Match reports from Pre-season 2026/27

Friday 24 July
Hyde United 0 Chester 1
Pre-season friendly
Attendance: n/a Half Time: 0-1
Booked: -.

Chester: Hewitson (Brown 67), Burroughs (Trialist C 67), Woodthorpe (Trialist B 46), Burgess (Deakin 67), Griffin (Waters 46), Weeks (Kennedy 67), Ward (Trialist A 46), Campbell (Kenny 65), Hazel (Peers 46), Reed (Moore 46), Woods (Murphy 46).

Just a few hours after signing for the club, midfielder Ma’kel Campbell headed home his first goal for the Chester to give the Bluesa 1-0 victory at Hyde Unted. Campbell had been playing pre-season under the Trialist A guise.

Tuesday 22 July
Chester 0 Stoke City 1
Pre-season friendly
Attendance: 1,377 Half Time: 0-0
Booked: -.

Chester first 60 minutes: Hewitson, Woodthorpe, Griffin, Hazel, Trialist A, Ward, Burgess (Weeks 46), Deakin (Kenny 46), Murphy (Burroughs 46), Woods, Reed. Subs not used: Brown, Kennedy, Waters, Woods, Trialist B, Trialist C, Trialist D.
Chester 60-90 minutes: Brown, Burroughs, Weeks, Kenny, Kennedy, Waters, Reed, Trialist A, Trialist B, Trialist C, Trialist D.

A crowd of over 1,300 turned out to see the first home pre-season friendly of the Phil Parkinson era. Chester created several first half chances but the only goal of the game was scored by Stoke’s Chinonso Chibueze in the 77th mnute..

Saturday 18 July
Warrington Town 0 Chester 2
Pre-season friendly
Attendance: n/a Half Time: 0-0
Booked: -.

Chester first 60 minutes: Hewitson, Burroughs, Kenny, Trialist A, Trialist B (Reed 46), Trialist C, Weeks, Kennedy (Trialist E 46), Waters, Woods, Trialist D (Woodthorpe 46).
Chester 60-90 minutes: Brown, Deakin, Burgess, Griffin, Woodthorpe, Ward, Murphy, Trialist E, Hazel, Reed, Moore.

Chester fielded several trialist’s as second half goals from Sam Reed and Nathan Woodthorpe give Chester victory at Cantilever Park.

Tuesday 14 July
Fleetwood Town 2 Chester 0
Pre-season friendly
Attendance: Match played behind closed dors. Half Time: 1-0
Booked: -.

Fleetwood First Half: Lynch, Cirino, Mullarkey, Toole, Costello, Roberts, Neal, Trialist A, Helm, Davies, Coughlan
Fleetwood Second Half: Trialist B, Potter, Mullarkey (Slater 60'), Bennett, Costello (McCann 60'), Trialist C, Costelloe, Trialist A, Trialist D (Oladite 75'), Davies (Evans 60'), Thomas (Lane 75')
Chester First Half: Hewitson, Deakin, Griffin, Trialist A, Woodthorpe, Weeks, Murphy, Trialist B, Waters, Peers, Woods.
Chester Second Half: Brown, Burgess, Burroughs, Kenny, Reed, Ward, Trialist C, Kennedy, Trialist D, Abreu, Hazel.

Goals either side of half-time by Trialist A and Ched Evans gave Fleetwood victory in Chester’s latest pre-season work out.

Saturday 11 July
Vauxhall Motors 0 Chester 2
Pre-season friendly
Attendance: 700+ Half Time: 0-1
Booked: -.

Vauxhall Motors: Atkinson, Trialist A, Akpan, Hughes, Rooney, Cooper, Dufton-Kelly, Heath, Ellison, Coppack, Turner. Subs: Trialist B, Trialist C, Trialist D, Kamara, Trialist E, Oultram, Gomez.
Chester First Half: Hewitson, Deakin, Griffin, Trialist A, Woodthorpe, Weeks, Murphy, Peers, McHale, Moore, Waters.
Chester Second Half: Brown, Burgess, Foley, Kenny, Reed, Ward, Kennedy, Trialist B, Trialist C, Abreu, Hazel.

Chester got their pre-season off to winning ways with a 2-0 victory at Vauxhall Motors thanks to goals from Tom Peers and Jacob Hazel.

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