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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Chester boss puts on dodgy farmer accent as he takes mickey out of Bulls fans

Chester's manager has taken the mickey out of the Hereford fans who sat behind him during the 1-1 draw on Tuesday evening.

After Saturday's game against league leaders Tamworth, where the visitors feigned injury and were guilty of timewasting, some in Edgar Street were frustrated.

Boss Calum McIntyre said he has "got to be pleased with the result" but was "disappointed with the performance".

His side took the lead in the first half after Elliott Whitehouse put Hereford keeper Curtis Pond under pressure after he failed to firmly hold onto a corner ball. But the hosts pulled themselves back level thanks to an Andy Williams penalty.

Curtis Pond failed to hold onto the ball

He said: "I think this is a difficult place to come. Good side, they put us under a lot of pressure towards the end of the game and when you come to places like this you've got to be pleased with the point.

"Wasn't pleased with our performance, I think the worst thing that happened was going in front.

"We struggle to control the game the way that we can, home or away we can make passes, we can get to patterns, we can contribute and I didn't think we did for long spells.

"But to have the character, the personality, to only be undone by a penalty to be resilient, if lacking quality, is progression during the season.

"A point away at another side in and around that play-off picture, we've got to be fairly pleased."

McIntyre did take the mickey out of some home fans though (from four minutes in the video).

He admitted that his side's performance wasn't good enough to warrant a win but said the Bulls felt frustrated and hard done by on Saturday by some of Tamworth's "antics".

"It was almost like that was our fault this evening," he said.

Putting on a dodgy farmer or West Country-type accent to tell the interviewer what some home fans were yelling, he said: "That's a handball, that's timewasting that is."

He said that crept into the game then Chester's keeper Wyll Stanway was booked for timewasting.