Sandbach United 3-2 Chester

A youthful Chester FC side were eliminated from the Cheshire Senior Cup last night at the hands of Sandbach United.

There was minutes for goalkeeper Cam Mason and senior players out on loan in Adam Bott and Ollie Heywood, with the rest of the squad made up of our Under 19’s – and led by Academy Head Coach Mike Allcock.

The young Seals impressed with their play in the first 45, and were two goals up at the break.

First, good work down the right from full-back Mikey Lawson saw his cutback smashed in off the post by Ryan Atkinson on 31 minutes.

Moments later, the lead was doubled as Oskar Rosenblatt set off on a promising run before finding the bottom corner with his left footed effort from outside the area.

Nevertheless the experienced visitors hit back in the second half to turn the game around.

They pulled one back with 20 minutes to go following a quick counter attack from a Chester corner – Jake Pollard providing the finish.

Then, it was all square with eight to play when Kieran Alley found space inside the box and finished despite the best efforts of defender Michael Jamieson.

The comeback was complete on 87 minutes as Joseph Bevan’s shot from outside the box found the same bottom corner that Rosenblatt did in the first half to see Sandbach advance.

Overall, another fantastic workout for our young Seals in a men’s football environment, including second half substitute appearances for 16-year-old Dan Kennedy and 17-year-olds Georgie Kenny and Joe Ireland.

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CHESTER: Mason, Lawson, Jamieson, Bott, Heywood (Ireland), Beswick, Muirhead, Davies, Atkinson (Kennedy), Boon (Kenny), Rosenblatt.

SUBS NOT USED: Deakin, Pilgrim.

SCORERS: Pollard 70, Alley 82, Bevan 87; Atkinson 31, Rosenblatt 33.