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Post by sunking on May 16, 2020 18:50:38 GMT
Following on from first Chester game thread, any complete random memories that just spring to mind from bygone Chester games....... I’ll start: spencer whelan scoring from the half way line with a big up and under ? No idea who it was against.
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Post by rcb on May 16, 2020 19:19:26 GMT
Dave Pountney’s home debut after signing from Shrewsbury. League Cup in August 1970, with all the Shrewsbury fans chanting “Pountney, reject....” repeatedly every time he got the ball. He picked the ball up on the halfway line, and with the loud Shrewsbury “Pountney reject” chants advanced forward and hit a screamer from fully 40 yards. It was still rising as it hit the back of the net. Best goal I ever saw at Sealand Road, particularly given the circumstances. Action speaks louder than words!!
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 16, 2020 19:21:49 GMT
Riot getting his head kicked off at half time.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2020 19:46:21 GMT
First home game in the League as a reformed club against Trafford
Witton 2-3 With Horan late winner
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 16, 2020 20:24:31 GMT
Ash Williams twatting the ball at the Goat inbreds during the half time warm-up and then getting sent off for twatting one of their players towards the end of the game - our debut Conference season.
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Post by chesterken on May 16, 2020 20:25:01 GMT
Fa cup game away at Southend in 1976 we played really well and won the game 0-4 with Ian Edwards scoring a hat trick , we We’re in a totally segregated part of the ground and we’re going wild with joy at the end of the game. Suddenly after the final whistle most of the home end jumped over the wall ran across the pitch and jumped in on top of us, it was mad we were getting chased all over the pitch and you could here the Pa telling us to get off the pitch which was the safest place as we were outnumbered about 10 to 1😂
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Post by Rio Doherty on May 16, 2020 20:27:30 GMT
My two trips to Boston United have been pretty eventful. My first visit was when we won 2-0 in 2018, but our coach driver on the Hipkiss Express thought we were playing Boston Town so we ended up at their ground initially. Then, on the opening day of this season our driver completely cut-off near Kegworth, because instead of carrying on towards the Nottingham/Newark area he headed completely South to Loughborough. We were going around in circles whilst trying to change our route, before we eventually ended up going along the A607 until we ended up in Grantham. Again we went around for a bit in Grantham as we lost track, until we finally arrived in Boston an hour before kick-off. What should have been a near-3 hour journey ended up being a 5 hour galavant on a sweltering day. I wonder what next season’s venture to Boston will have in store, especially with them moving into a new ground!
Another bizarre moment is when a parachutist landed on the pitch at Salisbury City in September 2013 (popped up the other day actually).
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 16, 2020 20:38:16 GMT
That Boston story reminded me of two things:
Boston away during the Curle/Wright season when Derek Asamoah bagged a hatty on a Wednesday night - the original fixture was a Tuesday night about a month earlier which was postponed (after I had jumped on a train from Stoke-on-Trent where I lived for Uni to get the Hipkiss). Anwyay, fast forward a month and it was game on, again another train from Stoke to Chester and jump on the Hipkiss which went through Stoke on the way to Boston. I asked driver and Barry if they could drop me off in the town on the way home to save me messing about with 6am train the next morning for lectures. They obliged. Successful night in all ways.
The other one was the Hipkiss dropping off at about 2.57pm about three streets away from Dagenham’s ground and all of us legging it to get there for kick off - 0-0 draw in the end. Miserable memories from Dagenham - conceding six goals at their place two years in a row, I was at both.
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Post by Anders on May 16, 2020 23:18:28 GMT
Tony Gray's bizarre goal from the corner flag to win us the Cheshire Cup.
