Steve HILL
CLUBS’ SURVIVAL IS AT STAKE

HILLְ’S AWAY DAYS

FOOTY FIX: York City v Chester on February 1 was the last game of football I watched
PICTURE: Gordon Clayton

February ist, 2020. York City 4 Chester 2. The last football match I attended. Mentioned in passing amidst the postmatch chat was the two cases of coronavirus detected in the city that week, enough for at least one Chester fan to stay away, something that seemed a wild overreaction at the time.
Indeed, upon my return to London that evening I feigned a dramatic breathing episode for a cheap laugh. Who&...