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Town (FAC2Q A) | Kidderminster
Harriers (A) | Leamington
(H) | Spennymoor
Town (FAC3Q H) | Spennymoor
Town (A) | Marine
(FAC4Q H) | Curzon
Ashton (H) | Gloucester
City (A)
Saturday
31 October
Gloucester City 2 Chester 1
National League North
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 0-0
Booked: Glendon, Hughes.
Gloucester City: Moulden, Carline, Whittle, Gunning,
Daly, Morgan, Dawson, Thomas (Robert 58), Asante, McClure
(O’Sullivan 62), Mensah (James 75). Subs not used:
Lovett, Bailey-Nichols.
Chester: Gray, Morgan, Taylor, Weeks,
K.Roberts, Grand, Johnston (Bauress 81), Glendon, Elliott
(Dudley 81), Waring (Hughes 81), Jackson. Subs not used:
G.Roberts, Marsh-Hughes.
Referee: Michael Barlow.
Former
Chester favourite Akwasi Asante scored late on as Chester
lost 2-1 at league leaders Gloucester City.
The Blues were without injured defender Danny Livesey,
Jamie Morgan coming into the starting X1. The Tigers had
the early possession with both Asante and fellow striker
Matt McClure testing Louis Gray early on. Chester were
defending well and counter-attacked on 20 minutes as Danny
Elliott saw a shot saved by Louie Moulden in the home
goal.
As the half wore on both sides carved out good chances.
John Johnston saw a volley from the edge of the box go
just wide. At the other end Ben Morgan headed George Carline’s
cross straight to Gray.
The deadlock was finally broken on 58 minutes as a Gavin
Gunning free-kick from by the left corner flag found Liam
Daly who rose at the back post to head home giving Gray
no chance.
Chester slowly came back into the game and there were
appeals for a handball as the ball from an Elliott shot
hit Ben Morgan but referee Michael Barlow was having none
of it.
With nine minutes remaining Chester made a triple substitution
that paid off five minutes later as they drew level. Bradley
Jackson darted down the left and crossed for Simon Grand
to head the ball down to Anthony Dudley, he turned a couple
of players before firing low past Moulden.
Having fought their way back into the game the Blues suffered
heartbreak two minutes from time as Moulden’s long
clearance took a flick off a defender to leave Asante
clean through on goal and he fired home past the untrusting
Gray to grab all three points for the Tigers.
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Tuesday
27 October
Chester 2 Curzon Ashton 1
National League North
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 1-0
Booked: Taylor, Jackson, Livesey, Gray.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Taylor, Weeks, Livesey,
Grand, Johnston (Bauress 90), Glendon, Elliott (Dudley
88), Waring (Hughes 73), Jackson. Subs not used: Morgan,
G.Roberts.
Curzon Ashton: Mason, Southern, Waters,
Turnbull, Tharme, Whitham, Curran (Oyibo 65), Harrop,
Mahon, Stephenson, Knowles. Subs not used: Hughes, Poscha,
Stokes.
Referee: Richard Holmes.
Chester
made one change from the side beaten by Marine on Saturday
with George Waring starting at the expense of Bradley
Bauress who took a seat on the bench. The Nash included
two former Chester players in Matty Waters and Craig mahon
in their starting line-up.
The Blues started the game at a quick pace and there were
early appeals for a penalty after Danny Elliott fell in
the box following a quick build up involving Bradley Jackson.
John Johnston forced an early corner that saw Joel Taylor's
far post delivery was headed back into trouble by Danny
Livesey to cause problems for the Nash defence that cleared
two efforts off from Johnston and George Glendon off the
line.
A great surging run from inside his own half by Taylor
down the left saw the defender cross deep for the on-rushing
Johnston but the Blues midfielder couldn’t keep
his shot down as it sailed over high and wide at the far
post.
