Chester City set to rescue Widnes Vikings RLFC

[MrCharisma]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Widnes Vikings, who were relegated from the engage Super League last season, are close to being taken over by Chester City as part of a possible relocation of the Coca-Cola League Two football club to the Halton Stadium.

Steve Vaughan, the Chester chairman who has pumped £4.5 million into the club, wants to help Widnes to bounce straight back into the top flight. An announcement is imminent.
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[obelix]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Widnes Vikings, who were relegated from the engage Super League last season, are close to being taken over by Chester City as part of a possible relocation of the Coca-Cola League Two football club to the Halton Stadium.

Steve Vaughan, the Chester chairman who has pumped £4.5 million into the club, wants to help Widnes to bounce straight back into the top flight. An announcement is imminent.
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"rescue"! :lol: Chester City have crowds of a couple of thousand on a good day... Anyway, if Mr V wanted to move Chester City to Widnes all he'd have to go is ask Halton Council if they fancied another tenant at the ground - which has nothing to do with needing to own a bit of Widnes Vikings.

What is true is that he's been accepted on to the board... first taking up £25,000 of shares, with a promise to buy a further £165,000 of shares within 12 months, and then the option to buy a controlling interest from current chairman Tony Chambers.

Without wanting to have my ass sued off, it seems he's previously been involved with Barrow RLFC and not to unanimous approval...

 

[Jackal Dog]

Could we be hearing Chester City Vikings soon??

 

[terracesider]

Is there like a property at the back of this? Something along the lines of sell Chester's ground and build a retail park on it.

 

[RLdan]

rescue? we dont need rescueing. we need a board with the right decisions. we have the money but dont spend it wisely. hopefully with Vaughan things will change.

 

[obelix]

Is there like a property at the back of this? Something along the lines of sell Chester's ground and build a retail park on it.

Haven't heard of anything along those lines, but it's a pretty reasonable guess - the Deva Stadium is pretty near a small retail park already IIRC

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Hope the vikings make it back to the ESL...they allways got good crowds