Torquay
United (A) | York City (H) | Lincoln
City (A) | Forest Green Rovers (A) | Woking (H) | Sutton
United (A) | Boreham Wood (H)Saturday
8 April Chester 0 York City 2
Conference Premier
Attendance: 2,235 Half Time 0-1
Booked: Dawson, Shaw.
Chester: Lynch, Hughes, Astles, Hudson
(Vassell 65), Hunt (George 65), Durrell, Shaw, Lloyd,
Waters, Dawson (Richards 65), Alabi. Subs not used: Roberts,
Joyce. York City: Loach, Whittle, Heslop, Hall,
Oliver, Morgan-Smith (Moke 89), Newton, Holmes, Parslow,
Bencherif, Parkin. Subs not used: Fenwick, Rooney, Connolly,
Muggleton. Referee: David Rock.
A dismal display from the Blues who are soundly beaten
at home by relegation threatened York City.
Saturday
1 April Torquay
United 0 Chester 1
Conference Premier
Attendance: 1,881 Half Time 0-0
Booked: Alabi.
Torquay United: Moore, Rowe-Turner,
Lathrope, Gallifuoco, Young, Harrad (Lee 44), Verma, McGinty,
Anderson, Reid (Williams 75), Keating (Sparkes 75). Subs:
Chaney, Nicholson. Chester: Lynch, Hughes, Hunt, Astles,
Hudson, Horwood (Waters 30), Dawson, Joyce (Durrell 71),
Lloyd, Alabi, Richards (Shaw 79). Subs: Roberts, George. Referee: Sam Allison.
Chester secured a remarkable third away win in a row,
and all but secured National League football for another
season, thanks to an 80th minute goal from captain Sam
Hughes.
The
teenage defender gave another outstanding performance
and deserved the deflection that caused his 25 yard
strike to find the net in front of the 160-plus travelling
Blues' fans.
On a day which saw glorious seaside
weather turn to April showers, there were also stand-out
showings from Ryan Astles and Alex Lynch. The goalkeeper
kept Chester in the match earlier in the second half
with a fantastic double save which saw him tip Jamie
Reid's strike just out of reach.
Referee Sam Allison had given the
struggling home site a mountain to climb when he red-carded
Myles Anderson on the 43rd minute for bringing down
James Alabi on the edge of the box. Chester couldn't
make the free kick count, but they definitely had the
upper hand throughout the second half and deserved their
late winner.
One downside for Chester was Evan
Horwood limping off with an injury on the half hour,
but his young replacement, Matty Watters, proved to
be an able substitute and helped ensure the Blues enjoyed
a memorable visit to the English Riviera.
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