Simon Grand stepped in disposes Stephenson and prevent
a Curzon attack on the edge of the area and in a quick
break away Elliott set Johnston away down the right, he
cut in before seeing a cross shot just go inches wide
at the far post.
On 37 minutes Chester got the breakthrough their early
pressure had deserved as the ball broke for Elliott and
Waring, both free on goal, and it was Elliott who fired
home left-footed off the inside of the right post.
Bradley Jackson saw a shot from range drift wide through
Cameron Mason in the Curzon goal seemed to have it covered.
Chester continued to press for a second after the break.
Johnston saw an effort go into the side netting after
fine build up play from the impressive Glendon. Jackson
then cut in from the right and saw a shot deflected and
loop up over Mason who recovered to save well, the ball
found its way back into Waring who turned and saw his
effort cleared off the line by the Curzon rearguard.
Curzon, who had shown little threat up front, drew level
against the run of play on 67 minutes as Waters found
himself in space down the left and crossed for Dominic
Knowles who with his back to goal controlled the ball,
turned Livesey, and shot past Louis Gray from six yards
out.
A fine run and cross from the left by Elliott saw substitute
Matty Hughes, on for Waring, turn and shoot against the
post before the ball was cleared for a corner.
With seven minutes remaining Chester scored what proved
to be the winning goal. Declan Weeks played the ball out
to Johnston on the left, he brought it inside and slipped
a pass to skipper Glendon on the edge of the penalty area
and he unleashed an unstoppable shot past Mason into the
bottom right hand corner.
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Saturday
24 October
Chester 0 Marine 1
FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 0-0
Booked: Grand.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Taylor, Weeks, Livesey,
Grand, Johnston (Waring 64), Glendon, Elliott (Marsh-Hughes
79), Bauress, Jackson (Dudley 78). Subs not used: Morgan,
G.Roberts, Hughes, Clark.
Marine: Passant, Solomon-Davies, Joyce,
Doyle, Miley, Daven, Howard (Strickland 89), Hmami (Devine
83), Kengni, Touray (Cummins 90), Barrigan. Subs not used:
Hughes, Mendes, Wignall.
Referee: Ed Duckworth.
This
was a disappointing display from Chester who were beaten
1-0 at home by Northern Premier League Division One North
West side Marine, managed by former Blues boss Neil Young.
Chances were few and far between early on. Bradley Jackson
shot wide, and later in the opening half Danny Elliott
headed wide from a Joel Taylor cross as Chester had very
little to show up front. The Mariners defended well without
creating too much themselves though Mo Touray should have
done better from 25 yards, shooting wide when he had players
in support.
Elliott forced a smart save from Bayleigh Passant in the
visitors’ goal as Chester looked to gain control
in the second half. John Johnston saw a shot saved before
being replaced by George Waring. Fellow strikers Lloyd
Marsh-Hughes and Anthony Dudley were also introduced,
for Elliott and Jackson, as time for a breakthrough began
to run out.
With nine minutes remaining Marine were awarded a penalty
after a handball in the penalty box by Danny Livesey.
James Barrigan duly dispatched the spot-kick down the
middle, giving Louis Gray no chance.
The Blues thought they’d equalised as Livesey headed
home Taylor’s free-kick only for the effort to be
ruled out for offside. As the game entered time added-on
Waring headed over from a Livesey cross and the same striker
found the side netting with an effort from six yards out.
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Saturday
17 October
Spennymoor Town 2 Chester 1
National League North
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 1-1
Booked: Johnston.
Spennymoor Town: Eve, McLean, Curtis, Buddle,
Blakeman, Spencer, Anderson (Moke 85), McKenna, Ramshaw,
Thompson (Kennedy 75), Taylor. Subs not used: Norton,
Tait, Mitchell.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Morgan, Weeks,
Livesey, Grand, Johnston, Glendon, Elliott (Hughes 78),
Dudley (Jackson 67), Bauress (Waring 78). Subs not used:
Taylor, G.Roberts.
