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The Breakdown is back for another edition focusing on the week that was for the Blues.
This week takes a look at the Independent Football Regulator’s damning ‘State of the Game’ report that showcased just how bleak the financial picture was in English football, and how close so many clubs are to peril.
Of course, Chester being fan owned sees us as something of an outlier among the clubs risking it all to spend above their means, but there has been a domino effect for a long time in the game that has caused ripples down the pyramid, and when once it was only Premier League teams who were willing to roll the dice, Non-League teams are now very much part of the problem when it comes to being unsustainable businesses.
We also look at the weekend win over Bedford Town when Kofi Moore struck late on to bag a vital win for Chester from what had been a frustrating afternoon up until that point as the Blues had to contend with the visitors’ rather dark arts of momentum killing.
There’s also a look at Paul Tait’s arrival as youth team manager after a superb 18-year career at Everton, while we look ahead to the Cheshire Senior Cup clash at home to Hyde on Tuesday evening that might provide a return to action for some faces who have been absent for a while.
