News from Deva Stadium November 2024

27 November 2024
BACK TO BACK HOME WINS
The Blues made it back to back victories as in-form striker Tom Peers notched a hat-trick as Chester beat Oxford City 3-1 at Deva Stadium on Tuesday night. Reece Daly set up the striker for the opening goal on 13 minutes, and shortly after Peers hit the post with another effort after intercepting a bad back pass. Peers made it 2-0 six minutes before the interval shooting home across goalkeeper Jonathan Macaulay from the corner of the penalty area.

Oxford made a change at the break and five minutes after the restart pulled a goal back as Jalen Jones rose unmarked to head home from a corner. Josh Parker cam close to an equaliser heading just over the bar before Peers wrapped up the points with his third goal five minutes from time tapping home at the far post from a cross from substitute Dylan Mottley-Henry.

The last Chester player to score first team hat-trick was Akwasi Asante in a 3-1 win at Telford United in September 2019.

Picture © Rick Matthews

24 November 2024
LEADERS BEATEN AT THE DEVA
Chester put Saturday’s disappointing FA Trophy defeat at Gainsborough Trinity behind them with a gritty 2-1 home victory over league leaders Chorley at the weekend. The club lost their appeal over last weeks red card so Kevin Roberts deputised for the suspended Jack Bainbridge. The Blues took the lead midway through the opening half as Nathan Woodthorpe released Charlie Caton down the left and his cross was deftly flicked home by Tom Peers. Some fine saves from Matt Urwin in the Magpies goal kept the score down to one at the break.

Chester doubled their lead twenty minutes from time through defender Harrison Burke heading home from an inswinging Declan Weeks free-kick.

Chorley pulled a goal back through substitute Tom Carr five minutes from time, scoring from close range after Elyh Harrison had parried a Danny Ormerod shot. The Blues weren’t to be denied through and held out for three valuable and well deserved points.

Picture © Rick Matthews

November 2024
LEAMINGTON DATE
The away match at Leamington has now been rearranged for Tuesday 10 December, kick-off 19.45hrs.

November 2024
MATCH OFF
Following an 11.30 pitch inspection, tonight’s league match at Leamington has been postponed with the home side having a snow covered frozen pitch.

CUP KNOCKOUT
A young Chester side were knocked out of the Cheshire Senor Cup 3-2 at Sandbach United last night. Goals from Ryan Atkinson and Oskar Rosenblatt gave Chester a 2-0 half-time lead, but three goals in the last half hour from Jake Pollard, Kieran Alley and Joe Bevan saw The Batch through to the quarter-final stage for the first time in their history.

Chester: Mason, Lawson, Jamieson, Bott, Heywood, Beswick, Muirhead, Davies, Atkinson, Boon, Rosenblatt. Subs: Ireland, Deakin, Kennedy, Pilgrim, Kenny.

CLUB APPEAL RED CARD
The club have lodged an appeal against the red card given to Jack Bainbridge on Saturday on the grounds of ‘wrongful dismissal and excessive punishment’.

18 November 2024
LATE GOAL ENDS TROPHY HOPES
For the second season running the Blues were knocked out of the FA Trophy at the first hurdle, losing 1-0 at Gainsborough Trinity.

The game was heading towards a penalty shoot-out until the Holy Trinity struck two minutes from time as Javelle Clarke’s cross was spilt by Elyh Harrison allowing Declan Howe to bundle the ball home from close range.

Chester had been reduced to ten men eleven minutes from time after Jack Bainbridge was shown a straight red card following a challenge on Fraser Preston.

11 November 2024
LATE BURKE GOAL SEALS WIN FOR BLUES
Harrison Burke was the hero as he rose to head home Declan Weeks’ corner three minutes from time on Saturday to claim all three points from the first ever meeting with Needham Market.

The Blues had the chance to double their lead in stoppage time when they were awarded a penalty after goalkeeper Marcus Garnham had pushed Kurt Willoughby in the penalty area. Garnham was shown a straight red card and following a reshuffle was replaced in goal by Danny Cullum who then with his first touch saved Willoughby’s resulting penalty kick.

• Latest table after Needham Market victory

6 November 2024
DEFEAT AT DARLO
The Blues were beaten 1-0 at Darlington last night. After a fairly even first half the home side struck the only goal of the game five minutes after the restart with Cedric Main scoring as the Blues defence failed to clear a Kallum Griffiths cross from the right, the ball fell to Main who turned and shot under Harrison from eight yards.

4 November 2024
CHESHIRE SENIOR CUP
Chester will travel to Sandbach United in the second round of the Cheshire Senior Cup on Monday 18 November, kick-off 19.45hrs.

2 November 2024
BLUES BOUNCE BACK IN STYLE
Chester put the disappointment of the defeat at Curzon Ashton last week with a commanding 3-0 home victory over Hereford. Manager Calum McIntyre made changes to the starting X1 giving a debut to on-loan Burnley midfielder Will Hugill and there was also a start for Reece Daly recently recalled from a loan sell at Witton Albion. They replaced the club captain George Glendon and Declan Weeks.

It took the Blues just thirty five seconds to register the opening goal with Charlie Caton rising to head home a pinpoint Hugill cross from the right past former Blue Aaron Chapman in the Bulls goal.

There was a superb passage of play in the build up to the second goal on 62 minutes that saw Tom Peers bury a six yard header from Nathan Woodthorpe’s left wing cross. Chester wrapped up the points with a third goal twelve minutes later, Caton notching his second after being set up by Harrison Burke.

Victory lifted Chester up to eleventh place in the league ahead of four successive away matches beginning at Darlington on Tuesday, kick-off 19.45hrs.

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