Referee: Aaron Bannister.
Chester
suffered their first defeat of the season as they were
beaten by a last minute goal at the Brewery Field.
The Blues made a couple of changes from the side that
beat the Moors in the FA Cup during the week. In came
Kevin Roberts and Bradley Jackson for Bradley Bauress
and Joel Taylor both of whom started on the bench.
Louis Gray was called into early action saving from Mark
Anderson before Chester took a 12th minute lead. John
Johnston’s far post corner was headed down by Simon
Grand for Danny Livesey to slide the ball home from close
range past goalkeeper Dale Eve and and a defender on the
line.
Spennymoor went close twice through Scott McLean and Jamie
Spencer before drawing level just after the half hour
mark as Glen Taylor's free kick found a way through the
Blues defensive wall and past Gray into the bottom left
corner of the net.
With the first half a fairly even affair, it was Chester
who had the better of the opportunities after the break.
Johnston was sent through one-on-one but saw his effort
well saved by Eve.
Eve was on hand again to save a low driving effort from
Kevin Roberts, moments later Jamie Morgan shot over the
bar from Johnston’s cross. Two more chances fell
to Johnston, the first saved by the ‘keeper and
the second put over the crossbar.
Chester were to rue those missed chances when Spennymoor
grabbed the winning goal in the final stages as Scott
McLean’s corner caused a melee in the penalty box
and the ball was bundled home, apparently off a Chester
player, for an own goal.
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Tuesday
13 October
Chester 3 Spennymoor Town 1
FA Cup Third Qualifying Round
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 1-1
Booked: Dudley, Grand, Weeks.
Chester: Gray, Morgan, Taylor, Weeks, Livesey,
Grand, Johnston, Glendon, Elliott (Waring 78), Dudley
(G.Roberts 78), Jackson (Bauress 46). Subs not used: K.Roberts,
Hughes, Marsh-Hughes, Clark.
Spennymoor Town: Eve, Magna, Boon, Curtis,
McLean, Kennedy (Anderson 62), Moke, Hall, Ramshaw, McKenna,
Taylor. Subs not used: Norton, Tait, Spencer, Blakeman,
Buddle.
Referee: Matt Corlett.
Chester
made three changes from the side that beat Leamington
on Saturday. In to the starting X1 came Bradley Jackson,
Jamie Morgan and Anthony Dudley. Dropping down to the
bench were Kevin Roberts, George Waring and Bradley Bauress.
It was the visitors who started quickest and took an early
sixth minute lead, a fine through ball send Rob Ramshaw
away down the left and his low cross was slid in at the
far post by Ryan Hall.
Chester responded with a John Johnston free kick over
the bar, before Jordan Boon cleared a Danny Elliott off
the line after the Blues striker had flicked the ball
past Dale Eve in the Moors goal, moments later though
Chester were level.
Jackson sent in a cross shot to the far post that Eve
could only parry low down and the ball fell to the onrushing
Morgan who had the simplest of tasks to steer the ball
home from six yards out.
Moors responded with the dangerous Glen Taylor shooting
just wide from distance. At the other end Declan Weeks
and Elliott both saw efforts go close before the sides
trooped off level at the break.
Ten minutes after the restart Chester were awarded a penalty.
A defence splitting pass from Bauress sent Elliott through
down the left before the onrushing Eve was adjudged to
have brought down the striker in the box. Elliott stepped
up to send Eve the wrong way with his spot-kick.
Elliott saw a shot defected for a corner as Chester looked
for a third goal to seal the tie. Taylor was a constant
threat up front for the visitors. They forced a series
of corners during which Joel Taylor cleared one towering
header off the line.
With ten minutes remaining Chester scored their third.
Johnston did well to win a corner down the Chester right.
Bauress swung in the kick which was met by substitute
Waring who scored with his first touch at the near post
to put the Blues in the hat for the next round.
