For David Felgate, entertaining the crowd came naturally.
In a playing career that spanned over 20 years and saw him make over 500 appearances in the Football League, 72 of them at Chester City, Felgate was one of the more colourful characters of the lower league scene.
In an era where footballers wore black boots, moustaches were in vogue and there wasn't a sleeve tattoo in sight, Felgate was the master of his domain – the 18-yard box.
Whether it was a hat tip to the Blues fans or Cruyff turning on the edge of his own penalty area, Felgate knew how to entertain.
Now, 21 years after leaving the Blues, Felgate is back at the club to pass on his experience and know-how to the current custodians at the Lookers Vauxhall Stadium.
And while over two decades may have passed since Chester earned promotion from Division Three at the end of the 1993/94 season, the memories are still just as vivid.
"It was magnificent, I had some really good times here and we had a great set of lads," he recalled.
"There was always a belief and we had a belief that we could go up. There was a steely determination to do well for the club. It was an interesting season, that's for sure.
"We had some great defenders there, obviously the likes of Colin Greenall, who I had a great bit of banter with.
"I used to drive the manager at the time, Graham Barrow, mad when I used to do these little turns inside the box. I remember doing it twice one game when I cut back on to my left foot, went to clear it and then cut back on to my right. I could see his face going redder and redder on the sideline.
"But football is about entertaining people. I think I had a good relationship with the supporters behind the goal because they need to be entertained.
"I came to the club to follow on from Billy Stewart and I knew that it was a big ask to fill his shoes and I just tried doing it my way. People pay money to be entertained and if the ball is down the other end of the pitch then what is wrong with having a little bit of banter with people?"
There were plenty of highs during his lengthy career for Felgate but the pinnacle didn't come during his time with Chester City, nor did it arrive during his professional career in the Football League.
It arrived back in November 1998 when, as a 38-year-old, he produced the game of his life to earn his non-league Leigh RMI side a shock 1-1 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
His display made headlines around the country and prompted then Cottagers boss Kevin Keegan to herald it the best goalkeeping display he had ever seen.
Keegan even cheekily asked Leigh boss Steve Waywell how much he wanted for Felgate's services but was jokingly quoted a cool £1m by the RMI manager.
"That was a strange one," recalled Felgate. "We were a non-league side and nobody gave us any chance.
"It was about creating a team spirit and togetherness. As luck would have it that day things just fell right for me. I made a couple of saves early doors and things just built from there.
"The biggest thing for me was that my son had come down to watch and was just seven or eight years of age. When Kevin Keegan said those nice things about me after the game it was nice that he was there to hear it. It was one of the proudest moments in the game."
After retiring from playing the game Felgate, who had spent time working in a timber yard after dropping into non-league football, turned to coaching and spent time with Manchester City's academy part-time before linking up with Stockport County on a permanent basis.
He returned to coach at City where he worked with England international Joe Hart before leaving earlier this year.
His arrival at Chester came about after a phone call from an old friend from Stockport, current Blues CEO Mark Maguire, and he is now tasked with aiding the development of keepers Liam Roberts and Alex Lynch.
Said Felgate: "I got the opportunity from Mark Maguire. He phoned me up and asked if I would be interested in coming back. Obviously the opportunity was too good to turn down.
"It was strange as you come back and walk around the dressing rooms and the pitch and you just remember yourself when you were here.
"I'm basically here to look after the two keepers and if I can give them a bit of my experience then hopefully there will be some good things.
"Both keepers have got good hands and are really clean with the way they deal with the ball. There are a couple of little things to work on but they are both open and honest about that.
"Liam has done well to come here and learn. He's been at a League One club in Walsall and there are some players who might not want to come down to this level and think they are better than they are. They're not. They need to come to a club like this that will actually look after them.
"There is good competition between them and it will be interesting to see what develops."
