chester

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: The International Stadium home to Gateshead, Newcastle United U23
• → Most easterly ground: Campo De Futbol Municipal home to CF Lloret
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Nou Estadi home to Gimnastic
• ← Most westerly ground: Farrar Road home to Bangor City

About chester

First Game

First ever game I was taken to was on Saturday 11th April 1992 (1991-92 season).Opponents were Birmingham City in a 3rd Division game played at Moss Rose,Macclesfield when Chester groundshared their after leaving Sealand Road.We lost 1-0 to a last minute goal from Nigel Gleghorn infront of the biggest home gate in the two seasons we played at Macc,Which was 4,895.
First ever game at The Deva was on Saturday 2nd March 1996 (1995-96 season).Oppenents were Cardiff City again in a 3rd Division game.We won the game 4-0 with Ross Davidson,Chris Priest,Dave Rogers pen and Stuart Rimmer with the goals.Attendance for that was 2,308.Only missed I think 22 or 23 home games since in nearly 18 years of supporting Chester.Only missed 2 home games since we drew 1 each Swansea City on 2nd October 2004 (2004-05 season).Games I missed were against Salisbury City,Lost 1-0 and Ebbsfleet United,Lost 2-1 both in 2009-10 season.

Best Game

Too many to mention all for different reasons and occasions but the best for me sgtill has to be Scarborough on Saturday 17 april 2004 at The Deva.Winning the Conference with that squad Mark Wright built after the gloom and misery we'd suffered a few years before was just an unbelievable achievement really.Won the game 1-0 in front of a record 5.968 crowd in a day that'll I'll never forget.Still is the best promotion out of the 4 I've seen Chester win.It will be for a while yet until winning the Conference happens again,If it'll ever will happen again.Been to many more great games mostly away ones.Most problably from that season we won the Conference.Leigh RMI 6-2,Accy Stanley 2-0,Telford 2-0,Shrewsbury 0-0 all aways towards the end of that season.All etched in my mind forever along with the memeories of Daryl Clare and what that bloke did for us in his time.

Worst Game

Again far too many to mention but heres a few.Losing at home to Brighton 7-1 in the 1999-2000 season when were relegated to the conference in may 2000,Losing 6-0 in an FA Cup game at Cardiff in November 1998.3 trips to Carlisle losing all 3 conceding 13 goals.3 trips to Dagenham losing 3-0,6-2 and 6-0.3 trips to Barnet losing all of them 3-1,3-1 and 3-0.5 games at Hereford and not winning any.Going to Shrewsbury 8 times an never seeing us win their,The only time i never went we won 1-0.Thats the only time we ever won their.Beaten by Barrow in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round in 2001,That was a horrible embarrassing defeat that one was.Last worst day has to be Aldershot away in april 09.Needed a win to take it down to the last day of the season but we only managed a 2 all draw.That result more or less relegated us back to the Conference.Signalled pretty much the start of the beginning of the end for Chester City FC.

Stadium of Light and Aston Villas Villa Park for me are both equall to where I've seen Chester play.Played at the Stadium of Light twice,September 1998 and August 2004 losing both 3-0 in the League Cup.First time their the attendance was just over 22.000.Unbeleavable atmosphere their that night the noise was deafening.Second time I went their was just over 10.000 their.The capacity at the Stadium of Light was/is 49.000.The biggest ground I've ever seen Chester play in in any competition.Really is a great stadium to watch a club of Chesters size in.Along with how it was at Villa Park and Ewood Park.When we played Blackburn in the FA Cup 3rd round in January 2001.That was a surreal experience with over 3.600 Chester fans at Ewood Park that day.

went to villa park in sep 99,lost 5-0 in front of the biggest crowd we've played in for must be 25/30+ years,over 26.000 their.atmosphere was unbeleavably good and loud,must of bin a few thousand chester fans their.didnt deserve to lose this game 5-0,we did score a pen but it had to be retaken and when it was we missed it =(.

been to a few more nice,modern,loud stadiums in leagues and cups dwn the years with chester.been to blackburn in the fa cup 3rd round in 2001,wolves in aug 2005 in league cup,leeds in 06 in league cup,ipswich in fa cup in 07 and in league fixtures been to notts county,darlingtons oversized 25.000 all seater stadium,mk dons new soon to be 32.000 all seater stadium and bradford citys valley parade a few times.been to some great stadiums with my club im pleased to say =).

