Cross-border derby
| Locale | Chester (England) and Wrexham (Wales) |
|---|---|
| Teams | Chester, Wrexham and previously Chester City |
| First meeting | 8 December 1888 |
| Latest meeting | Chester 1–1 Wrexham (21 January 2017) |
| Next meeting | to be announced (2017–18 National League) |
| Statistics | |
| Most wins |
Wrexham (65, Chester City vs Wrexham) Chester (3, Chester FC vs Wrexham) |
| Most player appearances | John Rooney (7, Chester FC vs Wrexham) |
Cross-border derby is a football match played between Wrexham and Chester City/Chester. The clubs are just 12 miles apart but represent Wales and England respectively. However, both clubs almost physically play in Wales—Chester's ground straddles the England–Wales border, and its pitch lies entirely in Wales.
Wrexham edged the English-Welsh derby with 30 victories against Chester's 26 in Football League meetings. Between 1986 and 2005, the sides were in the same division in just one season (1994–95) but they were then Football League Two opponents in the three campaigns from 2005–06 to 2007–08. In 2009–10 the sides clashed again in the Conference National after Chester followed Wrexham out of the Football League. Games between the two are usually moved to Sunday, with a 12:00 kick off, minimising time for the consumption of alcohol and the risk of the two sets of supporters clashing. In the 2012–13 season, Chester won promotion to return to the Conference Premier after a three-year absence, and played Wrexham at the Racecourse ground, in a highly anticipated derby, as this was the first since Chester re-formed as a fan owned club. All away fans had to travel to the match via coaches and police escourt and were unable to travel by train, unlike most years. Despite going into the game with a poor form of recent games, Chester won the match 2–0, recording their first win of the season.
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