Report: Chester 3-2 Scarborough Athletic
An unbelievable 92nd-minute winner from Kurt Willoughby and two first-half goals from Charlie Caton earned Calum McIntyre’s men a thrilling victory at the Deva Stadium over Scarborough Athletic.
The visitors started brightly and took the lead with five minutes, as Jordan Hunter failed to deal with a long ball and Dom Tear, who has started the season brilliantly for Boro, cleverly lobbed Cam Mason.
A nightmare start for the Blues but the deficit didn’t last long, as Charlie Caton smashed a left-footed strike in the top corner to equalise.
Declan Weeks continued his fine form to set up the goal by nicking the ball from an away defender and playing an simple ball into Caton who grabbed his third in three games.
Three became four for our Number 10 in the 20th minute as Chester completed the turnaround.
Kurt Willoughby hurled a long throw into the six-yard box and Burke flicked on for Weeks, whose shot was blocked before it feel to Caton who smashed it on the bounce into the roof of the net.
The Deva was bouncing on Bank Holiday Monday, with the comeback complete from the early set back within 20 minutes.
The striker could have grabbed his hat-trick on the half hour mark, after a customary marauding Harrison Burke run before feeding a through ball to Caton, but after a slight mix-up with strike partner Tom Peers his effort was saved by Ryan Whitley.
Willoughby almost made it three on the stroke of half time as he latched on to a Hunter cross but his volleyed effort was comfortable for Whitley.
The Blues restricted the visitors to very little after the early goal and we held the lead through to the break.
After the restart Peers came agonisingly close to sealing a two-goal cushion for Chester but he couldn’t quite stretch enough to hook Hunter’s drilled cross into the net.
Despite there being very little goal-mouth action in the second period, Scarborough levelled through Frank Mulhern who bundled the ball over the line after a looping delivery.
As the injury time board was raised it looked to be another 2-2 draw after Saturday’s result, but cometh the hour, cometh the man, and Kurt Willoughby sent the Deva into bedlam.
George Glendon slotted a ball through to Willoughby and he smashed it over Whitley from 20 yards out, an unbelievable moment down CH1.
That’s now three games unbeaten for the Blues, and we are back at home to host Peterborough Sports next Saturday.
Match Report by Tom Bird.
CHESTER: Mason, Hunter (Roberts 71′), Rawlinson, Burke, Woodthorpe, Bainbridge, Murray (Glendon 51′), Weeks, Caton, Willoughby, Peers.
SUBS NOT USED: Brown, Hancox, Rosenblatt.
SCORERS: Caton 9′ 20′, Willoughby 90+2′