CALUM MCINTYRE has stressed the importance of retaining much of last season’s squad ahead of a testing pre-season encounter for his Chester side.

IT was all about “dusting cobwebs off” as Chester opened their pre-season programme with defeat at Bury. The game marked the beginning of a busy pre-season schedule for the Blues, who had Dylan ...

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He said the 57-year-old's car swerved across the central reservation, hitting bollards and causing two tyres to burst.

Chester’s connection with fans goes well beyond its ownership, extending to the dugout where the 30-year-old manager (and lifelong fan) McIntyre is in charge.