Wadsworth departs the Deva

The revolving door at the Deva Stadium continued in full swing today, as Mick Wadsworth became the latest in a long line of Managers to exit the club whilst working under Stephen Vaughan.

Wadsworth has only spent 94 days in the job, but that is enough for Vaughan, who has now parted company with 12 managers during his reign at the club, an absolutely shocking statistic, and one where Vaughan needs to question his own business acumen in the role as owner of Chester City FC, if indeed he is actually the owner of Chester City FC.

So, the club are heading for relegation, and now without a Manager once again, and a person totally lacking in business sense at the helm.

Oh it's such good fun being a Chester City fan.

Chester fans to show they care

Tonight at the Deva Stadium, Chester City fans are expected to show up in their numbers in a bid to show the national media that they want the FA to give Chester City the chance to play football.

Currently the club has not been granted affiliation to the FA, and time is desperately against the club now if they are to avoid being thrown out of the Conference, and even worse..folding.

Blues fans will be making their case heard tonight at the Deva in front of several media men that have been invited to the ground by a Chester City fan, who like others, is desperate to see her club given the all important go ahead from the FA, who are due to meet with the Football Conference tomorrow.

It's a big week for Blues fans, and some of which kicked off their protests last night at the Deva Stadium, in a bid to make their feelings about current owner Stephen Vaughan known.

Hopefully tonight, the media will take note of City's plight, and try to influence the FA to allow the Blues to take part in this season's Blue Square Premier League.

Just when you thought it was safe...

It's all changed again!

Just when we thought we'd got some football to look forward to, the Conference have now postponed our match tomorrow against Grays.

This is down to the FA stating that they believe the Conference will break the rules if the game goes ahead, and so a statement followed confirming the cancellation. They have also yet to validate the 25 point deduction handed out by the Football Conference.

This has thrown everything into doubt again, as its clear that Stephen Vaughan has not yet satisfied the FA that the club is in the right hands.

This is a massive blow to all Blues fans, who just want to see the team in action.

Gutted.

What next?

The dust has settled...for now!

After an agonising day & evening awaiting a decision as to the club's future, we finally found out at 7.30pm that City were going to issue a statement within 48 hours about their future.

So, lots of worrying thoughts set in that this was it, I'm going to lose the club I've supported as a boy - now I've woke up and done a morning's work, I feel a whole lot worse, could this really be the end?

The questions are of course, do the FA and the Conference already know what the outcome is? If they do, they have not given any hint as to what the score is, Stephen Vaughan has advised that the talks were "frank & constructive" - let's hope that Vaughan has answered all the questions that the FA & Conference threw at him, as he is playing with our club.

It's going to be a tough time waiting again now for what will be surely be the final decision set by the FA.

I just hope it's not the final nail in Chester City FC's coffin.

Stay of Execution for City

Chester City have been given a 2 day stay of execution by the FA & Football Conference.

According to Stephen Vaughan, the club have submitted a new proposal as to how they will manage the financial commitments in the forthcoming season, however the licence has still not been granted whilst the FA cast their eyes over the proposal.

It's a body blow to us Blues who really want to see the lads in action on Saturday in the Blue Square Premier League, and another 2 days of worry are ahead, whilst we await the ratification or rejection from the footballing authorities.

I feel physically sick at the prospect of losing my club in the next 48 hours, so hope and pray that the decision is in favour of the Blues.

Chester City - The Future

Welcome to my Chester City FC blog, a blog that I'll be looking to update each day throughout the new season.

Right now, no-one knows exactly what the future holds, even if we will actually be in a position to play football in any league, never mind the Blue Square Premier League.

This is down to the Football Association's refusal to give the club a licence to be affiliated to the organisation. Already Chester City have had to cancel their pre-season friendlies to date, with the next major friendly, against Premier league new boys Burnley, next Saturday, already under threat of cancellation.

Today, we have seen the Managing Director of the Club, Bob Gray, criticise those who frequent and give their opinions on DevaChat, the Chester fans main source of letting off some steam, and putting up arguments & topics for debate.

Gray, said that the fans had their chance to take over the club when it was in Administration, however, at this stage, any winning bid would have had to be at the value of £4.3m due to Stephen Vaughan's debentures.

Tomorrow, Monday 27th, sees the Administrators in Court, with the HMRC, to try to remove a "stumbling block" in the way of FA ratification of the new company that owns Chester City FC, named CCFC 2004 Limited, and led (on paper) by Stephen Vaughan Junior, the ex-Chairman and owner's Son.

Hopefully we will find out that there has been some progress at this point tomorrow, and that Chester fans can look to following their team on Saturday 8th August, at Grays Athletic.

More can be found about the Blues on my website, Banksy's World.