Chester FC will hold a minute's silence before their game with Lincoln City on Saturday in memory of James Roberts' younger brother.

Oxford United striker Roberts, who made a loan move to the Blues at the end of last week, has been afforded compassionate leave following the tragic death of 16-year-old Ben.

He was involved in a car accident near Aylesbury on Saturday night and died at the scene.

James, 19, had made an impressive debut for Chester in the 3-2 win over rivals Wrexham that afternoon with his parents among the crowd.

The two clubs offered their condolences to the Roberts family in a joint statement and Blues assistant Jon McCarthy said James would be be welcomed back whenever he feels the time is right to return.

McCarthy said the club would do anything it could to help the player and his family.

He said: "We put a couple of tickets aside for his parents for the game and I got a message to say they couldn't find them in the ticket office

"He's a young lad coming into a new club and I know how important that is so we sorted it out. We realised the tickets had the wrong name on them so I chased after them on the other side of the car park and his mum and dad were the nicest people you could meet.

"They said they were happy to pay and I told them we'd sorted them out and brought them in. His mum was as nervous as anything about the game

"James was fantastic and he got a deserved standing ovation coming off. I only had two minutes with his family beforehand but I was thinking about how proud they must have been going home because he'd done so well for us.

"From there to getting home and facing what happened is awful. When the gaffer phoned me on Sunday and told me what had happened, my thoughts with them. I've got a younger brother myself and it's tragic.

"Of course we get on and focus on the next game but when something like that happens, you remember football's football. He's a great lad and if the time is right and he wants to come back to us, we'll welcome him back and get around him and hopefully the football can help him."