BEST AWAY RECORD AT ANY GROUND(S).
BURY Been 7 times and never lost v Bury D1-1,D0-0,W3-1,D2-2 fa cup,W2-0 AND D1-1.Also Once against FC United W3-2.
TELFORD UNITED Been 3 times never lost W3-0,W1-0 AND W2-0.
HALIFAX TOWN Been 3 times and never lost W1-0,D0-0 AND W3-1 fa cup.

..............CARLISLE UNITED, HEREFORD UNITED, SHREWSBURY TOWN, BARNET and WYCOMBE WANDERERS.
Been to DAGENHAM Three times losing all of them 3-0,6-2 and 6-0.
Been to CARLISLE Three times losing all of them 4-1,5-0 and 4-2.
Been to SHRESBURY Eight times and not won any 1-1,L2-0,0-0,L5-0,L3-1,L2-1,D0-0 AND L1-0.
Been to WYCOMBE Four times and not won any L4-2,D3-3,L1-0 AND L2-0.
Been to HEREFORD Five times D0-0,L2-1,L2-0,D2-2 AND AGAIN D2-2.
Been to BARNET Three times L3-1,L3-1 AND L3-0.
Not seen us win in any of the 8 times I've been to games around London.We've lost all 8 of them.2 against Brentford,3 against Barnet and 3 against Dagenham.Completely abysmal record.

