Our Lads take on last seasons 'Champions'....
At Home.
Chester were quite invincible, over 100 goals & 100 points..But as yet, not "firing on all cylinders" !
Town with 1 point from 6 in the last two games, But still unbeaten at home
This needs to continue tomorrow, being unbeaten at home - not 1 point in 6 ...as the Shaymen are just 1 win from a top 4 place on the ladder.
Gregory, Gardner & Holsgrove have not added to their respective totals of 4, 3, & 3. and in what is going to be the biggest crowd of the season so far, lets hope they find the back of the net - & to some tune. As this is a good opportunity to overcome Chester, who despite better fortune this last fortnight, still find themselves in the bottom 3.
They will have good away support though, & I'll predict a crowd nigh on 2000, not to be scoffed at, at Conference level
'pub comp' stats !
population = 120,000. inbetween Hudders (144,000) & Halifax 95,000.
Founded ...the City, (not the 'club' ) in AD70 by the Romans, & called Deva Victrix .
Now. It was intentionally built as a Fortress, & being 20% bigger than all the other Fort towns at the time, it is thought that Chester was intended as the capital of the Britannia colony ! (bigger & more important than York too...the other large Roman fort town in the north)
But for all their History, & fine upkeep, which I have to say is Impressive...
they ain't got....
a Wainhouse House tower
a Piece Hall,
a ...well 'ex'... Biggest Building Society in the World
a home Town RL team
The Shay will be the Ancient Britons fortress ...the Legionnaires will be found wanting...
FC Halifax 3-1 Chester City.
1,934.
I tell you what !
"What" equires the voice of reason ?
You don't learn stuff like this on those crappy sHudderz & L666s chat boards .
"Hell Fire Darn... I think you're right"
AT AT AW.
any team, any time, any where.
Halifax Town 2-1 Chester City
posted on 29/9/13
FC Halifax 2 Chester 1
Town made one change from Tuesdays woeful performance against the Harriers to register another 3 valuable points at the Shay with Josh Wilson replacing Danny Lowe.
Town started strongly and took the lead from Gregory after a goal mouth scramble, as all the ball just about went over the line and the goal was signaled by the linesmen.
Chester then came more into the game and Seddon should have scored a 1 on 1 with Glennon but the later made himself big and turned the ball away for a corner. This gave Chester more confidence and Town had to withstand a constant wave of attack from Chester.
This constant pressure told as Chester drew level on 18 minutes with Seddon latching on to a loose ball in the area after Town failed to clear the ball after a corner from the away side. The rest of the 1st half saw Chester having over 60% of procession but they couldn't turn this into goals and at HT it was 1-1.
The 2nd half was much more open but after a few tackles went flying in the ref got more fussy and ended up booking 7 players, with 3 yellow cards for the home side and one of them was for Pearson which means he now misses the Luton game next Saturday.
Roberts bullet header proved to be the winning goal on 64 minutes after a superb cross from Adam Smith, which even Ronaldo would have been proud of. Chester pushed for a equaliser but Town saw the game out which was greatly applauded by the Shaymen faithful at the final whistle.
Roberts was the Man of the Match after a fine performance and result moved the Shaymen up to 9th in table and now 1 point behind Braintree in 6th place who occupy the last play off place.
posted on 29/9/13
Good to hear the Turner twins (on loan from Leeds) featured for Chester, seemed to impress last season at a lower level, but hope they are adjusting to the step up in quality better than the club as a whole.
FCHT, are you making the long journey to Luton next week?
posted on 29/9/13
No I will not be making the trip down next Saturday but instead I will be playing football
posted on 29/9/13
Well Duzza was contemplating making the journey when I spoke to him today, however I think that was an excuse to avoid playing in the golf tournament next Saturday.
Has your team picked up their results the last couple of weeks without your contribution?
posted on 30/9/13
Superb analysis 'FC'
I liked that bit...."Town saw the game out which was greatly applauded by the Shaymen faithful at the final whistle. "
Cracking set of Fans
few in numbers, But make up for it with passion.
Re- The Luton game !
can either of you persuade Duzza to give us the after match run darn on Saturday ?
more the merrier -n- all that,
same deal, I'll stick the match thread up Friday arrvo your time.
posted on 30/9/13
"can either of you persuade Duzza to give us the after match run darn on Saturday ?"
I've tried my best to get him registered, told him about the match threads on the Halifax board and give him a link to the home page to sign up, but as yet no sign.
posted on 30/9/13
I know what you mean Ken
I too am trying harder than I should have to....
to get my lifelong mate & Shayman fan to do the same...
It's that Pennine tap water I tell ya
posted on 30/9/13
comment by Darn unda (U3694)
posted 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
I know what you mean Ken
I too am trying harder than I should have to....
to get my lifelong mate & Shayman fan to do the same...
It's that Pennine tap water I tell ya
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Maybe this new feature will be enough to persuade them to join
posted on 1/10/13
I am glad you liked the match report Darn Unda, but shame we might not have one next week unless Duzza makes the trip down to Kenilworth Road from which looks unlikely at the moment unless Sir Ken can persuade him!
Do you want anything else in the match report at all or did I cover everything?
posted on 1/10/13
As was... pretty damn good 'FC'
But just as you see fit mate, Anything you like, It's all good.
'on' topic..'off' topic... Topic chocolate bar Ought
I think Champers & Ken will confirm..? We are happy to....
Laugh,
Talk,
fratch,
Yap,
argue,
moan,
fall out...
get
But at the end of the day, despite having persuasions
towards 'other' teams...We are Halifax fans too
Who says we can't support two teams ?
We just did
Next time you & Ken are having a pint with Duzza, bend his arm up his back & get him logged on here
anyway, Just like Me & Jacko met up through this chat board, I reckon Champers should be getting 'introduced' somewhere in Town !! What do you say fellas, Life's too short ......
Champers ?