Scotland Tour 1992 – Cowdenbeath

Posted on July 30, 2019 by kwchas

Chester’s final match of the 1992 Scottish tour saw them play out a dull goalless draw against Cowdenbeath at their Central Park ground.

Unlike the other two grounds on the tour Central Park remains and is still shared with stock-car racing. At the time of Chester’s visit the stadium was looking very neglected with untidy fencing and portakabins after half the stand had burnt down earlier in the year.

Scotland Tour 1992 – Dumbarton

Posted on July 27, 2019 by kwchas

After the first game of the tour, at East Stirlingshire, a City select eleven faced a team put together by Morrison’s, the company building the new Deva Stadium, the following day. An article and photos of this game will follow.

On Monday, Chester played their second first team fixture of the tour at Dumbarton. The game was played at Boghead Park, another Scottish ground that no longer exists having been vacated in 2000. The match finished 0-0 with City playing in red and manager Harry McNally in plaster after breaking his leg in the friendly the previous day.

Scotland Tour 1992 – East Stirlingshire

Posted on July 20, 2019 by kwchas

Chester’s second pre-season tour to Scotland took in games against East Stirlingshire, Dumbarton and Cowdenbeath along with an unscheduled fixture at Vale of Atholl. The first match was staged at East Stirlingshire’s Firs Park with Chester winning 5-2. Eddie Bishop scored a hat-trick with the other two goals scored by Stuart Rimmer and John Kelly.

East Stirlingshire vacated Firs Park in 2008 and it was demolished in 2012.

Scotland Tour 1990 – East Fife

Posted on July 14, 2019 by kwchas

Following the game at Berwick Rangers on the Saturday Chester travelled up to East Fife for a Monday night fixture. Chester won the game 3-1 with goals from Neil Ellis, Graham Barrow and Carl Dale.

The game was played at Bayview Park which was vacated in 1998. East fife now play at the Bayview Stadium.

I couldn’t attend the final game of the tour at Meadowbank Thistle so unfortunately I have no photos of the game.

Scotland Tour 1990 – Berwick Rangers

Posted on July 13, 2019 by kwchas

In August 1990 Chester embarked on their tour to Scotland with games against Berwick Rangers, East Fife and Meadowbank Thistle. The first match at Berwick ended 1-1 with Carl Dale scoring for Chester.

These are my photos taken at Berwick’s Shielfield Park. This gallery is of interest for lovers of old photos of football grounds rather than being specifically Chester related.