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July 2012
COLLINS INJURY SCARE
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Defender
Dominic Collins (pictured) looks set to
miss tomorrow’s friendly at Airbus
UK Broughton (kick-off 19.00hrs) after suffering
a shoulder injury on Saturday. The Blues
were cursed with three collarbone injuries
last season and as a precaution may rest
the defender this week. Paul Linwood, Sean
Clancy and Michael Taylor are also suffering
various knocks ahead of the match.
Young said: “Dominic’s
shoulder came out after a tackle in the first
half, but luckily for us it went back in,
so we’ll have another look at that this
week because we all thought it a case of the
same problem as we experienced with three
players last season who broke their collarbones.
Hopefully Dominic will be fine and we may
rest him tomorrow to give him a bit more time
to recover.”
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29 July 2012
BACK TO WINNING WAYS
Second half goals
from Nathan Jarman and a screamer from Antoni Sarcevic
gave Chester a 2-1 victory over an Aston Villa youth
development side on Saturday. The Villians had taken
the lead on the stroke of half-time through Michael
Drennan.
26 July 2012
BLUES LET TWO GOAL LEAD SLIP
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Chester
raced into a two goal lead through Iain
Howard and Marc Williams before a young
Liverpool side drew level before the interval
and added a winner early in the second period.
A crowd of just over 1,700 saw the Blues
continue their pre-season build-up.
Manager Neil Young is
set to make some decisions soon regarding
his trio of trialists: Cliff Moyo, Danny
Ting and Stephen Connor. All have featured
in the friendly matches with Moyo picking
up the Man of the Match against Southport.
Young said: “We will be making a decision
this week because if they are going to stay,
they will get in with the group.”
“If they’re
going to be leaving the football club they
need to be given the option of joining another
football club as soon as possible. It’s
like anything with part-time football –
everything comes down to money.”
Chester are back in action
on Saturday at home against an Aston Villa
X1, kick-off 15:00hrs. Admission prices
are: adult £10.00, concessions £7.00,
under 16’s £1.00.
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21 July 2012
KILLIE DEFEAT
Scottish Cup holders
Kilmarnock scored the only goal of the game as Chester’s
pre-season continued with this latest defeat in
front of a crowd of 1,099. The Blues started brightly
and hit the woodwork twice in the opening half through
Matty McGinn and Marc Williams before a defensive
error from Michael Taylor 14 minutes from time allowed
Matthew Kennedy the chance to run through on goal
and beat John Danby to secure victory for Killie.
19 July 2012
LATE SHOW LIFTS BLUES
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Three
goals in the final ten minutes gave Chester
a deserved victory over a Southport X1 in
the first home pre-season friendly of the
season. Nathan Jarman, Dave Hankin and George
Horan were the goalscorers for the Blues in
front of a crowd of 762. Chester
are back in action on Saturday with a home
game against Kilmarnock, kick-off 15:00hrs.
Admission prices are: adult £7.00, concessions
£5.00, under 16’s £1.00.
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16 July 2012
DEFEAT FOR CHESTER
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Chester’s
pre-season campaign continued yesterday when
they were beaten 1-0 at AFC Fylde. The Blues
failed to create any chances of note with
the only goal of the game coming through Michael
Barnes on 76 minutes.
Manager Neil Young said: “We’re
trying to get the ball and play it out from
the back more because we think we’ve
got the players to do it and hopefully in
the league we’re going into the pitches
will be more conducive to that.”
“It’s just
getting the balance right because at the
moment the midfield are dropping too deep
so went it does go forward to the front
lads, they are isolated. There is plenty
to work on and we’ll keep working
on it.”
Chester are back in action on Tuesday night
with a home game against Conference Premier
side Southport, kick-off 19:45hrs. Admission
prices are: adult £7.00, concessions
£5.00, under 16’s £1.00.
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13 July 2012
BLUES DRAW A BLANK
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Chester
drew 0-0 at Buckley Town last night as the
pre-season campaign got underway. Manager
Neil Young fielded several of his summer
signings and there were four trialists on
show in Danny Tring, Tom Smith and Cliff
Moyo who played in defence and forward Stephen
Connor. The Blues fielded a almost different
X1 in each half.
Chester (first half): Danby, Moyo, Horan,
Taylor, McGinn, Baynes, Powell, Mackin,
Booth, Connor, M.Williams.
Chester (second half): Fearon, Smith, Linwood,
Collins, Ting, Hankin, Mackin (Powell 65),
Sarcevic, Clancy, Jarman, Proudlock.
Following the match manager Neil Young told
the Chester Chronicle: “We kept the
ball quite well for a lot of the time but
there were times in the first half when
we gave it away too cheaply, under-hitting
passes on the long grass.”
“Buckley worked
hard and we could have got the ball to the
front lads a little quicker but I thought
we were better second half in our overall
play. It wasn’t spectacular but it
was exactly the type of performance I would
have expected at this stage of pre-season.”
Chester are next in
action on Sunday when they play at AFC Fylde,
kick-off 14:00hrs.
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10 July 2012
DIRECTOR STANDS DOWN
Mark Howell has stood
down from the CFU board of directors. Mark took
on the role of Community Director at the club, a
position that saw him oversee the youth development
set-up and the formation of the new ladies team
that will start next season. Mark was also involved
in many successful community schemes run by Chester
FC and played a major part in establishing the new
club. He has left due to increasing work commitments
but will continue in a voluntary role for the club.
EXILES AGM
The Annual General
Meeting of the Chester Exiles will take place in
London on Thursday 12 July at the Rugby Tavern (upstairs
room) 19 Great James Street, London WC1N 3ES. 7.30pm
prompt start. AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of the 2011 Annual General Meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Chairman’s report
5. Treasurer’s report and accounts
6. Secretary / Membership report
7. Committee reports:
7a. Press and Sponsorship
7b. Darts
8. Election of officers
9. Any other business
Please feel free to bring
family and friends along for the evening. We would
envisage getting through the 'business' side of
the meeting fairly quickly allowing plenty of time
to reflect and celebrate on another great season
for Chester FC, and to exchange ideas and suggestions
of how the Exiles can help those supporters living
away from Chester for the coming year.
4 July 2012
BACK IN TRAINING
The players reported
back for training last week and amongst there were
the five new signings made so far this summer.
Adam Proudlock,
Nathan Jarman, Paul Linwood, Dominic Collins, Dave
Hankin
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3 July 2012
FRIENDLY SWITCH
The pre-season friendly
at Ashville on Thursday 12 July has been cancelled.
Chester have now arranged an away match at Buckley
Town for the same night, kick-off 19:00hrs.
Pre-season
matches
2 July 2012
BLUES KICK-OFF AT OXFORD
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Chester will
begin life in the Conference North with an
away trip to Oxford City on Saturday 18 August,
they follow this with a first home game of
the season the following Wednesday against
Workington. Over the festive season of Boxing
Day and New Year the Blues play Droylsden
home and away whilst the Easter holiday period
sees an away trip to Colwyn Bay followed by
a home game against Altrincham. Chester will
conclude their season on April 27 at Worcester
City. Fixtures
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