2008–09 Chester City F.C. season

In 2007–08, Chester finished the season in 22nd place, only one spot above the relegation zone, on just 47 points from the 46 matches. Chester began the 2008–09 season with a squad of only 22 players and a transfer embargo, including youth team players given professional contracts just prior to the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chester-city-hit-transfer-embargo-2830824|title=Chester City hit by transfer embargo|last=Live|first=North Wales|date=20 June 2008|website=northwales|access-date=25 October 2019}} However, at the start of the campaign it seemed unlikely for City to get relegated, as Rotherham United and A.F.C. Bournemouth had both been deducted 17 points for rules violations before the start of the season, and Luton Town faced a 30-point penalty. A poor start to 2008–09 saw Davies sacked in November 2008 with the club out of all cup competitions and struggling in League Two.{{cite news|url=http://www.chester-city.co.uk/latest.asp|title=Manager Simon Davies sacked|date=10 November 2008|access-date=10 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108153341/http://www.chester-city.co.uk/latest.asp|archive-date=8 November 2008|publisher=chester-city.co.uk}} Mark Wright returned for his third spell as manager on a non-contract basis.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7730031.stm|title=Chester reappoint Wright as boss|date=13 November 2008|access-date=13 November 2008|publisher=BBC Sport}} Beset by an ongoing transfer embargo,{{Cite news|url=http://www.ellesmereportstandard.co.uk/12201/Chester-stuck-with-transfer-embargo.4916599.jp|title=Chester stuck with transfer embargo|date=27 January 2009|access-date=19 April 2009|publisher=Ellesmere Port Standard}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Chester continued to struggle throughout the remainder of the campaign, and a 2–1 home defeat by Darlington on the final day of the season sealed Chester's demise and a return to non-league football after five years back in The Football League.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-city-fc/chester-city-fc-match-reports/2009/05/02/chester-city-1-darlington-2-59067-23527564/|title=Chester City 1 Darlington 2|date=2 May 2009|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Chester Chronicle}} Two weeks after the final match the club entered administration.{{Cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11750_5330942,00.html|title=Chester enter administration|date=17 May 2009|access-date=17 May 2009|publisher=Sky Sports}}

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{{Main|2008–09 Football League Cup}}

{{Main|2008–09 Football League Trophy}}

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{{cite book

|last1 = Sumner

|first1 = Chas

|title = 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010

|date = 1 November 2011

|publisher = Yore Publications

|isbn = 978-0956984821

}}

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