Chester le Street Town were missing nine players due to Injury, suspension , holidays and in the case of Aaron Thompson representing Durham County FA Youth team for this ENL Division 2 fixture against Esh Winning. Matthew Ridley came in for his debut, having spent the last 8 weeks on the injured list, as well as two players Connor Eden and Harry Whisker from our U18 youth team and Michael Graver making the substitute bench.
A crowd of 154 turned up to see the Cestrians win the game 2 -0 and gain 3 valuable points.