Report: Chester 3-0 Hebburn Town

A Tom Peers double and a late George Glendon finish sealed Chester’s route to the third qualifying round of the FA Cup with a comfortable victory over Hebburn Town.

The visitors had the best chance of the early exchanges at the Deva, when Elyh Harrison lost the ball under pressure which gifted Robbie Spence a chance to lob the keeper, but his looped effort landed safely on the roof of the net for the Blues.

Dan Turner and Tom Peers both managed to fashion opportunities in the 17th minute, but their shots were blocked by a resilient visiting defence.

That duo led to Chester’s opening goal in the 29th minute, when Turner shut down a defensive clearance and fed the ball to Peers who slotted a drilled finish past Kieran Hunter into the bottom corner.

The momentum followed after the goal for the Blues, with multiple chances that could have doubled the lead before the interval.

Charlie Caton shot low into the hands of Hunter from just outside the area, before Peers almost added to his tally when his shot from inside the box was deflected wide.

Caton rose well moments later but his headed effort was cleared off the line by Matty Elsdon.

The Hornets highlighted their defensive resilience but the Seals grew into the half and deservedly went into the break ahead.

Calum McIntyre’s men continued to create chances at the start of the second period, going close through Dan Turner’s powerful strike following a clever corner routine which involved Iwan Murray and Harrison Burke.

The visitors created very little in the second period and failed to threaten Harrison despite the early resilience shown.

Our number seven grabbed his fourth goal in four games with ten minutes remaining, when another composed close-range finish gifted the Blues the two-goal cushion that we were after.

The final ten minutes saw yellow cards handed out to both managers for their reaction to a clash between Daniel Moore and Ben Pollock, from which the Hebburn man was also booked.

George Glendon sealed the victory in injury-time when he rolled Chester’s third into the bottom corner and added some icing on top of our second qualifying round success.

It marks a fifth home win on the bounce and a third home clean sheet on the spin, as we look ahead to next Saturday’s trip to Rushall Olympic.

Match Report by Tom Bird.

CHESTER: Harrison, Roberts, Burke, Pollock, Woodthorpe, Bainbridge, Glendon, Murray (Weeks 78′), Caton (Rosenblatt 88′), Turner (Willoughby 78′), Peers.

SUBS NOT USED: Brown, Hancox, Hunter

SCORERS: Peers 29′ 80′, Glendon 90+4′

Attendance: 1,504