The Big Interview

With a glut of goals and a sprinkle of stardust , i’ll get the fan’s Seal of approval

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 May 2026

CHESTER FC MANAGER PHIL PARKINSON
By CHRIS DUNLAVY

MAKING NOISE: Phil Parkinson is back in the manager’s hotseat at Chester
PICTURE: Jonathan Moore

PHIL Parkinson has spent the last six weeks watching Chester, so he knows exactly what is required to turn the Seals into a National League North force next season.
“Goals,” says the 45-year-old, who agreed to take charge in March but was officially unveiled this week following Chester’s last-gasp defeat to Macclesfield in the play-off quarter-finals.
“It’s as simple as that, really. I thi...

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