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Saturday
10 October
Chester 3 Leamington 2
National League North
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 2-1
Booked: K.Roberts, Bauress.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Taylor, Weeks, Livesey,
Grand, Johnston, Glendon, Elliott (G.Roberts 83), Waring
(Marsh-Hughes 90), Bauress (Dudley 77). Subs not used:
Morgan, Hughes.
Leamington: Weaver, English, Morley,
Clarke, Morrison, Lane, Taylor (Anderson 82), Maye (Meredith
73), Waldron, Martin, Osborne (Smith 62). Subs not used:
Allen, Knott.
Referee: Matthew Scholes.
Chester
followed up the midweek win at Kidderminster with three
more points as they overcame Leamington for the first
time in five attempts.
The Blues made one change with forward George Waring coming
in for Paddy Lacey who missed the game through illness.
His suspension for last week’s red card starts on
Tuesday.
It was the Brakes who opened the scoring on nine minutes
as Sam Osborne’s left wing cross was smartly flicked
home at the near post by Junior English who beat a defender
and Louis Gray to the ball first.
Waring had the ball in the net minutes later but the assistant
referee’s flag ruled the goal out for offside. Osborne
wasted a great chance for the visitors to double their
lead, shooting over from close range before Chester drew
level on 24 minutes as Kevin Roberts’ right wing
cross was headed home by Danny Elliott.
Ten minutes before the break Chester edged in front. This
time it was Bradley Bauress who took advantage of another
Roberts delivery to head home past Jake Weaver from some
distance to score his first goal for the Blues.
Just before the hour mark a foul on Roberts by Steph Morley
saw referee Matthew Scholes point to the penalty spot.
Elliott stepped up and sent Weaver the wrong way with
his spot-kick to score Chester’s third.
Leamington played the ball round well and looked to narrow
the defecit, and with 12 minutes to go they did just that.
Two substitutes combined as Dan Meredith latched onto
Lance Smith’s through ball to advance round the
out rushing Gray and slot the ball home to make it 3-2.
There were appeals for a penalty by the visitors late
on in the game after Kaiman Anderson went down in the
penalty area, but referee Scholes waved play-on.
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Tuesday
6 October
Kidderminster Harriers 1 Chester
2
National League North
Attendance: 0 Half Time: 1-1
Booked: Waring, Weeks.
Sent-off: Lacey.
Kidderminster Harriers: Simpson, Penny, Richards,
Lowe, Montrose, Austin (White 76), Morgan-Smith, Hemmings
(Freemantle 68), Sterling, Taylor, Prosser. Subs not used:
Palmer, Martin, Arthur.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Taylor, Lacey,
Livesey, Grand, Johnston (Waring 73), Glendon, Elliott
(G.Roberts 80), Weeks, Bauress (Dudley 73). Subs not used:
Morgan, Marsh-Hughes.
Referee: Greg Rollason.
Chester
got their league season off to a winning start with a
hard fought victory at Kidderminster Harriers. An eventful
opening game of the campaign saw both sides finish the
game with ten men.
The Blues had the better of the early exchanges which
saw Danny Livesey head over the bar from close range following
a fine Bradley Bauress cross, before Ashley Hemmings netted
for the home side only to see his effort ruled out for
offside.
Chester took the lead midway through the half as Joel
Taylor’s ball in form the left was met by Danny
Elliott whose smart finish beat Harriers ‘keeper
Luke Simpson at the near post.
The lead only lasted six minutes as Omari Sterling’s
left-wing cross found its way through to Hemmings who
gave Louis Gray no chance to draw Harriers level.
Eight minutes before the break the home side were reduced
to ten men as referee Greg Rollason sent-off Amari Morgan-Smith
was what turned out to be foul and abusive language. The
dismissal saw a heated exchange take place in the dugout
area with Rollason brandishing more yellow cards.
John Johnston had a great chance to restore the lead for
the Blues on the stroke of half time but saw his effort
pushed wide.
