National League North

Blues lose to familiar foes as exit confirmed

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 February 2026

By Neil Turner

CHESTER 1
RADCLIFFE 3
ON the day that Chester informed manager Calum McIntyre that his time was up at the Deva Stadium, the club announcing at lunch time that they would not be renewing the former youth team coach’s contract this summer, they where beaten by a Radcliffe side who are overseen by their former managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley.
The Lancastrians deserved their victory, if only because tactically they where superior. Defensively they nullified the majority of Chester’s attacking threats, whilst up front they where sharper and outth...

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