Chester ended their pre-season campaign with a 4-1 defeat at the hands of an U21 side from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Blues fielded virtually a different side in each half with Callum Woods notching a consolation goal nine minutes from time. The only Blues player to play the 90 minutes was 34-year-old centre back and trialist Mike Edwards who recently left Carlisle United.


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Chester made a slow start and fell behind to an early Rangers goal on eight minutes by Dan Cope, but goals from Craig Hobson, Kingsley James and Peter Winn ensure that the Blues come away from Marston Road with a hard earned victory.

Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside).

This was a decent pre-season workout as Chester and local neighbours Tranmere Rovers fought out an entertaining 1-1 draw.


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Chester fielded a strong side at The Aspire Stadium with midfielder Danny Harrison making a first appearance for ten months following injury. It was teenage midfielder neil Blake who opened the scoring on 34 minutes following good work from Tom Peers.

Peter Winn doubled the advantage with a 25-yard strike two minutes later and gave the Blues a 3-0 advantage scoring from he penalty spot soon after half-time. The home side reduced the scoreline on 81 minutes through Tim Sanders before Bohan Dixon completed the Chester scoring six minutes from time with a fine solo goal.

Striker Chris Iwelumo suffered an injury early in the match and had to be replaced.


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A lacklustre performance from Chester who were beaten for the first time in their pre-season build-up. Witton took the lead on 19 minutes as Danny Edwards fired a well taken shot from the edge of the box past Jon Worsnop in the Blues goal. The home side doubled their advantage ten minutes before the break as former Blues played Iain Howard set up Neil Harvey to add the second.

Chester made changes at the break and had more possession in the second period though rarely troubled Chris Sanna in th ehome goal. Five minutes from time Craig Mahon scored a consolation goal with a superb 25-yard shot in off the crossbar.

Referee: TBA.

Chester fight back twice with goals from Jamie Menagh from the penalty spot and Matty Brown.

Chester drew their first home pre-season friendly 1-1 with Crewe Alexandra. An entertaining game saw Crewe’s Chris Atkinson give the Railwaymen the lead on 28 minutes but midfielder John Rooney cancelled that out with a superb 25-yarder on 67 minutes.

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Tuesday 15 July
Upton AA 2 Chester 4
Pre-season Friendly
Attendance: 200 (estimate) Half Time 1-2
Booked: -.

Chester: Andy Metcalfe (Ryan Nield), Adam Garner, Danny Taylor (Joe Williams), Callum Woods, Tom Batten, Oscar Durnin (Alex Hughes), Jack Rea, Bohan Dixon, Liam Blake, Sean Miller, Tom Peers

A young Chester side came away from West Cheshire League side Upton AA with a 4-2 victory in a pre-season friendly last night. Chester took a 2-0 lead in the opening 20 minutes with goals from trialist Oscar Durnin and Sean Miller. The home side pulled a goal back through Nathan Mapletoft before goals from trialist Alex Hughes and striker Tom Peers gave the Blues a 4-1 advantage. A late consolation goal from Todd Reid reduced the final score to 4-2.


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