There is a difference if we where to start as a Phoenix club we would of had to start at the very bottom where Chester, like Halifax and AFC Telford where able to start in the Unibond Division one. But the rules have changed since then.
I disagree with the original post although you make some good points i feel we would of lost a generation of younger fans. We struggle with the two Manchester clubs as it is imagine trying to sell Non League football to kids? if they wont come to a league one side i doubt they watch us play Mossley each week. With social media nowdays it maybe different?
Also alot of these clubs would of switched games which to me takes the fun and heart out the fixture playing Darwen at Blackburn, Daisy Hill, Atherton Colls and Ashton Athletic at Wigan.
Still got some good.memories and at that time there was another two Phoenix clubs in AFC Barnsley who got wound up and Maidstone United who like Accy and Aldershot are still slowly working they way up.