Chester City FC: On-loan Burnley duo Chris Lynch and Adam Kay make instant impression at the Blues

Aug 27 2009 Chester Chronicle

THE latest recruits to the Chester cause are relishing the prospect of first-team football with the Blues – after one of the most exciting weeks of their young footballing careers.

Chris Lynch and Adam Kay were in the stands last Wednesday as their club, newly-promoted Burnley, caused the biggest shock of the Premier League season so far when they beat defending-champions Manchester United at an electric Turf Moor.

Three days later and they were making their City debuts at Luton Town after Owen Coyle agreed to loan the highly-rated duo to the Deva Stadium until January.

It was centre-back Lynch’s first ever senior start and he responded with a man-of-the-match winning performance that belied his 18 years.

Lynch said: “I was very pleased with how it went. I got chucked in at the deep end, coming in the day before the game, but I really enjoyed it.

“It was definitely a step up from playing youth team football and reserve team football. Playing first-team football will be a big boost and it will help me when I go back to Burnley.

“It’s been a good week all-round and hopefully that can continue.”

Attacking midfielder Kay is more experienced than Lynch but he is hardly a veteran having played just three senior games while on loan with Accrington Stanley last season.

The 19-year-old, who linked-up well with Stephen Vaughan in the centre of the park before coming off with cramp, said: “I like to get forward a lot so that uses up quite a lot of my fitness, but if I tidy that up I think I’ll be all right in a couple of matches.

“I just need to get into a roll of playing first-team matches, which I’ve not been doing in the last year or so. Once I do that hopefully I’ll start creating and scoring a few goals.”

On first impressions, Blues boss Mick Wadsworth has captured a couple of gems – and for that he thanks Burnley’s highly-rated young manager Coyle.

Wadsworth said: “Burnley have been unbelievably generous in allowing us to have these two boys until January as they’re bearing most of the cost. That’s a wonderful gesture from Owen, but I would expect no less from him as he’s a real, real gentleman.

“The two young lads came into the mixer on Saturday and they came off with great credit.

“Adam had cramp. On Friday morning I wasn’t going to play him, but I thought, ‘to hell with it’, because if we found out at Luton I knew it would help me for this Saturday – and I’m terrifically pleased I did.”