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Post by Lobster on May 18, 2020 10:12:27 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. There was another bonkers game against Woking a couple of years before that one that finished 3-3. Early on, the ref and linesman missed a clear handball on the line from Steve Whitehall from which we went up the other end and scored. You sensed the officials knew they'd made a mistake as they proceeded to give every decision against us for the rest of the game after that!
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Post by thestanchion on May 18, 2020 14:51:39 GMT
A home match versus Tranmere sometime in the 80's. Some of their lads had congregated on the Sealand Road end. At the shout of 'now' a fight broke which spilled onto the running track. In the melee a copper's helmet was knocked off and Billy Stewart put it on with the ball still in play IIRC.
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Post by sealandender on May 18, 2020 14:57:09 GMT
Tommy docherty in front of the Sealand end. Pleading for the fighting to stop. Aston villa 1969
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Post by sealandender on May 18, 2020 14:57:53 GMT
Billy large at West brom. Chester v Southampton
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Post by durdy on May 19, 2020 4:33:27 GMT
Judith Chalmers doing a slot for her holiday programme at halftime in a match in the 93-94 season, she walked around the ground to the Welsh part past the Harry Mac to a chorus of " get your tits out for the lads"
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Post by Lobster on May 19, 2020 4:55:29 GMT
The Match of the Day magazine reporter who turned up at Halifax dressed as a parrot with a Chester scarf.
A bald Doncaster striker, around 2001, who must have had a bet on himself getting sent off. Got away with about four elbows and spitting at the Harry Mac before the ref finally put him out of his misery.
Donny (again) trying to taunt us by chanting "Hollyoaks is shit".
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Post by anotherexile83 on May 19, 2020 8:21:19 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. Can't remember who it was against but remember that really well. If memory serves me right someone nudged their keeper out the way to help it go in...can't remember who it was though
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Post by bing on May 19, 2020 8:21:29 GMT
Growing up, Mark Hateley was one of my favourite players.
In the late 90s - at the end of his career - he turned up at the Deva with Hull, but turned out to be a nasty piece of work, goading fans and generally being really objectionable.
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Post by Si on May 19, 2020 8:36:38 GMT
Great thread, some of these have got me laughing. I remember thinking it was brilliant when we were away at Macc (think it was NYD) and it was another wet day there, we'd punted a ball over the top for Cortez Belle to try and get onto but it skidded off the surface and the defender was shielding it out....Cortez gave him a little nudge and the guy went flying into the advertising hordings and walked away grinning like a cheshire cat - brilliant.
Someone earlier up mentioned Ash Williams.....he made the best tackle I've ever seen from a Chester play. Curzon Ashton at home, night game, started his run from 10/15 yards away and absolutely crunched the guy but took the ball. Could have ended the bloke's career, but it was a hell of a tackle and the absolute definition of getting stuck in.
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Post by Lobster on May 19, 2020 8:56:34 GMT
Growing up, Mark Hateley was one of my favourite players. In the late 90s - at the end of his career - he turned up at the Deva with Hull, but turned out to be a nasty piece of work, goading fans and generally being really objectionable. Remember that game. Four penalties and two red cards, bizarre refereeing performance. It was on a Sunday as well for some reason, possibly a clash with the races.
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Post by Al on May 19, 2020 9:24:17 GMT
Few memories from down the years.
Away at Macc in 2000. Absolutely chucked it down first half, pitch was a quagmire in particular one massive puddle by the corner flag by the uncovered away end. Step forward a Chester supporter, streaked on the pitch, shook the hands of both captains and then legged it back to the terrace finishing his moment of 'glory' by going full on Klinnsman into the puddle, sending the standing water flying into the stand, and doing the job a team of groundsman failed to do in the process.
I remember a game at home shortly after we moved to the Deva. Few players were sat at the back of the main stand towards H block, so urged on by my old man I climbed the rows to get some autographs, Stuey Rimmer, few other lads and Gary Bennett was there as well, having recently left us to go down the road. Asked if I wanted his autograph to which I refused it and the rest of the players burst out laughing at him.