Chester re-took the lead on 57 minutes through ex-Harrier
Declan Weeks shooting powerfully home from a narrow angle.
Parity was restored on 64 minutes as Paddy Laced was shown
a straight red card for a heavy late tackle on Sterling.
Kidderminster applied plenty of pressure in the final
ten minutes. Jaiden White had already fired over the bar
from close range before the same played saw a shot hit
the post, the ball cam out to Ethan Freemantle and his
effort was cleared off the line by Livesey, the loose
ball fell to Caleb Richards whose effort went just wide
to the relief of the Blues defence.
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Saturday
3 October
Worksop Town 2 Chester 2
(Chester win
5-3 on penalties)
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round
Attendance: 293 Half Time: 1-0
Booked: Gray, Waring, Bauress, K.Roberts, Lacey.
Worksop Town: Malkowski, Greenhough, Smythe,
Broadhead, Radford (Williams), Jemson, Baxendale (Allott
65), Cromack (Brown), Hinsley, Redford, Dunn. Subs not
used: Atherton, Sennett-Neilson.
Chester: Gray, K.Roberts, Taylor, Lacey
(G.Roberts 86), Livesey, Grand, Weeks, Glendon, Elliott
(Marsh-Hughes 72), Waring, Bauress (Dudley 64). Subs not
used: Morgan, Clark, Hughes, Goodwin.
Referee: Gareth Myers.
The
new season got off to a dramatic start as Chester fought
back late on to progress to the Third Qualifying Round
of the FA Cup at the expense of Worksop Town.
Playing on the artificial pitch at Sandy Lane, The Blues
gave debuts to three players in Paddy Lacey, Declan Weeks
and Bradley Bauress all signed a couple of days before
the tie.
It was The Tigers who started the strongest and Louis
Gray was called into action in just the second minute
to make a tremendous save to deny Connor Smythe whose
dipping volley was heading for an early goal.
The home side continued to press and were awarded a penalty
on 20 minutes as a poor clearance from Gray was intercepted
by James Baxendale he advanced, rounded the ‘keeper
but was brought down. Referee Gareth Myers pointed to
the spot, Vaughan Redford stepped up but his effort was
saved by Gray pushing the spot-kick wide of the right
hand post.
The home side took the lead just after the half-hour.
Michael Dunn saw a fierce shot tipped away for a corner
by Gray before Oscar Radford headed home the resulting
flag-kick by Jack Greenhough at the far post.
Bauress forced a save from Sebastian Malkowski in the
home goal as Chester looked to strike back, and the Blues
almost grabbed an equaliser on the stroke of half-time
as George Waring saw an effort cannon off the crossbar
following a Bauress corner.
A large scale scuffle took place around the area of the
dugouts on 53 minutes that involved players and management
from both side. After it had eventually calmed down Myers
sent-off both Blues manager Anthony Johnson and Worksop’s
first team coach Craig Rouse.
Jack Broadhead doubled the lead for the home side as he
collected the ball in the Chester half before advancing
and letting fly from from distance, his shot going in
off the post.
Chester made changes with Anthony Dudley, Gary Roberts
and Lloyd Marsh-Hughes all coming on, at the expense of
Bauress, Lacey and Danny Elliott.
With time running Chester pressed high and pulled a goal
back on 85 minutes as Danny Livesey bundled the ball home
from close range, following a far post knock-down header
had troubled Malkowski, referee Myers adjudging the ball
had crossed the line.
Seven minutes were added on for the touchline melee, and
during that Livesey headed home a dramatic equaliser again
at the far post giving Malkowski no chance form close
range.
And so with the scores level at 90 minutes the tie went
straight to penalty kicks. Anthony Dudley, Gary Roberts,
Kevin Roberts and Lloyd Marsh-Hughes all scored their’s,
and with Gray saving from Luke Hinsley, up stepped Simon
Grand to convert and send Chester through 5-3.
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