198 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U23 and Reading Women		1	280	280
2	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City		1	125	125
3	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	34	34
4	Bastion Road	Bow FC and Prestatyn Town	--	1	45	45
5	Belle Vue	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	157	157
6	Belle Vue	CPD Y Rhyl 1879, CPD Y Rhyl 1879 Ladies, Rhyl and Rhyl Ladies	--	1	49	49
7	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	86	86
8	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	243	243
9	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	185	185
10	Borough Park	Workington AFC and Workington AFC Development	--	1	208	208
11	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	83	83
12	Bower Fold	Rochdale U18, Stalybridge Celtic and FC United of Manchester	--	1	83	83
13	Bracken Moor Stadium	Sheffield Wednesday U23, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Stocksbridge Park Steels Development, Stocksbridge Park Steels Reserves and Sheffield United U23	--	1	117	117
14	Brewery Field	Spennymoor Town and Spennymoor Town Ladies	--	1	235	235
15	Bridge Road (The Glassworld Stadium)	Cambridge City Development, Histon, Histon Ladies, Histon Reserves and Cambridge City	--	1	286	286
16	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23		1	291	291
17	Broadhurst Park	FC United of Manchester and FC United of Manchester Women	--	1	76	76
18	Brunton Park	Carlisle United	--	1	236	236
19	Butchers Arms	Droylsden and Stretford Paddock FC	--	1	76	76
20	Cae-y-Castell	Connah's Quay Nomads, Flint Mountain FC and Flint Town United	--	1	19	19
21	Campo De Futbol Municipal	CF Lloret	--	1	1,675	1,675
22	Cantilever Park	Warrington Town and Warrington Town Reserves		1	39	39
23	Causeway Lane	Matlock Town and Matlock Town Reserves	--	1	114	114
24	Centre D'Esports I'Hospitalet	Hospitalet	--	1	1,702	1,702
25	Cherrywood Road (Easy As HGV Stadium)	Farnborough, Farnborough Reserves, Lightwater United, Badshot Lea and Reading Women		1	318	318
26	Cheshire County Sports Club	Newton Athletic and Upton JFC	--	1	6	6
27	Christie Park	Morecambe		1	122	122
28	Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque	Espanyol B and Espanyol Femeni	--	1	1,694	1,694
29	College Grove	Wakefield		1	136	136
30	Court Place Farm	Long Crendon, Oxford City, Oxford City Dev, Oxford City Nomads, Oxford City Women and Oxford United Women	--	1	242	242
31	Cressing Road (Amlin Stadium)	Braintree Town, Braintree Town Reserves and Dunmow Town	--	1	345	345
32	Crilly Park	Atherton Laburnum Rovers, Atherton Laburnum Rovers U23 and Leigh Genesis	--	1	60	60
33	Dales Lane	Rushall Olympic, Rushall Olympic U21 and Walsall Ladies	--	1	115	115
34	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U23, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough	--	1	142	142
35	De Montfort Park	Hinckley FC, Hinckley Leicester Road FC, Hinckley Leicester Road FC Reserves, Hinckley United and Leicester Road LFC	--	1	158	158
36	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	351	351
37	Deeside Stadium	Connah's Quay Nomads Women and Connah's Quay Nomads	--	1	14	14
38	Don Amott Arena	Derby County Ladies, Mickleover Athletic FC, Mickleover FC and Mickleover FC Reserves	--	1	121	121
39	Don Valley Stadium	Handsworth, Rotherham United and Sheffield FC		1	127	127
40	Dransfield Stadium	Hull City U23, North Ferriby FC, North Ferriby United and Hull City Ladies	--	1	212	212
41	Drill Field	Colwyn Bay and Northwich Victoria		1	35	35
42	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	1	54	54
43	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23	--	1	325	325
44	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United		1	157	157
45	Edgeley Park	Stockport County		1	69	69
46	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	138	138
47	Estadi Cornella-El Prat (RCDE Stadium)	Espanyol and Catalonia		1	1,701	1,701
48	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta	Sabadell		1	1,674	1,674
49	Estadi Johan Cruyff	Barcelona B and Barcelona Femeni		1	1,697	1,697
50	Estadi Municipal de Reus	Reus Deportiu and Reus FC Reddis	--	1	1,704	1,704
51	Estadio Municipal Sagnier	AE Prat	--	1	1,705	1,705
52	Estadio Municipal Xevi Ramon	Vilassar de Mar	--	1	1,688	1,688
53	Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic (Lluis Companys)	Barcelona, Andorra, Catalonia and Espanyol	--	1	1,701	1,701
54	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	72	72
55	Eton Park	Burton Albion		1	119	119
56	Ewen Fields	Hyde United and FC United of Manchester	--	1	79	79
57	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	83	83
58	Farrar Road	Bangor City	--	1	100	100
59	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	143	143
60	Flamingo Land Stadium	Scarborough Athletic	--	1	254	254
61	Gay Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	68	68
62	Giant Axe	Lancaster City	--	1	119	119
63	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester		1	75	75
64	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United	--	1	192	192
65	Globe Way Stadium	Buckley Town	--	1	12	12
66	GMB Stadium	Frickley Athletic	--	1	145	145
67	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra	--	1	43	43