Blackburn away in 2001, loved that day out. The cheer that went up when they had to delay the kick off by 15min to get us all into the ground was brilliant. On the Hipkiss Express on the way up there and everywhere you looked there was just Chester fans milling around. Still think we were robbed to this day.
Shrewsbury away for the 0-0 in the Conference title season. Never celebrated a 0-0 like that before or since.
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Post by Deva Stated on May 19, 2020 9:30:18 GMT
1997 Exeter 1 Chester 5 Absolutely threw it down with rain ball sticking on the pitch made David Flitcroft look quick.
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Post by bluetartan on May 19, 2020 10:31:36 GMT
1993-94 FA Cup away at Plymouth Argyle, early start and long drive on the bus, absolutely battered down the whole day, away end was a large uncovered terrace, soaked to the skin, shite game if I remember correctly we never showed up (not like Chester) not helped by the conditions I suppose and lost one nil with a late winner from Plymouth. Trudged out the ground and onto the bus for a quiet miserable damp journey back to Chester dreaming of the FA cup run next year.
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Post by gezzer on May 19, 2020 11:10:15 GMT
1980 FA Cup 5th round away at Ipswich. I was on the first coach to leave Chester from the South View, got to about 20 miles from Ipswich before being boarded by the Police and returned to Bedford where there had been "alleged" shoplifting incidences at a newsagents. We eventually made it minutes before kick off, packed away end seem to recall about 2k of us made the trip, not long after kick off Bryn Jones (shortest player on the pitch) out jumped Osman and Butcher to open the scoring before we eventually went down 2 -1. One of my best ever away days.
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Post by Pseudoscally on May 19, 2020 11:49:44 GMT
I remember a game late 2001 season - possibly the Variety Club Trophy semi-final. It was against Nuneaton and went to extra time. I seem to remember a strange incident deep into extra time where their Keeper goes up the other end for a corner. We were winning 2-1 and they're chasing the equaliser. The keeper loses his boot in our penalty area but still has to leg it back to his own goal as Chester broke away on the counter. I'm sure a Nuneaton fan runs onto the pitch to get the boot and takes it to the keeper, who then thinks that the supporter is attacking him and so attacks the fan. Anyone else remember this happening or have I made this up?
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Post by bing on May 19, 2020 12:01:29 GMT
Great thread, some of these have got me laughing. I remember thinking it was brilliant when we were away at Macc (think it was NYD) and it was another wet day there, we'd punted a ball over the top for Cortez Belle to try and get onto but it skidded off the surface and the defender was shielding it out....Cortez gave him a little nudge and the guy went flying into the advertising hordings and walked away grinning like a cheshire cat - brilliant. Someone earlier up mentioned Ash Williams.....he made the best tackle I've ever seen from a Chester play. Curzon Ashton at home, night game, started his run from 10/15 yards away and absolutely crunched the guy but took the ball. Could have ended the bloke's career, but it was a hell of a tackle and the absolute definition of getting stuck in. Regarding Ash Williams, I bumped into him in a pub a few months later and made exactly the same point about the same tackle. "Must admit, I did quite enjoy that one!" his reply! If it was in a computer game you'd say it was unrealistic!
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Post by lincolnexile on May 19, 2020 12:16:17 GMT
1980 FA Cup 5th round away at Ipswich. I was on the first coach to leave Chester from the South View, got to about 20 miles from Ipswich before being boarded by the Police and returned to Bedford where there had been "alleged" shoplifting incidences at a newsagents. We eventually made it minutes before kick off, packed away end seem to recall about 2k of us made the trip, not long after kick off Bryn Jones (shortest player on the pitch) out jumped Osman and Butcher to open the scoring before we eventually went down 2 -1. One of my best ever away days. Remember the police being at every turnstile making everyone take their laces out of their boots and 2000 of us being crammed into a small section of terrace. Great day out.
