Mark McGuire or Bob Gray

bob all the way, at least he would of released the season ticket prices by now.

Just interested, as you seem to really dislike MM, what are your views on us employing Allen? On the basis that we certainly don't need both and one was here under SV..

Or indeed a p**s up in a brewery

from the clubs website
Chester FC are delighted to announce a major new sponsorship for the 2017/18 season – having agreed terms on a record stadium rights deal with Swansway Chester.

Swansway, who previously held the rights between 2013 and 2015, return as a major sponsor on an initial two-year agreement.

Blues Chief Executive Mark Maguire said: “I am absolutely delighted to have secured Swansway Chester as a partner once again.

“Discussions have been taking place for quite some time and I would like to thank Andrew (Wakelin, Operations Director for the Swansway Garages Chester sites) for his commitment to getting the deal done and I feel very strongly that we have resurrected a relationship which will be really important for the long term future of the club.

“The deal represents significant investment into Chester FC at a time when I believe things are progressing across the club.

“I’m excited to take on the challenge of delivering real commercial value to Swansway and it is a really good indication of where we are that Swansway can see the progress made and the direction in which we are travelling and want to be associated with it over the next few years.”

Andrew Wakelin said: “Swansway Motor Group Is a family owned and run business and we’re always keen to be in involved with the local communities where we operate. Our close neighbour, Chester FC, is a progressive club and shares the Swansway values of caring, honest and proud and we’re looking forward to working with them again”.

Swansway Garages Motor Group were was founded in 2003 and represents several different Car Brands fourteen brands; including in Chester these include Peugeot, Citroen, DS, FIAT, Jeep, Abarth and Alfa Romeo, most recently they opened a with the new Citroen/FIAT showroom multi-brand dealership opening opposite the stadium in 2016.

The branding for the stadium will be introduced over the coming weeks and visitors to the Swansway Chester Stadium will enjoy a new look – not only in terms of the signage – but also the quality of the pitch and of course a stronger squad of players.

Season tickets continue to sell well (the club hopes to exceed 1100 sales within a short space of time) and we will be making further significant commercial announcements in the coming days.

Maguire has inspired a fan base and turned things around without a ball being kicked. Now announced a record stadium sponsorship deal and a brand new website and free highlights channel. How's that pipeline now

Are we?

I wonder how many free u12 season tickets are included in this figure

Are you the blokes love child or something?

I agree with lots of your posts, but don't think it was necessary to drag up this old can of worms. I get that you want to prove a point that he's come up trumps on a few deals, but people are always going to moan regardless!

I'm with you here dmcnally. After all the criticism he now deserve the plaudits. On the day the fixtures are printed let's consider how the complete deflation from the end of last season has turned to optimism for next season on all fronts.

Now we reset all our judgements and see how go forward and assess again at Xmas based on performance.

And here is his side kick.
I agree he's doing a good job, (the job he's been paid to do) at the moment and let's hope it continues, but to bring his name up in nearly every post is border line obsession.

Apart from this: Blues Chief Executive Mark Maguire said: “I am absolutely delighted to have secured Swansway Chester as a partner once again, I can't see where this so called nature comes across, he is of course paid to secure deals like this, so if he did do it, which I imagine he a big part to play in doing so, then I can't see the issue with him stating this. Throughout his statement he refers to how important it is to the club and uses "we" in reference to the deal throughout.

We have a CEO criticised for not delivering earlier, but now it seems we have a CEO being criticised as he might be "shady" when he does. Strange.

Reminds me of the old Lee and Herring 'Moon on a Stick' sketch

"Look, you wanted the moon on a stick, I got it for you"

"Don't want it now!"

You are very right in saying that every club needs a secretary and I, for one, think it's the single most important role at a football club. Calvin Hughes was doing this role for free for a number of years and for much longer weekly hours than the current incumbent. Why did we feel the need to replace Hughes and start paying a wage to his replacement to work less hours? Did the board feel that this was good value for our money at the time?