Match reports from Pre-Season 2014

Saturday 26 July
Witton Albion 2 Chester 1
Pre-season Friendly
Attendance: 337 Half Time 2-0
Booked: -.

Chester (first half): ----.
Chester (second half): ----.
Referee: TBA.

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Tuesday 22 July
Chester 2 Burnley U21 2
Pre-season Friendly
Attendance: 723 Half Time 0-1
Booked: -.

Chester (first half): Worsnop, Taylor, Kay, Charnock, Roberts, Rooney, Dixon, James, Peers, McConville, Iwelumo.
Chester (second half): Hall, Disney, Kay, Brown, Charnock, Rea, Dixon (Durnin 63), Mahon, Riley, Menagh, Hobson.
Referee: TBA.

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

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Saturday 19 July
Chester 1 Crewe Alexandra 1
Pre-season Friendly
Attendance: 1,134 Half Time 0-1
Booked: -.

Chester (first half): Danby, Disney, Charnock, Brown, Roberts, Rooney, James, Mahon, Menagh, Thomson, Iwelumo.
Chester (second half): Hall, Taylor, Brown, Kay, Roberts, McConville, Rooney, James, Menagh, Thomson, Hobson.
Referee: Mr Peter Bankes.

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.

Picture © Rick Matthews (Chester Leader)

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Saturday 12 July
Marine 2 Chester 4
Pre-season Friendly
Attendance: 387 Half Time 0-1
Booked: -. Sent-off: Worsnop

Chester (first half): Hall, Taylor, Kay, Charnock, Rae, Love, Thomson, McConville, Hobson, Menagh, Disney.
Chester (second half): Worsnop, Disney, Brown, Charnock, Roberts, James, Blake, Mahon, Rooney, Iwelumo, Hobson.
Marine: Cooper, Roberts-Nurse, Latham, Fearnehough, Shaw, Goulding, Fowler, Clair, Burns, Jones, Mendez. Subs: Jefferies, Williams, Dillon, Copling, Devine..
Referee: Joe Johnson.

Chester’s pre-season campaign got off to a winning start with a 4-2 victory at Marine. Two goals for trialist and King’s Lynn player George Thomson plus penalties from John Rooney and Chris Iwelumo gave Chester a four goal lead before two Marine goals reduced the arrears. Goalkeeper Jon Worsnop was sent off ten minutes from time after bringing down Lewis Copling.

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