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Post by deereem on May 19, 2020 15:37:25 GMT
I remember a game late 2001 season - possibly the Variety Club Trophy semi-final. It was against Nuneaton and went to extra time. I seem to remember a strange incident deep into extra time where their Keeper goes up the other end for a corner. We were winning 2-1 and they're chasing the equaliser. The keeper loses his boot in our penalty area but still has to leg it back to his own goal as Chester broke away on the counter. I'm sure a Nuneaton fan runs onto the pitch to get the boot and takes it to the keeper, who then thinks that the supporter is attacking him and so attacks the fan. Anyone else remember this happening or have I made this up? I don’t remember the keeper losing the boot but I do remember a Nuneaton fan running on the pitch!
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Post by Pseudoscally on May 19, 2020 18:45:25 GMT
I remember a game late 2001 season - possibly the Variety Club Trophy semi-final. It was against Nuneaton and went to extra time. I seem to remember a strange incident deep into extra time where their Keeper goes up the other end for a corner. We were winning 2-1 and they're chasing the equaliser. The keeper loses his boot in our penalty area but still has to leg it back to his own goal as Chester broke away on the counter. I'm sure a Nuneaton fan runs onto the pitch to get the boot and takes it to the keeper, who then thinks that the supporter is attacking him and so attacks the fan. Anyone else remember this happening or have I made this up? I don’t remember the keeper losing the boot but I do remember a Nuneaton fan running on the pitch! Yeah - pretty sure he did. Remember the Nuneaton fan waving it in the air as he’s running towards the Harry Mac then handing it to the keeper who then hit the fan with it before putting the boot back on.
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Post by cameandabel on May 19, 2020 19:00:26 GMT
I remember a game late 2001 season - possibly the Variety Club Trophy semi-final. It was against Nuneaton and went to extra time. I seem to remember a strange incident deep into extra time where their Keeper goes up the other end for a corner. We were winning 2-1 and they're chasing the equaliser. The keeper loses his boot in our penalty area but still has to leg it back to his own goal as Chester broke away on the counter. I'm sure a Nuneaton fan runs onto the pitch to get the boot and takes it to the keeper, who then thinks that the supporter is attacking him and so attacks the fan. Anyone else remember this happening or have I made this up? The goalkeeper in question was a certain Chris Mackenzie.
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Post by Lobster on May 19, 2020 19:17:56 GMT
I remember a game late 2001 season - possibly the Variety Club Trophy semi-final. It was against Nuneaton and went to extra time. I seem to remember a strange incident deep into extra time where their Keeper goes up the other end for a corner. We were winning 2-1 and they're chasing the equaliser. The keeper loses his boot in our penalty area but still has to leg it back to his own goal as Chester broke away on the counter. I'm sure a Nuneaton fan runs onto the pitch to get the boot and takes it to the keeper, who then thinks that the supporter is attacking him and so attacks the fan. Anyone else remember this happening or have I made this up? The goalkeeper in question was a certain Chris Mackenzie. His kicking was that bad he needn't have bothered wearing boots.
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Post by sunking on May 19, 2020 19:59:49 GMT
Anyone remember Billy Stewart saving a last minute penalty , possibly against Wigan, some point during the mid 90s? Think it was a night game. Really bugging me. Sure it either got us a draw or it meant we won.
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Post by cameandabel on May 19, 2020 20:17:29 GMT
Anyone remember Billy Stewart saving a last minute penalty , possibly against Wigan, some point during the mid 90s? Think it was a night game. Really bugging me. Sure it either got us a draw or it meant we won. Yes it was against Wigan, 0-0 draw in the 1995-96 season.