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Post by Rio Doherty on May 16, 2020 23:35:51 GMT
That Boston story reminded me of two things: Boston away during the Curle/Wright season when Derek Asamoah bagged a hatty on a Wednesday night - the original fixture was a Tuesday night about a month earlier which was postponed (after I had jumped on a train from Stoke-on-Trent where I lived for Uni to get the Hipkiss). Anwyay, fast forward a month and it was game on, again another train from Stoke to Chester and jump on the Hipkiss which went through Stoke on the way to Boston. I asked driver and Barry if they could drop me off in the town on the way home to save me messing about with 6am train the next morning for lectures. They obliged. Successful night in all ways. The other one was the Hipkiss dropping off at about 2.57pm about three streets away from Dagenham’s ground and all of us legging it to get there for kick off - 0-0 draw in the end. Miserable memories from Dagenham - conceding six goals at their place two years in a row, I was at both. ...And then losing 3-2 two years on the spin having been 2-1 up - both near injury time and at similar times of the year coincidentally. I was at the one in 2018 and it must’ve been the coldest I have ever felt at a Chester game. Baltic!
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Post by Moltisanti on May 17, 2020 6:28:18 GMT
The Strangler.
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Post by Ian H Block on May 17, 2020 7:28:16 GMT
The Streaker on the pitch at Macclesfield.
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Post by delamereal on May 17, 2020 7:55:13 GMT
Following on from first Chester game thread, any complete random memories that just spring to mind from bygone Chester games....... I’ll start: spencer whelan scoring from the half way line with a big up and under ? No idea who it was against.Think it was Hereford in the promotion season.
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Post by cameandabel on May 17, 2020 7:58:17 GMT
Following on from first Chester game thread, any complete random memories that just spring to mind from bygone Chester games....... I’ll start: spencer whelan scoring from the half way line with a big up and under ? No idea who it was against. It was against Colchester near the end of the 1997-98 season.
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Post by gezzer on May 17, 2020 8:13:25 GMT
Early 80s me and my mate bunked off school, rained all day so spent the morning at the Greyhound track watching the practice when we came out at lunch saw the coach at the ground, went over to see the team getting on Cliff Sear shouted over "getting on lads?" so we did. Ended up at Fulham in the away end just the 2 of us still raining. Trevor Phillips scored our winning goal we were going mad most of the players came over to celebrate with us. On the way home got fish and chips bought for us. Later that week we were on the back page of the Chester Mail full face photo. Result 3 weeks detention and a beating off Dad. Happy days!!
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Post by doug on May 17, 2020 9:01:02 GMT
The Streaker on the pitch at Macclesfield. Who I'm pretty sure was the same one who did a Klinsman into a big pool of water must have slid for 5\6 yards fabulous
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Post by South Wirral Blue on May 17, 2020 9:12:32 GMT
The horror at Harrogate Railway when, 5 minutes before half time, the bloke on the tannoy announced they'd run out of pies.
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Post by Lobster on May 17, 2020 10:06:34 GMT
A keeper scuffing a goal kick, but Michael Branch not noticing because he was running back to the halfway line. With everyone shouting his name, he turned round just in time to see the ball smack him in the face. Absolute comedy gold that's never surfaced since. Think the opposition was Notts County.
Shaun Carey trying to sportingly kick the ball back to the Aldershot keeper, but managing to blast it at the same defender twice.
A Plymouth fan running on the pitch to celebrate a goal and somehow managing to injure the player who had just scored it.
The Rio incident reminds me of a robin mascot at Altrincham a while ago who was getting stick off our fans so decided to just take his head off and have a go back!
