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The sale of the Sealand Road ground in 1990 saw Chester forced to play their home games at Macclesfield for two years. Unfortunately a return to the city, and …

Football kits and training gear or traditional golfing attire are usually preferred by players. Footgolf is quite a laid back sport, but to keep things competitive and fun the following rules are advised: ... Sealand Road, Chester, CH1 6BP. contact. Tel: 01244 88 1800. Email: [email protected]. Golf Sale Get Special Deals. Golf Course ...

The thought of Chester beating the English League champions in front of 19,000 home fans seems like the stuff of fairytale nowadays.. But rewind back 44 years - to Wednesday, November 13 …

Jim Green. Memories of Chester FC's Sealand Road stadium. View gallery. Time was called on 84 years of football at Sealand Road on April 28, 1990. Chester's home since 1906, the stadium held …

A nine-year-long Chester planning battle has finally concluded after councillors approved 142 houses on Sealand Road 'with a heavy heart'. The decision brings to an end a saga which has seen multiple applications and appeals, a public inquiry, and the involvement of government ministers. However, many councillors felt that their hands had ...

Before it closed on January 10 1987, the greyhound dog track, just west of Chester FC's old Sealand Road ground, was a thriving venue in its day. Racing was held twice a week - on a Monday and a Saturday - attracting large crowds which included famous footballers of the time, like Alan Ball and Emlyn Hughes.

In 1981 Alan Oakes brought Gary to Sealand Road for £6,000 in an attempt to invigorate a team that had struggled to find goals since the departure of Ian Edwards and Ian Rush. Gary was unfortunate to sign for the club as financial problems began to bite and with a small squad Chester were out of their depth in Division 3 finishing bottom of ...

Chester won 3-0 in front of close on 19,000 fans at Sealand Road thanks to a John James brace and one from Storton. Grabbing the national headlines for their exploits, Chester weren't done yet and they saw off Newcastle United, drawing 0-0 at St James' Park before James struck to seal another famous win in the replay.

Former Chester FC and Wrexham winger Ian Moir lost his battle with cancer on Thursday (March 27). He was 71. The Chester Former Players Association led the tributes to Moir, with committee member Charlie Lambert saying: "As a fan I loved watching Ian play at Sealand Road. He was brilliant on the right wing.

The Staples store on Sealand Road in Chester. Hilco did not give any more details about its new brand. Staples' UK retail operations reported pre-tax losses of £5m for the year to the end of January 2015, an improvement on losses of £7.1 million in 2014.

Chester FC were that team - and this month marks the 40th anniversary of their epic semi-final defeat to Aston Villa. ... Champions Leeds United were well-beaten at Sealand Road and then Newcastle went the same way after being held at St James' Park. Villa, pushing for promotion from Division Two at the time, knew the Blues would be no ...

Sealand Road 13:17, 30 NOV 2023. Chester man tried to burgle city property days after prison release. ... Chester village football club pays tribute to teenager killed in bicycle crash. Saughall. Former Saughall Colts JFC player Jamie Jones, 17, died following the incident on Sealand Road, Flintshire.

The sale of the Sealand Road ground in 1990 saw Chester forced to play their home games at Macclesfield for two years. Unfortunately a return to the city, and the 6,000 capacity Deva Stadium, culminated in relegation although there was one bright spot when Stuart Rimmer broke Gary Talbot's league scoring record. ... Chester FC played their ...

The sale of the Sealand Road ground in 1990 saw Chester forced to play their home games at Macclesfield for two years. Unfortunately a return to the city, and the 6,000 capacity Deva Stadium, culminated in relegation although there was one bright spot when Stuart Rimmer broke Gary Talbot's league scoring record. ... Chester FC was placed in ...

A Chester chippy which closed its doors more than a year ago is set to reopen. Sealand Fish and Chip Shop, based on Sealand Road, put notices up on the window and door of the premises last year stating that it was shut 'until further notice'. A note diverting deliveries was also placed in the window. But now the premises is undergoing …

Sealand Road was the home stadium of Chester City Football Club from 1906 until 1990. Although officially known simply as The Stadium, it was more commonly referred to as Sealand Road. It was much loved by supporters of Chester, who followed their team there for 84 years, and after its closure spent an hour making the journey across Cheshire to …

Blues fans at the end of Chester's final fixture at Sealand Road "The directors of Wrexham, Pryce Griffiths and the likes were all for it, the superintendent of Cheshire Police was for it but we couldn't get it done. "Me and my wife (Josie) went up for a meal one Sunday around Titherington and went to have a look at Macclesfield Town.

A look at Cheshire West and Chester Council's website says the service from this site "is currently suspended until further notice". After an enquiry from the Standard, the council has revealed its Cabinet will be "reviewing the options" for the Sealand Road Park and Ride site in the new year. That could mean reopening the site …

During this decade, it also won its second Welsh Cup, defeating Wrexham in front of its home crowd at Sealand Road in 1933, and defeated Fulham 5-0 in 1936 to win the FA Cup. Post-WWII. Unfortunately, as the 1930s came to an end, World War II broke out, putting an end to this chapter in Chester FC's history.

