Dan Ward lived across the road from South Shields, but his Chester trek is worth it
Midfielder speaks to The Seal joining the revolution at the Deva Community Stadium
When Dan Ward was looking for his next chapter away from South Shields he knew he would have to travel further than he had been used to.
The central midfielder’s two-year spell at last season’s beaten National League North play-off finalists came to an end following the culmination of the 2025/26 campaign, one that had seen Ward miss the final few weeks of the season and the play-offs with a hamstring injury.
A popular figure with the Mariners, 28-year-old Ward penned a two-year deal with Chester at the start of July, with the former Spennymoor Town, St Patrick’s Athletic, Gateshead and Oldham Athletic man seen by Blues boss Phil Parkinson as having a major role to play in the club’s success this season in the midfield engine room.
