The Football Conference are debating the fate of crisis club Chester after their failure to play two Blue Square Premier fixtures.
Talks are expected to continue this evening with a decision scheduled to be made tomorrow and the club facing expulsion from the league.
Chester, who went into the season with a 25-point deduction, pulled out of the game against Forest Green Rovers last night and were forced to call off the derby with Wrexham on Sunday.
That latest scenario occurred because the local authority issued a prohibition notice on the Deva Stadium after police refused to man the game.
A Conference spokesman said: "Matters are now being considered in accordance with membership rule 8.6 regarding the failure to fulfil two fixtures.
"These discussions will be ongoing throughout the evening and a decision is expected to be made by mid-morning tomorrow."
According to the police they have taken a hard line because of past difficulties with the club.
A statement read: "Chester City Football Club previously went into administration. As a result, money owed by the club to Chester Police to pay for the policing of previous football matches was not recovered.
"The club has had considerable notice of the policing requirements for this match against Wrexham. That deadline has now expired and no payment has been received.
"Chester Police will therefore not be in a position to provide police officers for this game."
A spokesman for Cheshire West and Chester Council said: "Quite obviously, with all the history attached to past meetings of such great rivals, playing the match without policing inside the ground would present a unacceptable risk.
"It is considered in these circumstances that spectator safety cannot be guaranteed and that there is a serious risk of injury or harm to spectators"
Supporters Direct, who advise fans on the running of football clubs, urged followers of Chester to start from scratch with a new team.
The organisation said in a statement: "The news that Chester City FC will fail for the second time in two days to fulfil a fixture, this time at home to Wrexham this weekend, surely signals the end for the club.
"Whilst the end of Chester City FC in its current guise may seem like a tragedy it is not, and we call on the FA to do what it can to pull the plug and enable a new supporter-owned club to rise from the ashes so the story has a happy ending.
"We have also written to the FA chairman Lord Triesman today to express this view."
The Supporters Direct statement added: "The winding up of Chester City will provide Chester City fans and City Fans United (CFU), the Supporters Trust, with the chance to reform their football club as a democratically owned, community football club, owned by those who are dedicated to it instead of people who have little interest but their own, and one which causes the authorities to be proud, and not embarrassed."
Chester, who went into the season with a 25-point deduction, pulled out of the game against Forest Green Rovers last night and were forced to call off the derby with Wrexham on Sunday.
That latest scenario occurred because the local authority issued a prohibition notice on the Deva Stadium after police refused to man the game.
A Conference spokesman said: "Matters are now being considered in accordance with membership rule 8.6 regarding the failure to fulfil two fixtures.
"These discussions will be ongoing throughout the evening and a decision is expected to be made by mid-morning tomorrow."
According to the police they have taken a hard line because of past difficulties with the club.
A statement read: "Chester City Football Club previously went into administration. As a result, money owed by the club to Chester Police to pay for the policing of previous football matches was not recovered.
"The club has had considerable notice of the policing requirements for this match against Wrexham. That deadline has now expired and no payment has been received.
"Chester Police will therefore not be in a position to provide police officers for this game."
A spokesman for Cheshire West and Chester Council said: "Quite obviously, with all the history attached to past meetings of such great rivals, playing the match without policing inside the ground would present a unacceptable risk.
"It is considered in these circumstances that spectator safety cannot be guaranteed and that there is a serious risk of injury or harm to spectators"
Supporters Direct, who advise fans on the running of football clubs, urged followers of Chester to start from scratch with a new team.
The organisation said in a statement: "The news that Chester City FC will fail for the second time in two days to fulfil a fixture, this time at home to Wrexham this weekend, surely signals the end for the club.
"Whilst the end of Chester City FC in its current guise may seem like a tragedy it is not, and we call on the FA to do what it can to pull the plug and enable a new supporter-owned club to rise from the ashes so the story has a happy ending.
"We have also written to the FA chairman Lord Triesman today to express this view."
The Supporters Direct statement added: "The winding up of Chester City will provide Chester City fans and City Fans United (CFU), the Supporters Trust, with the chance to reform their football club as a democratically owned, community football club, owned by those who are dedicated to it instead of people who have little interest but their own, and one which causes the authorities to be proud, and not embarrassed."
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