Sealand Road Stadium. Action from Chester City v Rotherham United, the final game ever to be played at the old Sealand Road stadium. Home to Chester FC for 84 years, 'The Stadium', as it was known, hosted famous cup clashes with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Leeds United before fans made one final pilgrimage there for a 2-0 win over …

These photographs, taken in the early 1990s, show just how much Sealand Road in Chester has changed over the past 25 years. Kindly submitted to us by former Chester City FC chairman Ray Crofts, …

Capacity. 6,000. Record attendance. 20,378 Chester City 2-3 Chelsea After extra time 16th January 1952. First game. Chester City 4-0 Bangor City 15th December 1906. Last game. Chester City 2-0 Rotherham 28th April 1990.

The former home of Chester (City) FC, the Sealand Road Stadium, is still standing in these photographs, but it wouldn't be long …

Matt Gibson. Paige Ingram. North Wales Police and Scottish Power engineers are on scene (Image: Aaran Lennox) Fire crews are currently in attendance at an incident on Sealand Road. Figherfighters …

A Chester village junior football club has paid tribute to a former player who died following a bicycle collision. Teenager Jamie Michael Jones was involved in the incident on Sealand Road, between Deeside Industrial Estate and the Gateway to Wales, at around 4.45pm on Sunday, December 12. The 17-year-old was from Garden City in Flintshire ...

Sealand Road, Chester City – 1906-1992. Sealand Road was home to the now-defunct league club (which went out of business in 2010) of Chester City for 84 years. The new club, simply called Chester FC, play at the Deva Stadium and it is situated mostly in Wales, with just the car park and a small piece of one stand situated in England.

Why do people refer to Chester FC as the Seals? That name was the winning entry in a competition in the local paper to give the old club a new nickname. ... The Observer even referred to City in match reports. I remember when I first started watching Chester at Sealand Road in the 60's with chants of C-I-T-Y City long before it was …

Football Ground Map. Sealand Road. Football Ground Map > 5,030. members have visited Sealand Road. Map of Sealand Road. Interactive maps are available to logged-in users. Zoom, scroll, measure …

A housing estate to be built on a floodplain in Chester has been badly waterlogged before building work had a chance to begin. The site on Sealand Road was subject to a nine-year-long planning dispute. After several appeals and a public inquiry, plans were approved in April. Aerial pictures of the site sent to CheshireLive show much …

News. By. David Holmes Chief reporter. The Mulberry Centre is being converted into temporary accommodation for the homeless. Residents are concerned after the council began building a temporary hostel for about 30 homeless people in their Chester neighbourhood. The Mulberry Centre in Sealand Road – used until recently as a day …

The 30 wonderful images that show Chester FC as you may never have seen it. We trawled the Chester Chronicle archives to find some rare images of the Blues from way back. Bookmark. Share; ... Pre and post War images of the Blues in black and white show the club in a different time, with Sealand Road, as you would expect, a …

It splits the Sealand Road park and ride in half and cuts through the Chester West employment park. It also runs across the Deva Stadium, with the ticket office in England and the pitch in Wales ...

The decade old 'Sealand stink' that has been terrorising Chester residents has returned. CheshireLive has been contacted by a reader who has complained about a 'foul smell' coming from a farm on Sealand Road. The resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said locals living on the road have been left 'disgusted' at the smell that has ...

The first Football League match at Sealand Road saw Chester thrash Wigan Borough 4–0 on 29 August 1931 in front of an …

It's over 25 years since Chester FC were forced to bid adieu to their Sealand Road home. Their exit from their home of 84 years came about following a decision to sell the ground and the land on which it stood to construction firm Morrison Shand who would, in turn, sell the land for development. The decision to leave Sealand Road left the Blues ...

Chester FC heroes of yesteryear have been paying tribute to Paul Futcher, who sadly lost his short battle with cancer, aged 60. Chester-born Futcher, who hailed from Upton, played for the Blues in the early 1970s along with his older brother, Graham, and twin brother, Ron. The former Blues defender, who came through the ranks at Sealand Road ...

Chester 2-2 Aston Villa, League Cup semi final, 1st Leg match at Sealand Road, 15th January 1975. Chester football fans and former players alike remembered their old ground fondly this weekend, …

A former Chester day centre which temporarily converted into accommodation for rough sleepers during the pandemic could become a permanent hostel for homeless people. Plans have been lodged to continue using The Mulberry Centre on Sealand Road in Chester as a 30-bed supported living facility past the existing …

The Mulberry Centre off Sealand Road in Chester has been used on a temporary basis to house rough sleepers as part of the government's 'everyone in' policy launched in September 2020. That policy expired at the end of 2021, but the council's planning committee looks set to approve proposals for a full conversion into a supported …

2010 – 2010 Conference (Chester City expelled) 2010 – 2011 Northern Premier League Division One North (as Chester FC) 2011 – 2012 Northern Premier League Premier Division 2012 – 2013 Conference North 2013 – 2018 Conference 2019 – 2023 Conference North . Previous Grounds: 1885-98 – Faulkner Street