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Post by lincolnexile on May 17, 2020 10:21:07 GMT
Chester 2 Yeovil Town 2. Daryl Clare’s first game. Yeovil fans singing what a waste of money every time he touched the ball. He scored the opening goal, then we went 2-1 down then just as about 1000 Yeovil fans were getting ready to celebrate victory up he pops again latching onto a Michael Twiss flick to score the equaliser. So began the Chester fans singing of ‘what a waste of money’ every time he scored from then on.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on May 17, 2020 11:36:07 GMT
Graham Barrow tsking out a Bristol Rovers player, in the last minute, right infront of the Rovers manager Bobby Gould. Didnt even need to look at the ref, just walked towards the tunnel. Lol
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Post by agl on May 17, 2020 12:38:20 GMT
The goalposts being pulled down in a players melee in the 1980s, the skydiver on the pitch at Salisbury
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Post by gezzer on May 17, 2020 16:20:34 GMT
The wall in the Kop end going down when Ian Edwards scored in front of the Luton fans (FA Cup I think) and the Luton fans surged forward.
Ring of policeman standing in Sealand end p**sing on fires smouldering below from discarded cigarettes (almost weekly occurrence)
Away at Crewe on a freezing boxing day once through the turnstiles running through a gauntlet of Port Vale fans whose game had been called off
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Post by deereem on May 17, 2020 16:57:22 GMT
Following on from first Chester game thread, any complete random memories that just spring to mind from bygone Chester games....... I’ll start: spencer whelan scoring from the half way line with a big up and under ? No idea who it was against. I believe it was Colchester in the 1997/98 season. I seem to remember Neil Fisher scoring a beauty from well outside the area in the same game.
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Post by g1 on May 17, 2020 18:34:56 GMT
Iain Howards goal v staylebridge and Marcus Richardson v forest he was unplayable
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Post by g1 on May 17, 2020 18:35:54 GMT
Chester 2 Yeovil Town 2. Daryl Clare’s first game. Yeovil fans singing what a waste of money every time he touched the ball. He scored the opening goal, then we went 2-1 down then just as about 1000 Yeovil fans were getting ready to celebrate victory up he pops again latching onto a Michael Twiss flick to score the equaliser. So began the Chester fans singing of ‘what a waste of money’ every time he scored from then on. what a player he was and twiss too
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Post by South Wirral Blue on May 17, 2020 18:53:01 GMT
Chester 2 Yeovil Town 2. Daryl Clare’s first game. Yeovil fans singing what a waste of money every time he touched the ball. He scored the opening goal, then we went 2-1 down then just as about 1000 Yeovil fans were getting ready to celebrate victory up he pops again latching onto a Michael Twiss flick to score the equaliser. So began the Chester fans singing of ‘what a waste of money’ every time he scored from then on. After going several years without having a promotion chasing season, the Doncaster away and Yeovil home fixtures were great clashes to be involved in. They had a level of anticipation and excitement that we'd been long deprived of!
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Post by Suomen Sininen on May 17, 2020 19:00:54 GMT
Playing Morecambe in the fa cup at their dump. One of ours got sent off (Sugden?), SV kicking off with their chairman and then the bit that really got me, they had fireworks at the final whistle.
Also, playing away at Molineaux against Woves. New Years Day 1989?? Thinking fabulous Chester turn out, 3500+. Then they scored and at least half of the 'away' support went crazy. Kept a tad quiet until we equalized! This was back in the 80's when Wolves had a lot of problems with their 'firm'.
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Post by yossergolf on May 17, 2020 19:01:44 GMT
Stuart Rimmer debut versus Southend, scored 3 and as fast as a whippet
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Post by deereem on May 17, 2020 20:18:10 GMT
Beating Stevenage 5-1 at the end of the 2001/02 season. Scored 4 goals in 10 second half minutes as Stuart Whittaker and little Jimmy ran riot. Remember Carl Ruffer heading home the 5th and the Harry Mac erupting. It was a good end to a season of struggle. Woking in 2002/03 was a strange one. 2-0 down in 90th minute, pull one back, only for them to go straight down the other end and win a penalty. Wayne Brown saves the penalty, go down the other end and I think Twiss equalised! The point secured a Play-Off place & Yeovil’s Football League place.
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Post by nohoperselect on May 18, 2020 8:39:21 GMT
Barry Butler scoring his first goal v Birmingham City , a header at the Sealand Road End
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