68	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	323	323
69	Haig Avenue (Merseyrail Community Stadium)	Everton U23, Southport and Everton Women		1	62	62
70	Halkyn Road	Holywell Town	--	1	26	26
71	Halton Stadium	Widnes, Everton U23, Everton Women, Liverpool Ladies and Runcorn FC Halton	--	1	29	29
72	Harrison Park	Ball Haye Green, Leek Town, Leek Town Ladies, Leek Town Ladies Reserves, Stoke City U23 and Leek CSOB	--	1	74	74
73	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	101	101
74	Hilton Park	Leigh Genesis		1	54	54
75	Hipolit Planas	CF Badalona Futur and UE Vic	--	1	1,627	1,627
76	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	132	132
77	Horsfall Stadium	Albion Sports, Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies and Bradford City Women	--	1	123	123
78	Hurst Cross	Ashton United	--	1	82	82
79	Ings Lane (Global Stadium)	Leeds United LFC and Tadcaster Albion	--	1	167	167
80	IP Truck Parts Stadium	Prescot Cables, Runcorn FC Halton, AFC Liverpool, Liverpool Ladies, Skelmersdale United and St Helens Town	--	1	35	35
81	Jericho Lane Sports Hub	Liverpool Feds WFC, Newton, South Liverpool, South Liverpool Reserves and South Liverpool Third	--	1	25	25
82	Kellamergh Park	AFC Fylde Women and AFC Fylde	--	1	79	79
83	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	276	276
84	Keys Park	Hednesford Town and West Bromwich Albion U23		1	103	103
85	Kirklands	Cammell Laird 1907	--	1	26	26
86	Liberty Way	Nuneaton Borough and Birmingham City U23	--	1	154	154
87	Llanelian Road	Colwyn Bay	--	1	65	65
88	London Road	Peterborough United		1	240	240
89	Lyme Valley Stadium	Newcastle Town, Newcastle Town Ladies, Norton United and Stoke City U23	--	1	64	64
90	Marston Road	Stafford Rangers and Northwich Victoria		1	84	84
91	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	152	152
92	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	237	237
93	Millbank Linnets Stadium	Runcorn Linnets	--	1	27	27
94	Millmoor	Rotherham United		1	132	132
95	Mini Estadi	Barcelona C, Barcelona B and Barcelona Femeni	--	1	1,698	1,698
96	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	106	106
97	Montilivi	Girona and Catalonia	--	1	1,640	1,640
98	Moor Lane	Salford City		1	70	70
99	Moss Lane	Altrincham, Altrincham Reserves and FC United of Manchester		1	56	56
100	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	66	66
101	Municipal de Can Roses	UE Rubi	--	1	1,680	1,680
102	Narcis Sala	UE Sant Andreu	--	1	1,693	1,693
103	Nethermoor Park	Guiseley, Guiseley AFC Vixens, Bradford City Women and Leeds United U23	--	1	137	137
104	Neuven Stadium	Bury AFC, Radcliffe FC, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and FC United of Manchester	--	1	71	71
105	New Bucks Park	Bootle, City of Liverpool and Clitheroe	--	1	39	39
106	New Ferens Park	Durham Corinthians, Durham Corinthians Reserves, Boro Rangers, Durham City, Durham Women and Washington FC	--	1	248	248
107	Ninian Park	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	238	238
108	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	129	129
109	Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity, Gainsborough Trinity Reserves and Boston United	--	1	180	180
110	Nou Barris	CF Montanesa	--	1	1,691	1,691
111	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona		1	1,698	1,698
112	Nou Estadi	Gimnastic	--	1	1,712	1,712
113	Nou Sardenya	CE Europa and CE Europa B	--	1	1,695	1,695
114	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	130	130
115	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	64	64
116	Olimpic de Terrassa	Terrassa, Catalonia and CP San Cristobal	--	1	1,669	1,669
117	Park Hall	Oswestry Town, St Martins, The New Saints, The New Saints Women and Wem Town Ladies	--	1	44	44
118	Park Road Stadium	Cheadle Town, Cheadle Town Reserves and Cheadle Town Stingers Women	--	1	66	66
119	Park View Road	Erith & Belvedere, Welling United and Welling United Women	--	1	351	351
120	Pavilions Sports Complex	Runcorn Town	--	1	24	24
121	Plainmoor	Torquay United and Truro City	--	1	378	378
122	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	376	376
123	Prenton Park	Liverpool Ladies, Liverpool U23 and Tranmere Rovers	--	1	27	27
124	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	386	386
125	Princes Park	Dartford, Dartford Women, London City Lionesses, Thamesmead Town, Charlton Athletic Women, Greenwich Borough and Millwall U23	--	1	360	360
126	Queen's Terrace	Ossett Albion	--	1	129	129
127	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	Salisbury, Salisbury City and Salisbury Development	--	1	304	304
128	Rivacre Park	Hooton FC, Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall Motors Reserves and City of Liverpool	--	1	15	15
129	Roots Hall	Southend United	--	1	381	381
130	Rossett Park (Marine Travel Arena)	AFC Liverpool, Marine, Marine U23 and Everton Women	--	1	42	42
131	Ryland Recreation Club	Warrington Rylands and Warrington Rylands Reserves	--	1	41	41
132	Saltergate	Chesterfield	--	1	123	123
133	Sandy Lane	Worksop Town, Worksop Town Reserves, Handsworth and St Josephs Rockware of Worksop	--	1	149	149
134	Seel Park	Mossley AFC, Oldham Boro and Bury AFC	--	1	85	85
