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Another warm July Saturday and another 2-0 pre-season win for Chester.
Having kicked off their preparations for the new season in earnest against Vauxhall Motors seven days previous, and tasted a 2-0 loss at the hands of League Two side Fleetwood Town in a behind-closed-doors training ground game on the Tuesday, the Blues secured success over Northern Premier League Premier Division outfit Warrington Town at the weekend.
Second-half strikes from Sam Reed and a Nathan Woodthorpe thunderbolt did the trick in a game where Chester boss Phil Parkinson gave plenty of minutes to plenty of players, with a number of trialists handed the chance to shine once more.
On this episode of The Breakdown we discuss the weekend game, who might be the next captain of Chester (will it be Declan Weeks again?) and also which trialist may be staking a claim for consideration for a permanent deal.
We’ll also look at some of the young players to have impressed, as well as assessing what Wyll Stanway’s move to Cheltenham Town for a five-figure fee might mean for the Blues.
All this and more in today’s edition of The Breakdown.
PICTURE BY TOM GREEN
