01244ChesterOnTheMap
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Post by 01244ChesterOnTheMap on Feb 5, 2017 19:23:14 GMT
Anyone heard rumours about council looking at our lease?
What is the break clause?
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Post by Paul Da Part on Feb 5, 2017 19:25:49 GMT
Didn't we sign a rather lengthy lease on the Deva Stadium a few years ago? Hypothetically speaking, if we did move to a new ground, can we please ensure it's better than the one we are in now?!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 19:27:13 GMT
I love our current home, it's all I've ever known. Can't imagine us playing anywhere else
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Post by Paul Da Part on Feb 5, 2017 19:32:51 GMT
It's a functional stadium, I'll give it that. Lacks any sort of "wow" factor though and the atmosphere has always been lacking due to it's low roofs. Despite being a stone throw away from Sealand Road, it's location is far from ideal either. We were shafted by Morrisons. Still, its our home, and it beats playing home games in Macclesfield.
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Post by 01244ChesterOnTheMap on Feb 5, 2017 19:43:32 GMT
What is the obession with Morrisons on here?
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 5, 2017 19:44:22 GMT
Different Morrisons this. Morrison Shand.
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Post by Paul Da Part on Feb 5, 2017 19:46:25 GMT
What is the obession with Morrisons on here? Morrison Shand I'm referring to. As for the obsession with Morrisons on here, I bet you would not have had it on the old forum? |
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Post by Tony's dad on Feb 5, 2017 20:20:20 GMT
I love our current home, it's all I've ever known. Can't imagine us playing anywhere else wow you don't know what you've missed. Sealand road was my spiritual home a proper football ground. I go to the new ground and probably always will cos that's were my team plays but if truth be known I can't bear it. Sterile like so many other grounds these days |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 5, 2017 20:25:23 GMT
Plenty of room for expansion where we are now, should the need ever arise.
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Post by whopper1 on Feb 5, 2017 20:40:23 GMT
Plenty of room for expansion where we are now, should the need ever arise. |
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Post by whopper1 on Feb 5, 2017 20:42:07 GMT
Expansion, dear me,we will never get out the conference and we've only filled the ground twice since we've been in it,Preston and Scarborough
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Post by John on Feb 5, 2017 20:42:40 GMT
Plenty of room for expansion where we are now, should the need ever arise. Talk about rose tinted glasses half the ground was closed for years the Kop was a disgrace. Sealand Road end was a dump, crowds averaging 1500 AT BEST when we were regularly bottom of the league |
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Post by gone4eva on Feb 5, 2017 20:52:50 GMT
What is the obession with Morrisons on here? Get a life. |
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Post by blue4life on Feb 5, 2017 20:56:00 GMT
I'm convinced that if we had a ground near the city centre and a better ground than what we currently have we'd average 3000+
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 5, 2017 21:05:46 GMT
Sealand Road was a dump but it was a proper old school football ground with proper floodlights. I cannot abide the soulless dump we're in now.
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Post by john on Feb 5, 2017 21:10:28 GMT
Sealand Road was a dump but it was a proper old school football ground with proper floodlights. I cannot abide the soulless dump we're in now. I totally agree it was a complete dump but i suppose it was our dump, Deva Stadium is just a nothing stadium sad to say |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 5, 2017 21:15:55 GMT
I like our current stadium, nice and tidy. However, I never visited the old one.
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Post by john on Feb 5, 2017 21:24:14 GMT
it's opposite the site that was actually earmarked for the new ground,the tip says it all really
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Post by Shrewd Blue on Feb 5, 2017 21:27:51 GMT
I love the Deva as it's the only ground I've known as a Chester fan. It's a very bland stadium but it's a lot nicer than some of the shitholes we visit.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 5, 2017 21:31:02 GMT
I love the Deva as it's the only ground I've known as a Chester fan. It's a very bland stadium but it's a lot nicer than some of the shitholes we visit. Considering it was built on a field, we have probably the best pitch in the league. |
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Post by marner93 on Feb 5, 2017 21:33:59 GMT
The ground would be alright if it was situated somewhere near Chester.
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Post by themariobalotelli on Feb 5, 2017 22:07:14 GMT
Club were successful in signing a long term lease a couple of season's ago...it was on the notice board in Morrisons,keep up folk's!
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 5, 2017 22:36:21 GMT
I love the Deva as it's the only ground I've known as a Chester fan. It's a very bland stadium but it's a lot nicer than some of the shitholes we visit. Considering it was built on a field, we have probably the best pitch in the league. I'm sure McNally insisted the pitch was spot on when the ground was being built |
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Post by hackett on Feb 5, 2017 22:42:05 GMT
Whatever your opinion of the Deva may be, that cold dark walk down Bumpers lane on a Tuesday night in December to see the flood lit home of Chester FC is regardless of how the team play a factor which keeps me going back week after week.
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Post by massivefloodlights on Feb 5, 2017 22:48:39 GMT
Whatever your opinion of the Deva may be, that cold dark walk down Bumpers lane on a Tuesday night in December to see the flood lit home of Chester FC is regardless of how the team play a factor which keeps me going back week after week. 😂 |
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Post by dmcnally on Feb 5, 2017 22:59:10 GMT
Considering it was built on a field, we have probably the best pitch in the league. I'm sure McNally insisted the pitch was spot on when the ground was being built Yes I did. 😁 |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 5, 2017 23:22:13 GMT
I'm sure McNally insisted the pitch was spot on when the ground was being built Yes I did. 😁 Haha, I'm sure he means Harry McNally. |
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Post by dmcnally on Feb 5, 2017 23:25:36 GMT
Haha, I'm sure he means Harry McNally. Yep - I need to spend some time on the family trees to find out if I have any relation to him. |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 5, 2017 23:32:02 GMT
You never know, that would be pretty special 😅
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Post by franksalot on Feb 6, 2017 8:39:49 GMT
Still miss Sealand Road , maybe it is rose tinted glasses and memories that make me hanker for the old lady , whether it be watching games like Leeds , Newcastle or Villa in the league cup or getting beat by Runcorn at home in the FA cup , the expectation while walking down stadium way of turning round that 2-0 deficit to Mansfield in the freight rover , then walking home with all the "what ifs" and the floodlights still burning bright behind.
Sitting in the old wooden stand as a nipper with my dad , going on the kop or popular side with my mate and his dad , then being a teenager and going on the Sealand Rd end with my mates , with its open air toilets and getting showered with rust when the ball hit the roof , but what times to look back on.
Then the hour plus trip on a corpy double decker to watch us in exile at Macc , it was never right and never ours but for that brief time was our home.
Now the Deva , or which ever sponsorship name it's going by this year. Not the greatest but not the worst , but in OUR city it's OUR HOME because that's where WE watch OUR CHESTER FC
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