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Steve Hill: At last…the joke’s on you!

At school in Chester in the 80s, a teacher randomly conducted a straw poll of who supported who. Surprise, surprise, it yielded approximately 30 Liverpool fans, one Manchester United fan, and one Evertonian. How many Chester City fans? One, yours truly, news that was greeted by gales of incredulous laughter, despite being within walking distance of their Football League stadium.

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Steve Hill
25 April 2021

Steve Hill:

By Steve Hill
HILLY’S AWAY DAYS

WELL, that was a fun 48 hours, as football’s self-appointed elite tore themselves apart then came crawling back to the only people that really matter – the fans!
Pathetic. Watching the circus from the sidelines as a Non-League fan, you could almost feel smug, albeit tempered, by all but our top division being curtailed for the want of the kind of money these creatures could probably find down the back of their yachts.

WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? I was the only Chester City fan at school
PICTURE: Alamy

As a ‘legacy fan’ of an unfashionable club like Chester, finall...

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