Chester City F.C.

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the Conference National. Chester played their home games at the Deva Stadium. The ground and stands are geographically inside Wales with just the club offices situated in England. Until 1990, the club played at Sealand Road.

Following repeated financial problems during the 2009–10 season, which also affected many of their fixtures, the club was served with a winding-up order by HM Revenue & Customs in January 2010. The club was put up for sale, suspended from the Conference National for breaches of league rules, and later expelled from the league in February 2010. The club's league results for the season were expunged and the club, after attempting to join the Welsh Premier League, was formally wound up in March 2010. Shortly afterwards a supporter-owned successor club named Chester F.C. was formed; which would continue to play their home games at the Deva Stadium. It played its first season (2010-11) in the Northern Premier League Division One North.