Steve HILL
HILLY’S AWAY DAYS

BORDER FORCE: Chester FC’s Deva Stadium and inset, showing border line
PICTURE: Alamy

In the year of Our Lord 1536, a man drew an imaginary line across a field. It probably wasn’t his intention, but as a direct consequence of this mid-millennium map-making I couldn’t get a pint on the second day of 2022. And I couldn’t watch my team yesterday because the United Kingdom is no longer united and a man in China ate a bat, or so we’re led to believe.
All I ask for is one normal season, or even for Chester to be in the news for something other than an absolute fia...