135	Selby Place	Liverpool Ladies and Skelmersdale United	--	1	52	52
136	SFC Stadium	Bamber Bridge, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and AFC Fylde Women		1	77	77
137	Shawbridge	Clitheroe and Blackburn Rovers Ladies	--	1	104	104
138	Shawe View	Trafford	--	1	58	58
139	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	197	197
140	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	212	212
141	Spencer Stadium	Banbury United and Banbury United Development	--	1	206	206
142	Spotland	Rochdale		1	86	86
143	St George's Lane	Evesham United and Worcester City	--	1	148	148
144	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	344	344
145	St James Park	Brackley Town and Brackley Town Saints	--	1	220	220
146	ST&B Accountants Stadium	Kendal Town and Morecambe U18	--	1	157	157
147	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--	1	246	246
148	Station View	Harrogate Railway Athletic, Harrogate Railway Athletic Ladies and Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves	--	1	162	162
149	Steel Park	Corby Town	--	1	207	207
150	Stockport Sports Village	Stockport County Ladies, Stockport Sports and Stockport Town	--	1	75	75
151	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	365	365
152	Tameside Stadium	Burnley U23, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester	--	1	79	79
153	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	291	291
154	The Airfield	Airbus UK Broughton, Airbus UK Broughton Ladies and Airbus UK Broughton Youth	--	1	5	5
155	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	City of Stoke Women, Kidsgrove Athletic, Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves and Port Vale Ladies	--	1	58	58
156	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	116	116
157	The Citadel	Farsley Celtic, Farsley Celtic Ladies, Leeds Carnegie and Albion Sports	--	1	134	134
158	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women		1	92	92
159	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	215	215
160	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC		1	0	0
161	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies	--	1	160	160
162	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	312	312
163	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23	--	1	268	268
164	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United		1	250	250
165	The Laithwaite Community Stadium	Woking, Hayes & Yeading United and Sheerwater	--	1	328	328
166	The Lamb Ground	Burton Albion Ladies, Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies and Aston Villa Women	--	1	129	129
167	The McCain Stadium	Scarborough	--	1	253	253
168	The National Hockey Stadium	Milton Keynes Dons	--	1	240	240
169	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	--	1	77	77
170	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	214	214
171	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	71	71
172	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	119	119
173	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	20	20
174	The Rock	Cefn Druids AFC, Gresford Athletic and Cefn Albion	--	1	32	32
175	The Scholars Ground	Chasetown and Chasetown U21	--	1	109	109
176	The Shay	FC Halifax Town		1	114	114
177	The Silverlands	Buxton and Buxton Reserves	--	1	85	85
178	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	269	269
179	The Supply Chain Network Community Stadium	Garforth Town and Leeds United LFC	--	1	154	154
180	The Weaver Stadium	Nantwich Town, Nantwich Town Reserves and Stoke City U23	--	1	37	37
181	Turnbull Ground	Whitby Town	--	1	260	260
182	Underhill	Barnet and London Bees	--	1	314	314
183	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	1	64	64
184	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	128	128
185	Vetch Field	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	234	234
186	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United	--	1	250	250
187	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women	--	1	345	345
188	Victoria Stadium	Northwich Manchester Villa and Northwich Victoria	--	1	38	38
189	Victory Park	Chorley and Chorley Ladies	--	1	68	68
190	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	128	128
191	Walshes Meadow	Droitwich Spa and Stourport Swifts	--	1	130	130
192	War Memorial Athletic Ground	Causeway United, Stourbridge and Stourbridge FC Women	--	1	119	119
193	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	317	317
194	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	192	192
195	Wincham Park	Witton Albion, Northwich Victoria and Runcorn Linnets		1	38	38
196	Woodside Park (R&D Advisors Stadium)	Bishop's Stortford and Enfield FC	--	1	319	319
197	Y Morfa Conwy	Conwy Borough and Llandudno	--	1	78	78
198	York Street (The Jakemans Stadium)	Railway Athletic and Boston United		1	243	243
Total					59,661	62,189

4 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales
2	Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic (Lluis Companys)	Barcelona, Andorra, Catalonia and Espanyol	--
3	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona
4	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--

5 Countries Visited to Watch Football