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Post by sunking on May 19, 2020 20:35:40 GMT
Anyone remember Billy Stewart saving a last minute penalty , possibly against Wigan, some point during the mid 90s? Think it was a night game. Really bugging me. Sure it either got us a draw or it meant we won. Yes it was against Wigan, 0-0 draw in the 1995-96 season. Cheers. Knew I hadn’t made it up.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 19, 2020 21:17:15 GMT
I recall us putting five past Lincoln at home in two consecutive seasons, think Peter Jackson ended up in goal in one of them?
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Post by thestanchion on May 20, 2020 19:07:05 GMT
1997 Exeter 1 Chester 5 Absolutely threw it down with rain ball sticking on the pitch made David Flitcroft look quick. Did a Klinnsman like the Macc guy after scoring. Brilliant weekend away that was
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Post by thebluecamp on May 20, 2020 21:12:49 GMT
Judith Chalmers doing a slot for her holiday programme at halftime in a match in the 93-94 season, she walked around the ground to the Welsh part past the Harry Mac to a chorus of " get your tits out for the lads" Ah yes - remember the "wish you were here" moment with Judith Chalmers. It was against Wigan.
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Post by waggoner on May 20, 2020 21:18:43 GMT
Growing up, Mark Hateley was one of my favourite players. In the late 90s - at the end of his career - he turned up at the Deva with Hull, but turned out to be a nasty piece of work, goading fans and generally being really objectionable. Remember that game. Four penalties and two red cards, bizarre refereeing performance. It was on a Sunday as well for some reason, possibly a clash with the races. I remember one of our players blasting a shot at the Harry Mac end hit the underside of the bar, I bounced down about 2 feet behind the line and the bloody ref and lino were the only ones who missed it
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Post by thetheremin on May 20, 2020 21:50:34 GMT
Getting arrested At Mansfield after the Freight Rover Trophy Northern final 1st leg. Night in the cells.
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Post by waggoner on May 21, 2020 7:57:14 GMT
A cup game against Sheffield Wednesday (SW) in 1986/87 at Sealand road. Finished in a draw. Walked back to Blacon along the path behind where the Greyhound track was just talking about how we should have won the match. Half way down the path some lads come running past us shouting ''F##k#ng leg it their after us.
Turned around and looked back and saw about 50 SW fans running towards us about 100 yards away (and closing fast) Now don't get me wrong on this, but when I was younger I could hold my own. However I was also a Realist. There were after al just 2 of us because the group of CFC lads had vanished like a fart in the wind.
We made a quick assessment of our now inherited predicament and decided that a ratio against us of 25:1 was a bit too 'Roarkes Drift' for us so we ran like hell along the path onto Gorse hill and off towards Blacon. The buggers were gaining on us. At the bottom of Gorse Hill we had a choice, either run up Gorse Hill or up the mud hill onto Graham rd.
We chose the Mud hill (because we knew where it led and they did not). They were still behind us shouting stuff like ''your gunna get your f##king head kicked in'' and ''Wednesday aggro'' It did not look good for us. We reached the summit of the mud bank and shot through the gap onto Graham rd. There were at the time some garages in Graham Rd and one was slightly open. We had a choice either keep running and maybe get caught, or hide before they spotted the open garage (we chose the latter) went inside and pulled the door shut just before they got to the top of the hill.
Every one of them ran past the garage and onto Graham Rd. We stayed a while thinking we were safe but 2 minutes later they all walked back and stopped by the garages (right outside the one we were in) some walked past and down the hill but half of them stood talking, smoking fags and one had a piss up the very door of the garage we were hiding in. ''They were f##king quick, where did they go''?. Another said ''I bet they live in one of these houses''.
They stood there for ages just talking and the only thing between us and them was about 6 feet and a big wooden door, then it dawned on us both that IF they opened the door and saw us we were trapped in a box. We were too scared even to breath, in fact I learned how to regulate my breathing that night. After about 20 mins they slowly drifted back to Gorse hill and back towards town. We stayed in that garage for another half hour just in case they were waiting to see if we came back. It was scary it really was, they wanted blood and if they had caught us i'm not sure what would have happened to us.
Oh the good old days!!
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