As Luton Town were guaranteed relegation into the Football Conference last year was almost certain before a football was kicked with they're 30 point deduction. Indeed Luton could not come back and finished 24th in League Two, dropping them out of the professional ranks. However, most people forget the other club to make the drop last year, Chester City. While everyone focused on Luton Town it is now Chester City who is getting watched as they are now playing their first season in the Blue Square Premier since they lifted the league's championship trophy just a little more than five years ago.
That was their first league championship of any kind since 1927 when they won the Cheshire County League, and this was also their first official trophy since Welsh Cup victory in 1947.
Unfortunately, once they made the drop, two weeks after their final game of the season they fell into administration with a debt seven million pounds, yes, I said seven million pounds which included 5.5 million pounds owed to their wantaway owner, Stephen Vaughan. Of course going into administration automatically gave the Seals a ten point deduction.
Oddly enough, the new buyer for the club was a group called Chester City FC (2004) Ltd, who strangely was led by the man who just tried to take five and a half million pounds from the club, Stephen Vaughan and his family! Everything should have been great with new owners and the Football Conference issued a statement saying that Chester City could take part in the league. Unfortunately, the FA witheld the the transfer of ownership of the club just one day before their openning game away at Grays Athletic. As the club were unable to play their openning day fixture with Grays, Stephen Vaughan and other club directors met at the Deva Stadium as the fans gather as a show of support by filling the stands at the Deva at the same time as the time set for kick-off of the Grays game.
Many Blues' fans hoped they would have a club to support for their home opener with Gateshead but they were disappointed to find out that the game had been called off as the FA required all clubs in the Football Conference to accept Chester back into league. So once again the FA & Conference met at the Deva to decide the club's future. This brought on another show of support by filling in the seats at the stadium, again, at the same time as kick-off for the Gateshead match.
The following night the meeting between the FA & Football Conference took place. The Deva Stadium though remained locked so instead the fans gather inside the club's bar to rally in support. Things ended working out but Chester City were assesed a after further 15 point deduction, meaning they'd start the season on -25 points in a league where four sides will be relegated at the end of the season. Since it's almost an assured thing that Chester City will be playing in the Blue Square North next season, most Chester fans are just happy to have a club to support.
This is another club that has been smacked by an idiot owner who doesn't give a toilet about the club and only is in it for the money. I can understand that, but it's always really terrible for supporters and fans to find out their owner could care less about them or the club. Mr. Vaughan showed that by going back to the club after asking them to pay five and half millions pounds to him. Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.
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