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Yea, well done to the lads, brilliant feeling when that 3rd goal went in. It was really good as well to have Cav, Leighton & Rocky sat with us in the stands - like going back to the good old days in a way - and I think they really enjoyed their afternoon, good on em for joining in the some of the singing :)

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I've just taken off my rose tinted glasses - and the results still say we won today ! ;)

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This was a good result today,the team played well against a very poor Chester side who hadnt scored for a while.
Stanley showed more passion,Branch seems to be playing better in the middle, but Stanley conceeded two soft goals. Nevertheless well done lads,more of the same on Tuesday

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Aswad was superb and he got his reward at the end...a big cuddle from Harwood Red! :D

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Poor lad must be frightened to death :D

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Just got back, Great result although they had me biting my nails a few times and so did that blind linesman! Here hoping we can stuff lincoln on tuesday.

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Well, he did look slightly stunned but he had a very happy smile on his face!

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Well done, thought you played better against us at the Deva than you did at your place by a mile. I thought the fans that travelled down for you were fantastic and made alot of noise considering the amount there. You should be okay from relegation now so hopefully we will get revenge next year.

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This is their report:

Chester City Football Club Official Site - Another fine mess by Stanley

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I hate to imagine the formation we were playing. That report says Thomas was a striker!!!

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He was also making his debut :rolleyes:

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I am obviously pleased that we won today, infact I said so in an earlier post on this thread :)

However I STILL believe that Mr Coleman is living on borrowed time and that todays result will serve only to stave off the inevitable.

Remember one swallow does not make a summer ;)

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as one of the sober fans who attended (coxy was in a bad way) I thought the second half was a big improvement.
BTW, i brought along a witton albion fan and his kid from work who after the game has pledged his allegance to all things Accy.

The bad - Branch. he rose for bohh goals to slowly for the the headers and was out muscled and won far to few aireal battles for a centre back - I really do think Branch is past it.

Harris - his passing was poor IMO and he was pretty useless when supporting any of the wing play in the first half. The lad offered little going forward or defensivly today.

Todd -his fitness for a substitute was terrible. His crossing left alot to be desired.

Positives
Mullin - worked his socks off. chased everything, ran onto balls, won most headers, all round team ethic was top notch and got lots of applause from a very passionate Cav in the stands.
Craney -second half with more space and time looked the Craney of old. His turn for the second goal was typical Craney, the guy was great.
Aswad - a totally different player from last week where the nerves must have gotten to him. His first goal was a beauty (good ball by Liam).

Whalley - MOM. He showed his potential and boy did he show it. His running, dribbling, crossing, and attempts to shoot caused Chester no end of problems. The guy was simply fantastic.
Coleman - despite his 5-3-2 failing in the first half to keep it tight, and the inability of phil edwards (not through lack of effort) to make the system work down the right (the left hand side was just as incapable at going forward), his tactical changes second half where spot on, and his persistence with Craney paid off.

Full marks to the football genius.

Stanley fans where brilliant today. As I have earlier said, we picked up 2 more fans today.

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Is it true he has since put in a transfer request???:eek::D

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Hmmmm stop picking on me :( Aswad was very happy to get a HR bear hug...although reports say he now has two broken ribs :D:rolleyes:


JOKING!!!!!!!

what a match, 2 completely different halves... second was the best I have seen them play for a long time, passing the ball on the ground and less of the hoofing it up the pitch... real team playing and heart in the mouth stuff.. and .....

when craney's goal went in, it was amazing, we really were having a party!! final whistle..well...WOW is all I can say.

Also got to give some credit to the chester stewards, must be the most sensible stewards I have come across and really friendly too.. so a definite positive :D


"WE WENT TO WALES AND WE WON 3-2" was the chant resounding round the deva industrial estate :p

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Yeh echo the stewards at chester, they were great when we went there last season, very ammeniable & friendly - glad they haven't changed then hehehee:D

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Also got to give some credit to the chester stewards, must be the most sensible stewards I have come across and really friendly too.... [/quote]

Yes, they were fine, as opposed to the most miserable set of coppers I've ever seen in my life, and how many of them were there? :(

"The Bill, it's just like watching the Bill", did they not like that. :p

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there was a couple of wry smiles from them, but after match they had some banter with the ultras before they got on their bus...one of em even had a go on the drum, with stanley scarf and hat :D

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I have to agree with you. The stewards were great. They let us put all the flags up behind the goal, & even let us go outside for a quick cig at half time. Definately a credit to their club.

:D

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Way hey, games just been called the match of the day on the championship...great to see the goals again and the flags behind the goal :D

Forgot to mention Coley's joke in his post match interview when asked about a defender scoring two goals... and he said errrrr thought we signed him as a striker :p

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thats 2 sets of stewards now who have been good - wycombe and chester.

As opposed to Shrewsbury and Stockport

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OMG don't even mention the stockport lot :mad:

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MK Dons stewards were good last season.

Stockport stewards were probably the worst i've ever encountered. A right set of over zealous jobsworths. Heaven help them if they ever had to cope with a large group of fans.

:mad:

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It's quite possible that Millwall will be joining our league next season.
That'll give some stewards something to think about!!!!

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:rofl38: mmmmmmmmm shall we let them know that chester stewards are fun to mess with:hesoff:hehehehehe, mind u looking on 606 site site seems chester have a gangster baron for management:rolleyes:

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Mansfield stewards are a terrible lot but when Middlesborough played there in the FA Cup a few weeks ago they were quiet as owt, and every Boro fan stood for the entire match!

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Sounds a bit like you and Mr. Rennie. :) (from another thread)

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Yes we had better make sure no one postpones our games at the last minute.

They would make the Brentford fans' car park protest look like the Vicar's tea party.

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An interesting fact from yesterday.

Talking to the stewards we discovered that the Chester City offices are in England, whilst the pitch and stands are in Wales.:D

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The stewards at Dag and Red this season told us if we didn't stand in front of the crush barriers at the top of the terrace the game would be called off!!!!!!

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ha ha, but you had to ask him about three times before he understood what you were asking!!!!!! :p whilst we were having a sublime ciggy at half time with proper passes out!

:alright:

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Just watched the goals again on the Virgin Media site. Worth it if only to see Harwood Red's celebrations at the end!:)

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A great result on Saturday and well done Stanley - it certainly sounds as if they played far better than against Wycombe. Stanley continually surprise me by losing when I think they will win and winning when I think they will lose ! :eek: It isn't doing my Prediction League table prospects any good, but I don't care - I want to see Stanley stay up in the League and this 3 points will have helped hugely.

Let's hope that we can now kick on and consolidate on this result with 3 points against Lincoln on Tuesday and another 3 points at Brentford on Saturday, when I'll be able to see the team for only the second time this season (I am still trying to erase the 5-0 defeat I witnessed at MK Dons from my mind !!! :eek: ).

Looking forward to seeing some of you at Brentford. :):):)

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what a great afternoon, great game and what a great result!
:)

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Shouldn't think Shaun Whalley needed too much extra motivation for his excellent performance at Chester.

He used to play for them don't forget.

From Chester threads I saw when he joined us a number of Chester fans felt he had shown enough potential and felt sorry for him that the club had shown a preference for another guy in his position.

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;)Win on Tuesday and we're within a point of Brentford. They're all pretty upbeat and their manger talking about mounting a play-off charge......

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OMG I am gonna have to try and hide in future...didn't realise the camera was on our side :o

have to say they are really good highlights on virgin media :mosher:

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Quite a good report in the Chester Standard:

MATCH REPORT: Chester 2 Accrington Stanley 3 - Chester standard

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How astute, here's me thinking it was a platform for progress. :(