. I met him again after one of the Brentford matches that we'd lost 3-0, when I couldn't find the Hipkiss. I'd been told that the bus was on the corner with the pub, but there was a pub on all 4 corners. He came by with his daughter recognised me and asked what the problem was and I told him. His response was if you don't find the bus jump on the team bus and tell Bobby (Williamson) that I said you could have a lift. I suppose I was quite naïve at the time and believed that he was a boxing promotor, but his 2 acts of kindness impressed me. Winning the Conference was only second to us beating Leeds 3-0 and one of the happiest successes of my 58 years of following the Blues. I only began to dislike him when his 2 sons were playing regularly and they were not fit to wear the shirt. Mad Terry was using Chester FC as his personal cheque book and I spoke to him in Safeway (Morrisons) just after he'd arrived and he brazenly told me that Ratcliffe would be gone soon and he was. I know virtually nothing about Gutterman, but instinctively disliked him.
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Post by southernblue on Jan 8, 2018 14:31:30 GMT
Got great memories of days out at the old Gay Meadow. Great town to go pub crawling in, easy on the train etc. Never saw us win there, but do remember getting a massive point there in our Conference winning season. Clare out injured, Rapley played and missed a sitter if I remember correctly. I remember a red sauce and mustard squeezy bottle fight there once too Rapley quite rightly gets a lot of stick from Chester fans but that day he was truly brilliant. Never stopped running for 90 mins and chased every ball or lost cause. Big point won that day and rapley was a major reason why. That was my only trip to Gay Meadow, right in the heart of the town, and yes Rapley ran his socks off. That draw was huge and celebrated like a win. It meant that we only had to beat Scarborough to win the title without having to worry about a final showdown at Hereford.
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Post by Pseudoscally on Jan 8, 2018 16:33:21 GMT
Rapley quite rightly gets a lot of stick from Chester fans but that day he was truly brilliant. Never stopped running for 90 mins and chased every ball or lost cause. Big point won that day and rapley was a major reason why. That was my only trip to Gay Meadow, right in the heart of the town, and yes Rapley ran his socks off. That draw was huge and celebrated like a win. It meant that we only had to beat Scarborough to win the title without having to worry about a final showdown at Hereford. It’s also 20 years ago this month we got a 1-1 draw there with Matt Woods scoring a screamer from just outside the 18 yard box.
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Post by Zvonimir Boban on Jan 9, 2018 0:14:13 GMT
My first ever away game ^^
Matty Woods' goal was an absolute belter.
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