They can shoot a Welshman found inside the city walls after midnight as long as they use a bow and arrow

retired_jessieb · 05-19-2003, 10:48 AM

Appeal logged and successfull

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-19-2003, 12:44 PM

It would appear that a window of opportunity has emerged....

I'll take events in order. An exciting end to the season for Chester.

League Cup Semi-final 2nd leg
As expected, Liverpool fielded a full strength team and won 3-0 (agg 4-2) thanks to a hat-trick from the easily toppled donkey

Football League Division 1
With 44 games gone, Chester sit in 3rd place (surprise) 2pts behind Birmingham with one game in hand. Game in hand finishes in defeat. Looks like the playoffs again

Chester win their last game, and a Birmingham 0-0 means that Chester finish second on goal difference

FA Cup :eek:
After replays in the 4th, 5th, & 6th rounds Chester find themselves up against the (relatively) mighty Tottenham Hotspur in the semis. A shock 3-2 victory means a final against Newcastle United.

A quick look at the EPL table before the final shows Newcastle in contention for a UEFA cup spot via their league position. Could the mighty :p Chester City find themselves in Europe whatever the result?

It all proves academic:- a stunning 2-1 victory ensures that the FA cup resides in Chester for the 1st time ever. :eek: :eek:

The fans comment that "Michal Kus is building a world class team"!!! (1st time I've ever seen that one). I beg to differ - a lot of luck saw us win the cup, we will struggle next year. We lost 11 in div1 for goodness sake.

Personally I am absolutely shocked. A couple of weeks before the end of the season I had decided to look around if I failed to take Chester up. As it is I will be fighting on two fronts next season - against relegation from the EPL and against an embarrasingly early Uefa cup exit.

Average attendance 7,300 ish.
Board add 1,500 seats to take capacity to circa 12,000. Then expand again to meet EPL minimum requirements. The Deva stadium now holds a massive 16,600 all seated. I am confident of one thing next season - I'll probably break the record low average EPL attendance of about 12,000 (Wycombe).

Sorry it's so bloody long!

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-19-2003, 02:28 PM

Thanks.

KUTGS! "coarse" LOL

Never has a "from" been more appropriate

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-19-2003, 05:47 PM

This ones for all you table lovers \o/

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** * English First Division - Monday 28th May 2007********************************************** ************************************************** ================================================== ============================================== 2006/7 Table============================================= ================================================== =Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Leeds 46 17 3 3 47 17 12 7 4 48 28 97 2nd P Chester 46 12 6 5 40 17 12 5 6 33 26 83 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3rd P Birmingham 46 12 7 4 41 28 12 4 7 36 33 83 4th Blackpool 46 11 7 5 33 18 11 4 8 40 34 77 5th Crystal Palace 46 16 3 4 59 33 6 6 11 28 36 75 6th Everton 46 13 6 4 40 22 8 6 9 35 35 75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7th Carlisle 46 11 5 7 24 25 11 3 9 34 24 74 8th Cardiff 46 12 4 7 45 29 8 7 8 32 31 71 9th Ipswich 46 12 7 4 41 26 6 7 10 27 33 68 10th Stoke 46 11 5 7 30 21 8 5 10 24 28 67 11th Aston Villa 46 11 8 4 37 20 6 7 10 32 37 66 12th Bournemouth 46 13 6 4 42 28 4 8 11 14 28 65 13th Middlesbrough 46 13 6 4 37 20 3 8 12 22 42 62 14th Southampton 46 12 6 5 48 36 5 3 15 24 44 60 15th Port Vale 46 12 5 6 32 27 4 6 13 33 50 59 16th Sheff Wed 46 9 5 9 41 32 7 5 11 32 43 58 17th Man City 46 12 5 6 38 26 4 3 16 26 45 56 18th Nottm Forest 46 9 7 7 36 31 5 7 11 22 36 56 19th Bristol C 46 10 6 7 37 33 3 8 12 23 44 53 20th Peterborough 46 9 6 8 39 36 4 4 15 23 52 49 21st Norwich 46 10 3 10 42 36 2 7 14 26 57 46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22nd R Leicester 46 7 8 8 30 34 3 7 13 28 52 45 23rd R Bolton 46 6 5 12 27 40 4 4 15 16 40 39 24th R West Ham 46 5 7 11 36 43 3 5 15 20 44 36 </pre>

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-20-2003, 10:34 AM

Would probably have applied there if I failed to take Chester up.

Just as a side note, the good people of Chester certainly have a sense of humour.

Bear in mind my new capacity is 16,600. Twice in my first three home games the attendance has been 16,599. I don't believe you can come this close to a sell out twice without actually achieving it!!

Attendance for first ever match in europe - just over 4,000!!! LOL!

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-25-2003, 09:56 PM

Well, out of the Uefa Cup in round 4 - to Feyenoord who dropped out of the Champions League after the first group, so no disgrace there.

Finished 8th in the league and Chester are to be England's sole representative in the Intertoto cup

Despite the pots of TV money at the start of the season, Chester would have finished in the red if it weren't for the league position prize money.

Shouldn't be such a problem this season - the board don't want to expand the Deva again, despite an average league attendance only 250 below capacity. The adventurous lot want me to avoid relegation this year.

Mustn't grumble.

retired_pmetzger1 · 05-27-2003, 10:06 AM

The "problem" with the English leagues, certainly in CM3, is the level to which you can speculate to accumulate.

At the beginning of the season I "bosmaned" in a couple of seasoned veterans (one a 34 year old goggle wearing dutchman) on high (for Chester) wages to bring some experience to the team. They ensured a successful first season in the EPL, and position money meant that I finshed the season with a profit.

The rest of my team have gained in experience, and I can now try and recoup some money on these pensioners.