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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC 15:44 - Jan 7 with 1997 viewsStokieBlue

Because the ground is partially in England and partially in Wales the Welsh government are saying they are in breach of covid rules for having fans at their matches given the different rules between the countries.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59906505

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 15:58 - Jan 7 with 1889 viewsCotty

Prediction: Someone is going to mention that there is a Chester by-law that allows you to shoot Welshmen with arrows from the city walls.
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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 17:21 - Jan 7 with 1701 viewsEireannach_gorm

Can they not just apportion the numbers in the ground depending on what country that part is in?
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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 17:28 - Jan 7 with 1671 viewsPlums

Sounds like one of the scenes from the marvellous book Puckoon

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 17:29 - Jan 7 with 1659 viewsSwansea_Blue

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 17:21 - Jan 7 by Eireannach_gorm

Can they not just apportion the numbers in the ground depending on what country that part is in?


The border's in the car park, so they'd be better off playing the games in the English half of it - jumpers for goalposts, sorted.

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 20:10 - Jan 7 with 1430 viewsHARRY10

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 15:58 - Jan 7 by Cotty

Prediction: Someone is going to mention that there is a Chester by-law that allows you to shoot Welshmen with arrows from the city walls.


or that no such edict existed - it concerns shooting Welsh within the City walls, not from them

a sort of overnight curfew

"..all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation."

it is a bit more complicated and involves those opposing the grab of the throne by Henry IV - one who died in the Battle of Shrewsbury (same time), being Henry Hotspur, from where Tottenham derive their name his family owning the land in that part of London,

the battle also saw Henry V almost killed, with an arrow in the face, saved by a doctor who made a tool to screw into the shaft and over a few days carefully removed it (ouch), he was only 16 at the time, and went on to fight and win the Battle of Agincourt, where after routing the French with Archers (rumpy pumpy pum) they celebrated by a visit to the seaside " once more unto the beach, dear friends *


and yes the thought of spectators crowded into the English parts has echoes of that excellent book Puckoon


* the latter part may not be too accurate, in fact all after the word Agincourt probably isn't
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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 21:47 - Jan 7 with 1296 viewsrgp1

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 20:10 - Jan 7 by HARRY10

or that no such edict existed - it concerns shooting Welsh within the City walls, not from them

a sort of overnight curfew

"..all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation."

it is a bit more complicated and involves those opposing the grab of the throne by Henry IV - one who died in the Battle of Shrewsbury (same time), being Henry Hotspur, from where Tottenham derive their name his family owning the land in that part of London,

the battle also saw Henry V almost killed, with an arrow in the face, saved by a doctor who made a tool to screw into the shaft and over a few days carefully removed it (ouch), he was only 16 at the time, and went on to fight and win the Battle of Agincourt, where after routing the French with Archers (rumpy pumpy pum) they celebrated by a visit to the seaside " once more unto the beach, dear friends *


and yes the thought of spectators crowded into the English parts has echoes of that excellent book Puckoon


* the latter part may not be too accurate, in fact all after the word Agincourt probably isn't


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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 23:03 - Jan 7 with 1148 viewsCoastalblue

Didn't they have an issue previously with a concert or something where it couldn't go ahead because the toilets where in Wales and so would be out of bounds?

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 23:06 - Jan 7 with 1136 viewsArnoldMoorhen

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 20:10 - Jan 7 by HARRY10

or that no such edict existed - it concerns shooting Welsh within the City walls, not from them

a sort of overnight curfew

"..all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation."

it is a bit more complicated and involves those opposing the grab of the throne by Henry IV - one who died in the Battle of Shrewsbury (same time), being Henry Hotspur, from where Tottenham derive their name his family owning the land in that part of London,

the battle also saw Henry V almost killed, with an arrow in the face, saved by a doctor who made a tool to screw into the shaft and over a few days carefully removed it (ouch), he was only 16 at the time, and went on to fight and win the Battle of Agincourt, where after routing the French with Archers (rumpy pumpy pum) they celebrated by a visit to the seaside " once more unto the beach, dear friends *


and yes the thought of spectators crowded into the English parts has echoes of that excellent book Puckoon


* the latter part may not be too accurate, in fact all after the word Agincourt probably isn't


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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 23:11 - Jan 7 with 1125 viewsbournemouthblue

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 17:21 - Jan 7 by Eireannach_gorm

Can they not just apportion the numbers in the ground depending on what country that part is in?


I wondered that, that would be amusing

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 10:32 - Jan 8 with 859 viewsPinewoodblue

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 23:11 - Jan 7 by bournemouthblue

I wondered that, that would be amusing


The pitch and stands are fully in Wales, the ticket office and car park are in England.

Welsh regulations apply.

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 10:50 - Jan 8 with 836 viewsbracknell_blue

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 15:58 - Jan 7 by Cotty

Prediction: Someone is going to mention that there is a Chester by-law that allows you to shoot Welshmen with arrows from the city walls.


The guides tell you that on the City Walls tour.

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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 11:49 - Jan 8 with 779 viewsSarge

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 21:47 - Jan 7 by rgp1

Perhaps they can use the crowd income to fund a new set of suits for Drakeford that actually fit him!


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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 14:02 - Jan 8 with 694 viewsHARRY10

Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 10:50 - Jan 8 by bracknell_blue

The guides tell you that on the City Walls tour.


That I very much doubt as the city tourist guide has

"The saying goes that it is perfectly legal to shoot a Welsh person with a longbow within Chester's city walls after midnight."

elsewhere

"Perhaps the most famous of these are the supposed laws about your rights to shoot a Welsh person with a longbow after midnight in Chester "

"A Tudor law dictated that Welshmen were not allowed in the city of Chester between sunset and sunrise. Another law apparently dictated that it was legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow within the city walls after midnight."

"Another law in place, apparently stated that it was legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow within the city walls after midnight. "

in fact every source from the tourist board, to history sites has that it is about a curfew (after midnight) which would tie in with what is known about that period in history

perhaps you can spot Robin Hoods house as well from the walls
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Bizarre situation ongoing at Chester FC on 14:12 - Jan 8 with 654 viewsDeano69

Are the rules imposed on the property or citizens? Could it be fans living in England can attend but welsh citizens can’t??

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